Bausch & Lomb Championship, Amelia Island

The odds are already dropping, cause the bookies were blended by the WTA Ranking (Szavay is 15., Makarova is 79.). 1,74 (Pinnacle), 1,75 (Expekt) and 1,74 (Unibet) on Szavay is much more realistic than 1,40 @Interwetten. 1,70 for Makarova to win a set is definitely too high, if we consider the results so far in 2008.

Both are young (19) players, but Szavay was the revelation last year (especially in the second half), while the Russian is still trying to reach the Top 50. The Hungarian has this year one good tournament, in Paris, where she reached the final and confirmed the results of last year. But in other matches she played simply bad. She had 6(!) first-round losses, her record in 2008 is 5-8. One of the defeats was against todays opponent, Makarova, 6-3 4-6 5-7 at the Australian Open.

Makarova showed yesterday, what she is capable of, with a hard fought 6-2 2-6 7-5 win over Rezai (50.). She has 4-5 record, 3. round at the AO and tight losses vs. Petrova, Bammer and Brito, wher she threw away a 5-1 lead in the 2- set. She plays left-handed, that doesn´t suit Szavay at all.

I was thinking to take Makarova to win 2,60, but I decided to take this safer one, as we are talking about womens tennis and this is the first match on clay for Szavay.

PS: Interwetten has meanwhile slashed the odds to 1,40, I took it for 1,70 (at1pm).

Pick : Makarova +1,5 sets
Odds : 1.70
Stake : 9 / 10
Bookmaker : Interwetten
Date : 2008-04-08
Match Result : 2-0
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