ATP - Chris Guccione v Jesse Levine

For late evening I chose a battle between young American Jesse Levine and a little older Australian Chris Guccione. First of all we have to notice that here we have huge difference in height of these players. Levine is only 175 cm heigh when Guccione is a 200 cm monster. 25 cm on fast hard surface is a big advantage and I think if Chris will be able to hold fine serving form he should win the match. If Australian will win first-second set by tie-break that should calm Levine and I don't think he will stand up after such hit. But still it could be a five setter or quick win for Levine, who plays at home. The think is we don't know how Guccione will serve today. In last tours we saw him he presented nice shape of his serve and I hope he will show same here in US Open. In Beijing he didn't get a chance to play too much but it isn't a surprise that he isn't on such level like James Blake. In other tours on American hard he made a good impression. In Indianapolis he lost to Korean Jun, but in Cincinnati qualifications he took a revenge and smashed that player 2:0. In main event of Cincinatti he deafeat his today opponent Levine. I hope he will serve like in that match - 17 aces, only 3 chance for break for Levine, it was a really good match for Chris. With Verdasco he was playing also a very good game but in two tie-breaks Spaniard was a little better. New Haven is a strange tour, I really don't know is Chris catch a bad day in first round, because both, he and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez were playing weak game. I think it is all about that Guccione plays one match with awesome serve and in other he isn't able to hold that and without his serve to be honest he is a very weak player. If he will serve well today he meet big chances to advance, maybe even to win clearly. Jesse Levine just advanced from junior tennis into real pro-tennis. In this season he started to play in ATP main events but didn't achieved any big wins and when he was losing he was losing clearly without too much fight. Of course he was able to scare a little Rafa Nadal in Toronto, when he took 4-2 lead in first set, but I think it was a matter that Nadal underestimated him too much and of course after that current no. 1 won this set with 6-4 result. Levine with his last performances don't convince me. He reached quarter-finals of New Haven, but Garcia-Lopez who beat Guccione in this tour played awful and Darcis retired after two games only. In qualifications he lost to Bogomolov and entered to main draw luckily. In Toronto before Nadal he played to Polansky and this match was more similar to women's tennis. They weren't able to hold their serves and done a lot of unforced errors. Levine is a young player, not top, on quite similar level to Guccione. But on hard Chris poses big advantage of serve. Too fast surface for Levine, and home area don't help him if Guccione will put all his power into serve and hits. We'll see...

Pick : Guccione to win 3:0 in sets.
Odds : 6.50
Stake : 6 / 10
Bookmaker : Stan James
Match Result : 3-1
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