Both players came trough confident games to the final. Andy Murray beated Olivier Rochus, Rainer Schuettler, Thomas Johansson and Nikolay Davydenko. Davydenko was maby only opponent who against Murray might have struggled foreward thought but easy win eventually. Murray had dominated Davydenko in their latest meetings but in this game the most important thing for Murray was his high success with his second serve what has sometimes been a problem for him.

Stanislas Wawrinka won so far Alberto Martin, Christophe Rochus, Agustin Calleri and Ivan Ljubicic all in straight sets. Ljubicic made much errors but the confident thing for me was that Wawrinka possessed 0-3 head-to-head against Ljubicic before this tournament who clearly was the hardest opponent for him so far.

I think we can wait much from both players this season and maby Wawrinka is still maby a bit underrated player. Murray can play defensively from baseline even he is more like allcourter. Wawrinka is usually forced easily to errors by players who can return the ball well especially when Murray plays usually more wisely than his opponents. Wawrinka has a decent serve and when both players are good servereturners much depends on who can win ballrallies. Murray can frustrate Wawrinka but I see Wawrinka’s hitselection hurting Murray more than opposite. Wawrinka can end points when Murray should keep the ball in the game and wait what Wawrinka does. Murray clear favourite for me but not nearly as much as odds say. If Wawrinka can keep his confidence high this is becoming very intresting match.

Their head-to-head is 2-0 for Wawrinka from 2005 and 2006 but that is a long time ago and shouldn’t matter much.

Pick : Stanislas Wawrinka
Odds : 3.80
Stake : 3 / 10
Bookmaker : Pinnacle
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