Lopez to beat Davy @ 2.86
The one thing that Davy likes from his opponents is ryhthm...something that Murray provided him with today. Lopez tommorrow won't do such thing. He will hit aces, winners, double faults, massive errors, come to the net, slice. Davy will struggle to get into any such ryhthm with this type of play. The courts seem to be playing pretty fast this year in Dubai, hence why we have Lopez and Roddick in the semis. Lopez has been serving very well this week and has even held his own in rallies from what I see vs Ferrer today.
H2H is 3-0 in Lopez's favour and this does not totally suprise me. While Davy is probably the best returner of medium paced serves, against big serves, I don't think he is that good. Lopez will need to serve near the 70% mark like he did today vs Ferrer and if he does, I think he will beat Davy.
Djokovic to beat Roddick at any price.
The one thing that Davy likes from his opponents is ryhthm...something that Murray provided him with today. Lopez tommorrow won't do such thing. He will hit aces, winners, double faults, massive errors, come to the net, slice. Davy will struggle to get into any such ryhthm with this type of play. The courts seem to be playing pretty fast this year in Dubai, hence why we have Lopez and Roddick in the semis. Lopez has been serving very well this week and has even held his own in rallies from what I see vs Ferrer today.
H2H is 3-0 in Lopez's favour and this does not totally suprise me. While Davy is probably the best returner of medium paced serves, against big serves, I don't think he is that good. Lopez will need to serve near the 70% mark like he did today vs Ferrer and if he does, I think he will beat Davy.
Djokovic to beat Roddick at any price.