ATP Valencia Quarterfinals: Verdasco And Robredo
Valencia, Spain – Fourth seed Fernando Verdasco and seventh seed Tommy Robredo are set to go head-to-head in an all Spanish quarterfinal showdown Friday, a spot in the Valencia Open 500 semis on the line. Tennis player Fernando Verdasco is probably Spain’s best shot for a Spaniard to win the title. As such, as the crowd cheers on both countrymen, anxious for a praiseworthy clash, they will all the while be most likely slightly biased towards tennis player Verdasco, hoping he gets to stay around a little longer. Robredo would like it to be otherwise, naturally.
Tennis Betting Line: Fernando Verdasco -300 Tommy Robredo +200
Match Time: 02:00 P.M. Eastern Time Friday November 6, 2009
Tennis Betting Verdict: World No.8 tennis player Fernando Verdasco enters this match as the solid favourite to win outright, listed at BetUS Sportsbook at -300. The reason for the favourite nod is obvious. He has a noteworthy ranking in the top ten and a slight ranking edge over tennis player Robredo who weighs in at No.15.
Verdasco has also had a remarkable season by his previous standards, with groundbreaking Grand Slam results – semi-final appearance at the Aussie Open, quarterfinal appearance at the US Open and back-to-back R16’s at Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Tennis player Verdasco also ended a 12-month title drought when he won the title in New Haven ahead of the US Open.
Most recently, he finished runner up in Kuala Lumpur and pushed to the Beijing quarters. His only hiccup during the fall swing was a first round exit to Ivan Ljubicic in Shanghai. Overall, he is 50-20 on the season.
Robredo has had a commendable season. He is 45-23 going into the Valencia quarters. He has two titles on the season in Costa do Sauipe and Buenos Aires. He had a strong start to the season with a R16 at the Aussie Open ahead of his title victories during the South American clay court swing and he underscored his clay court prowess with a quarterfinal appearance at Roland Garros.
Most recently, tennis player Robredo opened noteworthy accounts at the US Open and Shanghai Masters with a last 16 finish in both, lost to tennis player Roger Federer and tennis player Rafael Nadal respectively.
In some respects, tennis player Robredo stacks up well, which would make one believe him to be a value bet at +200. There is also the fact that Verdasco trails lifetime against Robredo 3-4. Yet, tennis player Robredo best career results have come almost exclusively on clay. That is not to say he hasn’t had success on hard courts because he has, but not against a quality hard courter player as Verdasco is. As such, Robredo will be hard pressed to beat Verdasco, especially, if Verdasco is 100% healthy and on his game.
