2010 French open 4th Round: Fernando Verdasco vs. Nicolas Almagro Live Picks and Preview

Fernando Verdasco vs. Nicolas Almagro Live Tennis Betting Picks: Fernando Verdasco faces Nicolas Almagro in fourth round of French open at Court Suzanne Lenglen on Monday, May 31, 2010 and match followed by women’s singles match between Justine Henin and Samantha Stosur.

Seventh Seed Fernando played his third round match against 30 seeded German Player Philipp Kohlschreiber in five sets 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 and match was played about four hours on Saturday. After easy win against Igor Kunitsyn in the first round he struggled a bit against Florent Serra and won match with 6-2, 6-2, 0-6, and 6-4. Verdasco won in Barcelona and reached the final in Monte Carlo and Nice on clay this season. He entered fourth round in the last three French Opens but he failed to enter Quarter finals.

Nicolas Almagro, Ninteenth seed in this Tournament, has not played against top players so far in the past three Rounds. First time he faces high rank player in the tournament in Fourth round. He struggled in the first round against Robin Haase and won in Five sets 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4. But in second round he played well against Steve Darcis and won in straight sets 6-3, 6-0, 7-5. In the third round he played against Ukraine Player Alexandr Dolgopolov Jr, who won the second round match against 12th seeded China player Fernando Gonzalez, in straight sets 6-3, 6-3, and 6-4. He has only ever beaten top ten ranking players six times in his career.

Nicolas Almagro faced Fernando Verdasco three times in the past and has never beaten Verdasco in three attempts including third round in last year French Open. He didn’t manage to own single set against Fernando.
When playing against left handed players he struggles more due to his tendency to over-use his one-handed backhand, which is a powerful weapon against right-handers.

Odds are a bit much on the Fernando Verdasco as favorite in this match.

Sportsbetting Picks: Fernando Verdasco In a Straight sets.