Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Dubai Quarterfinals [Part 1]

The first quarterfinal on the main draw will be the match between Scotland's Andrew Murray and Russia's Nikolay Davydenko.
Murray defeated Federer in the first round and today managed to top Fernando Verdasco despite losing the second set (6-3 3-6 7-6). This is a problem that Murray faces quite often : he loses his focus and even tough sometimes he is still the better player he finds himself unable to add up the points to win the match. I don't think this will be the problem for Murray because the Scott should be aware of the danger that Davydenko poses. These 2 have played 5 times before, the score being currently set at 3-2 for Murray, but i should also add the fact that Murray won the last 3 meetings.
Another positive thing for Murray is that he did not play last week, fatigue not being a problem for him. On the other side, the Russian played 5 matches lost week (lost in the final in Zagreb against Stakhowsky). I am not counting this as a disadvantage for the Russian, because he is the top100 player with the most matches played last year, so he is used to this, i am just saying that Murray should not be tired.
Overall, i think Murray is the better player at the moment and that we is most likely to win this match


The second match to be disputed for a place in the semifinals is the one between third seed David Ferrer and Feliciano Lopez. Even tough Lopez managed to eliminate the eight seed T. Berdych, i think that Ferrer has a lot of confidence building up and that can be seen in the matches he won : 6-3 6-0 against Tommy Haas and a three-setter against Rochus. I think it was just a slip for Ferrer to lose that set against the Belgian and i believe that he will grab this one.

TIP : Ferrer to win 5/10 @ 1.38 - BET365 : LOST

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