Originally Posted by
Nikigreat
Triple
Bernard Tomic - Tommy Haas, Potito Starace - Alessandro Giannessi, Juan Ignacio Chela - Cesar Ramirez
Pick: Bernard Tomic, Potito Starace, Juan Ignacio Chela @ 2 [+100]
Why: I didn't see great results by Haas this year. He is probably never back the player he was for all these injures he had, the last one in January. 2012 will probably be the year of the explosion of Tomic; even if he already did QF in Wimbledon last year, I think in this one he will find the solidity he needs to stay with the top players on the ranking. Don't forget this year Tomic lost only by Murray and Federer, and last week by Dodig, who by the way is not a good player to face on indoor and then lost with the winner of the tournament Melzer in the tiebreak of the third set. In Delray there are hard courts where Tomic suits better, I can't see him losing two times in a row at first round, and between the rising young and the old decadent I choose the first.
It's the moment for Potito to start making some result on his surface. Won with Capdeville, lost by Berlocq and then lost by Almagro in Buenos Aires (7-6 in the third). That amazing fight with Almagro confirms the good shape of Potito who was just unlucky with the draw; I can't see him losing by the young countryman Giannessi, who by the way is a player to watch for Italy in the future.
Ramirez is a good clay courter at Futures level, but in the end he only has 29W/22L on clay career and Chela should have an easy first round tonight.
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