The recent, and to some, unexpected champion of Legg Mason Classic, Radek Stepanek takes on Feliciano Lopez of Spain. Both players are in their thirty's and have met 8 times, Stepanek Leading 7 to 1.
Their year to date record shows : 23W/16L Stepanek, 20W/ 18L Lopez, and hard court statistics show: 11W/5L Stepanek and 5W/7L Lopez.
I think Stepanek showed a great form, "even at this age" as he himself said after winning the title and there is a possibility of him being tired after going all the way last week.
Lopez on the other hand had his last game, lost to Robin Haase in Kitzbuhel, on 4th of August, giving him time to recover. I will still go with Stepanek and if he passes on to the next rounds, the factor of tiredness will prevail in taking future decisions, but I believe that under the impression of the moment, coming from just winning a title, will boost him enough to put a good fight against the Spaniard.
Prediction: Radek Stepanek to win @2.00 (3/5) - Paddy Power. .
(Feliciano Lopez)
Other predictions:
2. Ivo Karlovic(#125) vs Juan Monaco(#39)
Juan Monaco to win @2.12 (2/5) - Betfair.
3. Ernests Gulbis(#55) vs Juan Carlos Ferrero(#104)
Juan Carlos Ferrero to win @2.75 (2/5) - Paddy Power.
4. Bernard Tomic (#68) vs Yen-Hsun Lu (#66)
Bernard Tomic to win @1.62 (3/5) - Ladbrokers.
5. Marcos Baghdatis(#40) vs John Isner (#28)
John Isner to win @1.57 (3/5) - Boylesports.
6. Richard Gasquet(#13) vs Florian Mayer(#23)
Florian Mayer to win @3.00 (2/5) - StanJames.
7. Michael LLodra(#33) vs Mikhail Youzhny (#14)
Mikhail Youzhny to win @1.48 (3/4) - Betfair.
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