Analysis for Roddick-I.Minar (ATP French Open)

Head-to-head record 3:0

This may be a crazy pick for the first sight but we think that Roddick is not going to have an easy way to the third round today. He will face Czech Ivo Minar in the second round and we expect a great battle here. Roddick has already played Minar 3 times during his career and even if he leads 3-0, all matches were pretty tight. Roddick plays an offensive baseline playing style. He is known for his powerful first serve, which he uses to earn free points with aces or put himself into position to hit a forehand winner. He usually targets the two corners to win aces. As for his second serve, he usually employs a heavy kick serve, then tries to use a variety of spins, slices, and angles in the rally to throw off his opponent and position himself for a winning shot. He is noted to use heavy topsin on both his serves and his twist serve is probably the highest-kicking serve anyone hits. Roddick will also occasionally use the serve-and-volley tactic on both first and second services to surprise his opponent, though he generally prefers to remain near the baseline after a serve. Roddick's backhand is also considered to have improved over the course of his career. It is not a secret that American doesn’t like clay and Roland Garros is definitely not his favourite tournament. He played unknown Jouan in the first round but Minar will be much harder nut to crack. Czech clay-courter demolished Hernandez in the first round and showed that his current form is more than good. If he plays his best, he is surely able to compete with Roddick again. Odds above 5 are worth trying here.