Ferrer vs Murray

David Ferrer played great tennis till now to reach the quarter-finals here. Overall, he is playing great on clay, especially this season and his result on clay are worth of fourth position in the World, at least on clay as said. He had four easy matches till now, not easy names but easy matches with these players for a player of his caliber. He firstly won over Lacko, then Paire, Youzhny and finally Granollers. How strong was he probably the best way to illustrate it, is to say that all of his sets ended with 6-3 and bigger margin, except the only one played to 6-4 (against Lacko in the first round). Ferrer has a great clay court season, he won two tournaments in South America back in February, in Buenos Aires and Acapulco. After loss in Monte Carlo in first tournament at European clay, he had quite a few good tournaments losing only to Nadal and Federer in these three tournaments (Barcelona final against Nadal, Madrid quarterfinals against Federer, semifinals of Rome against Nadal).

 

Andy Murray on the other hand, struggled from time to time in his matches, but survived all the obstacles till now. He was better than Ito in the first round, winning in three straight sets. However, problems started with second round and match against Nieminen where he had to ask for medical timeout and had some problems with his back, finally he started playing much better after the medical checkout and won that match in four sets. In third round, Andy had to play against Giraldo, it wasn’t his best game but in the and his serve was too much for the Colombian and Andy did what was needed – three sets win. Finally, in fourth round he won over Richard Gasquet after being a set down. Andy didn’t have good clay court season and generally he is not considered for a good clay court player all these years, he lost this season to Gasquet, Raonic and Berdych, without winning a single player from top20 in the World.

 

Ferrer is a huge favorite here, he is playing maybe even the best tennis in his life, he additionally has 3-0 in mutual meetings at clay court and everything but his win, maybe even in three sets would be a surprise here.

 

Bet: Ferrer to win @1.57 with Pinnacle Sports