Tennis Betting Picks – Soderling Begins Title Defense Campaign at Swedish Open

July 14, 2010 by admin
Filed under: Tennis Betting 

Bastad, Sweden – Top seed Robin Soderling is set to get his title defence campaign underway at the Swedish Open when he takes on compatriot Andreas Vinciguerra. The all-Swedish affair is the marquee second round match at BetUS Sporsbook. Also in action is Andreas Seppi who takes on compatriot Potito Starace. A spot in the quarterfinals is on the line. Here is a look at these aforementioned players in their respective matches, complete with BetUS tennis betting lines and odds.

Tennis Betting Line: Andreas Seppi   +105         Potito Starace     -145
First Set Line: Andreas Seppi  -105        Potito Starace     -135   
Match Time: 05:00 AM Eastern Time (11:00 Local Time) Wednesday July 14, 2010

Tennis Betting Verdict: Andreas Seppi got his bid off to a winning start over against Marcel Granollers of Spain, beating the Spaniard convincingly 6-4, 6-2. Seppi is hoping to book a spot in the Skistar Swedish Open quarterfinals at the expense of compatriot Potito Starace. BetUS bookies are listing his chances at +105, a mere underdog bet.

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Truth of the matter is, Seppi and Starace match up rather well. They are 1-1 in head-to-heads lifetime on the ATP and 1-1 at the lower level. Though Starace won all encounters on clay between the pair,  giving him the edge over Seppi in the market.  

Starace topped eighth seed Florent Serra in the first round and is tipped as the firm favourite at -145. Starace earns the favourite mark because of those two clay-court victories but both were hard fought wins. Seppi is not without a shot in this match and methinks he will finally win a clay match off Starace.

Tennis Free Picks: Seppi in three sets

Tennis Betting Line: Robin Soderling  -2500        Andreas Vinciguerra     +900   
First Set Line: Robin Soderling     -1200        Andreas Vinciguerra     +600   
Match Time: 03:00 PM Eastern Time (21:00 Local Time) Wednesday July 14, 2010

Tennis Betting Verdict: Robin Soderling is the massive -2500 favourite to win outright over his compatriot Andreas Vinciguerra. Soderling is the top seed and the defending champion so it is understandable that he should be so solidly favoured. Further recommending his odds is a 1-0 edge over Vinciguerra, having  beaten him at this very event last year, in the semis 6-1, 7-6(6).

Vinciguerra replicating his 2009 run at Bastad, or better yet, going one better than the semis, seems unlikely seeing that he comes up against the very same player that derailed him last year. Soderling cuts and even more imposing figure than he did last year now that he is the world No.5 player and French Open runner-up two years running t hat it is hard to imagine Vinciguerra masterminding what would be a huge upset.

Tennis Free Picks: Soderling in straight sets

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