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Fernando Gonzalez: 14 tips ($390 staked)
Julien Benneteau: 0 tips ($0 staked)
No Value: 2
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| | Jul 21 2008 19:25:11
Doherty
137 (213) Posts
17 (17) Aces
Login to give Aces | | I think Gonzalez has got the upperhand |
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| | Jul 21 2008 17:19:47
rael_electrique (Mod)
370 (1792) Posts
90 (2369) Aces
Login to give Aces | | Also by that logic though, Gonzalez beat Federer in Shanghai. Stats can be used to prove anything. |
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| | Jul 21 2008 17:08:32
bobd198711
3 (15) Posts
0 (0) Aces
Login to give Aces | | I agree with hibzo ,gonzalez is the better player but bennetau has beat better players than gonzalez on hard court |
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| | Jul 21 2008 15:44:02
lilboi (Mod)
543 (889) Posts
397 (471) Aces
Login to give Aces | | Straight forward, or it should be anyway. Gonzo |
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| | Jul 21 2008 13:51:56
johnnyjohnnywu
31 (126) Posts
10 (225) Aces
Login to give Aces | | Gonzalez is a much much better hard court player. The fact that Benneteau won their match last time they played is really irrelevant since it was two years ago. |
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| | Jul 21 2008 11:54:05
n3gative
113 (209) Posts
1 (4) Aces
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| | Jul 21 2008 11:43:47
sonnychevez
172 (235) Posts
70 (80) Aces
Login to give Aces | | There last encounter Fernando was not playing his best and can be discounted.Gonzalez has far too much power and skill than the average Julien.Unless Gonzalez is having one of his off days this should be a convincing straight sets win. |
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| | Jul 21 2008 11:41:22
y2w902
204 (269) Posts
15 (15) Aces
Login to give Aces | | Gonzalez should prove to powerful for Benneteau, especially on the hard surface. |
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| | Jul 21 2008 10:13:35
mourarc
243 (349) Posts
15 (23) Aces
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| | Jul 21 2008 09:10:37
Jameson
34 (125) Posts
0 (40) Aces
Login to give Aces | | Happy to take Gonzo here at a nice price... Benneteau should get blown away by Gonzo's power.... |
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| | Jul 21 2008 00:20:35
thedestroyer9 (Mod)
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689 (3949) Posts
2360 (12365) Aces
Login to give Aces | | The h2h is split at 1-apiece with the Frenchman a surprise winner on carpet back in 2006 but has actually declined in the rankings since that time. Benneteau was in some good form prior to and at the French Open, but was majorly exposed on the quicker grass surface where he won just one match against the similarly unsuited Bolelli. Benneteau has a sound defense and is capable of pulling off the occasional miracle forehand stroke, but is far too vulnerable on serve and is prone to days of high unforced error counts. Gonzalez is superior is nearly every department - a bigger serve, a whopping forehand and variety off the backhand side - but as we know he can be inconsistent and mentally off at times. The Chilean has posted some of his more memorable wins on this terrain admittedly a few years ago, but has a knack of turning things on in the big stage something not heard of with Julien. Gonzo hasn't been serving overly well, but will get a good chance to atone for that here against a guy who is not exactly known for his returning abilities. The match is on the racket of Gonzy and given he doesn't experience one of his erratic days, he will far too much firepower for a player who I don't believe is quite up to this echelon. |
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| | Jul 20 2008 23:55:38
TheCleaver
5 (57) Posts
0 (1) Aces
Login to give Aces | | Gonzo in 3 I think |
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| | Jul 20 2008 23:45:58
d.carson (Mod)
1290 (2977) Posts
1623 (3886) Aces
Login to give Aces | | Agree with Rael, Gonzalez will relish the opportunity to blast Benneteau off the court here. Gonzalez has the big serve aswell and these odds are fully justified and I expect to be considering him in the next round. Staight sets. |
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| | Jul 20 2008 22:53:28
hibzo33
233 (485) Posts
407 (738) Aces
Login to give Aces | | My first opinion for Toronto Masters is not to go on Gonzo....He is a likely winner but you never know with him....Last year exactly at this time, he lost 4 times in a row on hard courts all the way to the Us Open and ended up without a win for eleven weeks! Every time he lost to players ranked below him, (Stepanek, Ferrero, Gabashvili and Fleishman!!) especially Gaba and Fleishman were both well below 100 and both pulled a huge upset....Considering his form this year, he should smash Benneteau but im just trying to point out that Gonzo is worthy skiping in first rounds, especially after a couple of weeks of inactivity.....Benneteau in fact does have straight set wins on hard courts this year against Hewitt, Ferrer, Tsonga, Almagro......Thats my opinion....What does anyone else think?
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| | Jul 20 2008 19:04:26
AShrubb
3 (97) Posts
0 (130) Aces
Login to give Aces | | Gonzo should win here and those odds are looking tasty. |
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| | Jul 20 2008 13:01:06
allen20
2 (9) Posts
0 (18) Aces
Login to give Aces | | gonza to smack him |
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| | Jul 20 2008 05:33:42
rael_electrique (Mod)
370 (1792) Posts
90 (2369) Aces
Login to give Aces | | I'll be taking Gonzalez with the heavier groundstrokes, the heavier serve and the more dynamic style. He's had a good rest and has been in reasonable form the last few months. I would think the faster surface will allow him to rip a lot of winners against Benneteau, whereas on clay, whilst Gonzo's results were half decent this year he could get drawn into impatience in long rallies. |
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