Tennis Previews and Picks

Okay then lets get started with a look at tonights tennis action in Memphis and Buenos Aires. In Memphis John Isner takes on Gilles Muller in his first match of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in what looks to be a fascinating clash. Isner boasts a 2-0 record over the man from Luxembourg and both matches went to a deciding set. This time i expect Isner to win in straight sets. Muller will need his big serve to be firing tonight if he is to stand any chance of an upset over the world number 13. However, there is no evidence of any form from Muller this year with only 2 wins to date and 5 losses. Isner on the other hand has only played 6 matches and disappointingly lost in the third round of The Australian Open. Despite the lack of playing activity his most recent matches included a famous win over Roger Federer at the Davis Cup and he should bring that form to Memphis. As well as Isner i also expect wins for Ryan Harrison over promising teen Jack Sock and i'm gonna say Sam Querrey will put his disappointing start to the season behind him and get a win over Alejandro Falla.
Two games to talk about in Buenos Aires also with David Nalbandian and David Ferrer opening their accounts. Nalbandian seems to be finally playing consistently on the tour after a career dogged by injuries and has a 4-2 record this year so far. He had a tough 5th set loss to John Isner at the Australian Open, a game which ended in controversial circumstances but has since had impressive wins over Gilles Simon and Florian Mayer. His ranking of 85 doesn't reflect his ability and American world number 107 Wayne Odesnik shouldn't pose him much problems despite some decent form himself this year including a win in a challenger event in Columbia but has yet to play on the ATP World Tour this season. Ferrer takes on 23 year old world number 237 Andres Molteni who is also playing his first match of the year on the main tour after a tough year on the challenger tour with only 1 win but his performances have been good against players ranked much higher than him. However Ferrer will be a huge step up for him with the Spaniard (despite getting very close to the wrong side of 30) getting better and better as the years go on. Some great performances towards the end of last year including rare victories over Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic and a brave performance against the seemingly invincible Djokovic at the Australian Open have put the Spaniard in a great position cement his place in the top 10 and possibly break into the top 4. Ferrer has only lost once this year and that was to Djokovic and so Molteni will be lucky to compete in any set against the Spanish number 2.
The odds on the 5 matches i've mentioned won't be too profitable with an accumulator cntaining all 5 being just over 2/1 with some bookmakers.
Tomorrow afternoon ill be looking ahead to tomorrow night and Thursday's action in Memphis and Buenos Aires as well as Thursdays action in Marseille. I'll also briefly talk about the Europa League action and this weeks golf.