Tennis Betting Analysis from PinnacleSports
1st Jun 2007, 18:19
One week into the French Open at Roland Garros and the famous terre battue – beaten earth – is serving up some classic baseline battles. Games on clay are often described as a war of attrition, where only the toughest survive. For those bettors looking to emerge from the tournament in profit, www.PinnacleSports.com provides the best prices around with c102% on matchups, which is 60% better than traditional bookmakers.
Nadal Should Get His Chance for Revenge
A repeat of last year’s men’s final looks increasingly likely. The first round may have accounted for third seed Andy Roddick and fifth seed, Fernando Gonzalez, but Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have made comfortable progress at polar ends of the draw.
The Federer Express looks to have the harder route to the final, a tough side of the draw includes clay court specialists, Tommy Robredo and Nikolay Davydenko. Nadal is likely to face perennial battler Leyton Hewitt. The Australian showed he hasn’t lost his appetite for a fight when fighting back from two sets down in his second round match.
In the women’s event all the kingpins are still standing, with Venus Willams the most notable casualty. Her sister Serena, is on course for a quarter-final encounter with world no.1, Justin Henin, while number two seed, Maria Sharpova, may face a fiercely partisan crowd in a potential last-eight match against local favourite, Amelie Mauresmo. 2006 runner-up, Svetlana Kuznetsova, is showing that last year’s run was no fluke, but her path to another final is blocked by three compatriots.