Analysis for Moya-Delic (ATP Los Angeles)

Head-to-head record 1:0

We will go with Delic once again. American qualifier will face experienced Spaniard Carlos Moya in the second round at LA championships. As we said, Delic is noted for his good serve and known as a typical American hard court player. He feels comfortable on fast surfaces as he possesses offensive style of play based on a rocket serve. He tries to win the point by hitting winners from the back of the court and attacks with fast balls that the opponent cannot reach or return properly. Sometimes, he uses the serve-and-volley style of play having solid net game and being quick around the net. He simply has fine touch for volleys. He tries to pressure the opponent to try to hit difficult passing shots. He has always been mainly challenger player but already made several good results and defeated some top opponents (Davydenko among others). His current form looks ok as he came easily through the quallies here and defeated Dudi Sela in straight sets in the first round. His opponent will be Carlos Moya of Spain. It would probably be a wasting of time to praise Moya´s skills and experience. We still consider him to be one of the greatest players of the last decade but we don’t think he is currently playing his best. His hard courts results from the beginning of the year were kind of frigid and we don’t think he is able to boost them up at the moment. He is a versatile player with a great fighting spirit but he wasn´t so impressive in the first round against Malisse and we think that Delic´s odds above 3.3 are good enough to be taken.