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Will David Ferrer (ESP) win at least 1 set?

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

One of the ATP Masters series - Paris quarter final will be between David Ferrer and David Nalbandian. Although Nalbandian beat Federer Roger 2 times this year on this kind of surface, David Ferrer is an other type of player. Both players are “hispanics” and knows better each other. Games history between these two players shows that from 4 meetings on hard, only in one match David Ferrer did not win at least one set (Montreal, Canada - Hard 2007 6-7 1-6). So “will David Ferrer (ESP) win at least 1 set?” YES he will.

Japan seeks qualification in Davis Cup

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

In the Davis Cup qualifiers, Japan leads Romania 2-1 after 3 games. So this following match between Takao SUZUKI (JPN), ranked 216th in the ATP classification, and Andrei Pavel (ROM), ranked 88th, is going to be a decisive match for both players. It will be their first clash as the two players have never met before.

Despite being a favourite in this match, judging by the odds he is given for winning this clash, Romanian Andrei Pavel, aged 33, might get overwhelmed by the enormous pressure of this “must-win” game for him. We should also take into consideration the fact that his win over Go SOEDA (JPN) was not an easy one (6-3, 6-7, 7-5, 6-3).

The match will be played on Namihaya Dome Main Arena, in Osaka, Japan, so the public will definitely be on Suzuki’s side. Suzuki is considered to be Japan’s most important and valuable tennis player and he seems to be in good form after beating Romania’s best ranked tennis player, Victor Hanescu, in 3 sets (7-6, 6-1, 7-6).

Having all that in mind, I think I wouldn’t be too wrong if I credited Suzuki to win this decisive match.

Suzuki might prove to be a tough nut to crack for Romanian player Andrei Pavel.

 

Will Davenport reach the China open final?

Friday, September 21st, 2007

Last week Lindsay Davenport beat Jelena Jankovic (6-4 2-6 6-2) in Bali - Indonesia Open and won the final. Is L. Davenport strong enough at 31 years old to defeat J. Jankovic (22 years old) again ? I thing NO. Jankovic is a clever girl which learn from mistakes and I thing she will be more focused than last week and she will won 2 sets. If the match will be continued in the 3rd set I suppose that L.Davenport will not run enough and will lost it. It is true that L. Davenport has a lot of confidence right now and has good services but we don’t have to forget that Jankovic is still #3 WTA ranking and that tells us a lot. Davenport won a title after the pregnancy. Many applause for her but we have to be realistic for this match. Let’s see the match … and win the best one!