Austrialian Open Qualis Parlay: Brands/Mannarino/Arn [-108]
Brands has continued his solid early season play through qualis and looked stronger in Round 2 than he did in the opener. He goes against Marti who prefers clay, but has proven to be a tough nut on this surface. The feeling though is that if Brands can maintain his serve like he has done more the majority of his matches early on, the pressure will be on Marti to keep up. Mannarino has quietly run out to a 7-0 mark this season with a Challenger Title in Noumea to open the season. He wisely took a little breather after his title run to rest his elbow which was reportedly sore from the early activity. It has not effected him through qualis in Melbourne with two comprehensive wins. He hasn't faced a single break point. Polansky is his draw today. The Canadian has battled well through two rounds, but has a weaker service game that fails him too much. Mannarino looks confident here and sounds ready to continue his climb in the rankings. Arn takes on Mrdeza who played in an absolute shitfest against Glushko yesterday. Her serve was pathetic, but Glushko wound up being even more pathetic after the 1st set. Arm has been steady in qualis this week and generally has not looked too bad in playing a lot of quali matches in the Australian swing. She should have fond memories of the main draw from 2012 in which she made the 3rd round. Mrdeza is bidding for her 1st Grand Slam main draw and if she plays like yesterday or something close to it - the veteran should take advantage.