ATP Washington, Round 1 Continued

Round 1 continues today in Washington with a few more interesting games.

1. Ryan SWeeting(#66) vs Alex Bogomolov(#56)
This will be a close match and even the odds are very close.
The two players have a head to head statistic of 2-2, none of their
games taking place in a ATP World Tour main draw. Their last game ended
with the victory of Ryan Sweeting, on hard court. Ryan Sweeting's record
on hard court this year is 19W/8L, while Bogomolov's is of 11/7, giving a
better percentage for Sweeting. I believe this game will be a close call,
and in such situation I prefer to go with the underdog.

Prediction: Ryan Sweeting to win @2.10 (2/5) - Stan James.

2. Marsel Ilhan(#107) vs Flavio Cipolla(#103)
Two players knocking on the top 100 doors that have never met before.
Marsel Ilhan did not have too many games on hard court this year and
has a negative record 5W/7L, while Flavio Cipolla had more success,
even thought it was in Challenger tournaments, having a 21W/8L record
this year. This is again a close call to make and in my view this might as well be a 3 set match. For the victory, I prefer going with Cipolla whom has had a better presence on hard court and I believe the accumlated experience so far will help him get to the next round.

Prediction: Flavio Cipolla to win @2.00 (2/5) - Stan James.

Here are some more predictions for today:

3. Ryan Harrison to win 2-0 @1.57 (3/5) - Coral.
4. Fernando Gonzalez to win @1.53 (3/5) - Ladbrokers.
5. Grigor Dimitrov to win @1.58 (3/5) - AllYoubet.
6. Somdev Devvarman to win @1.30 (3/5) - Coral.