[B]Nadal[/B] – Roddick 1.74 5dimes 6/10 (1.73 Pinnacle)

Last time Nadal and Roddick met at Indian Wells a year ago. The odds were favouring Nadal 1.80-2.15. Rodick was then supposed to be really good form as it looks now too. I was thinking his huge serve and forehand’d give some problems for Nadal but that was a wrong estimation. Roddick got some cheap points with his serve but if Nadal managed to get the ball back there was no doubt who controlled the game. Roddick can’t move well enough for Nadal’s angles and if he tried to come to the net the ball was allready behind him. That was convincing game by Nadal then. Now the court should favour Roddick more but the prematch situation looks clear. Roddick isn’t capable to break Nadal, lucky if manages to do it once/two sets. Nadal’ll have more chances to break and Roddick’s chances lies in tiebreaks. Roddick should keep his first serve % very high to able to get to tiebreaks while Nadal has usually high % with steadyness. Nadal had a tight match against Kohlschreiber what is maby partreason for the odds but Kohlschreiber’s abilities gave him a chance to answer against Nadal when the ball was in the game and Roddick should play better if he’d like to achieve the same. Roddick has definately stronger mentality that Kohlschreiber has and if he can answer to Nadal’s game he has good chances to win but I don’t believe he has the answers. Roddick’s wins over Ferrero and Mathieu were impressive but now different match-up.

Pick : Rafael Nadal
Odds : 1.74
Stake : 6 / 10
Bookmaker : 5dimes
Match Result : Roddick 2-0
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