Posted on
10/31/2007 9:31:14 PM
Tennis Betting – R16 Tennis Picks Robredo vs. Canas
By Nila Amerova
Paris, France – Tommy Robredo sits in ninth place to qualify for Shanghai, while Canas trails behind in sixteenth place, but with only 29 points separating them in the ATP race, both have a shot at the remaining two berths for the Masters Cup. However, in tomorrow’s match, for one the season will end and with it, potentially any hope of participating in the year-end showdown in Shanghai. Will it be the favored Argentinean Canas (tipped at -155 with BetUS Sportsbook) or will the Spaniard Robredo (tipped at +115) seize the day.
Tennis Line: Tommy Robredo +115 Guillermo Canas -155
Match Time: 06:00 AM EST
Tennis Prediction: Argentinean Guillermo Canas, the odds makers’ favorite at -155 brings a 38/20 record for the season into this match, which includes one ATP title. Canas’s lone title this season came in Costa Do Sauipe, Brazil.
Canas burst back onto the tour this season, after being suspended from participating in professional tennis for almost two years. Canas at the start of the season was ranked beyond the Top 100 (No.149), but quickly stormed up the ranks on the heels of some notable performances, namely defeating Roger Federer in back-to-back tournaments (AMS in Indiana Wells and Miami), and cracked the Top 20 after reaching the quarterfinal round in Roland Garros. However, since then, Canas slightly faded as bouts of injuries hindered his summer and fall season. He is not the same player he was in the spring of 2007.
In 2007, Canas, along with winning the Costa de Sauipe title, was a finalist in the Miami Masters and Barcelona, a semifinalist in Umag and Metz and a quarterfinalist at the Roland Garros.
Tommy Robredo takes a 47/25 record into this match and two ATP titles, of which one is the Open de Mosele – an Indoor hard court event he notched earlier this month in Metz. Robredo, having already won an indoor hard court event, on the ATP’s European indoor swing, at +115 underdog odds holds value in this match.
However, he trails 1-3 in lifetime and 0-1 in 2007 head-to-heads against Canas. Robredo is not a sure play by any stretch, but considering he is currently within one point of Haas’s 344 points and an eighth place berth for Shanghai, if Robredo wants to remain in the race, he must defeat Canas in tomorrow’s match. Simple as that!
Tennis Free Pick: Robredo in three sets.
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Nila Amerova is a freelance sports writer and regular contributor to the BetUS.com Locker Room.