Bit conservative stakes on this one because it seems a bit risky to bet on Puerta as he trails 0:2 H2H against Behrend and one was on clay. BUT that loss was at a small challenger event back in 2002. This year Puerta reached 1 final on clay and had other top results. Behrend won almost nothing on clay lately and he definetly is 1 class below Puerta on that surface overall.
Monaco a rising young clay courter with fine results last and also this year so far. Sanguinetti is no clay courter and should stand no chance here.
GICQUEL 1.98 - Mertinak 5D 300 EH
Small value here mainly because of the H2H which Gicquel won 7:6,6:1 on same surface last year. Also the better clay results overall so this should be over 50%. Make sure that odds you get are nearly 2.0 because 1.9 or below is no value anymore.
Gonzales is definetly the 2 class better clay courter and after his surprising loss last week in the quarters against a spanish young clay courter he fought back yesterday with a 2:0 win over good clay player Verdasco. Ancic is no clay courter at all and odds 1.5 are nice.
Martin is H2H 2:0 on clay and the better clay courter than Lisnard who won nothing on this surface. Martin in nice form with some semis and quarters on clay.
BERDYCH 2.2 - O.Rochus PIN 200 EH
This one will be tight but its fact that Berdych has the better results on clay and O.Rochus has clay as his worst surface so at those odds (most bookies price this 1.9/1.7) worth a small bet.
Other good winners should be Stepanek,Coria,Safin today.
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