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11/23/10 1:50 AM | Kelli DeMario
World No. 4 Robin Soderling and World No. 7 David Ferrer both look to rebound after suffering opening-round losses in London. The two are set to highlight play at the ATP World Tour Finals Tuesday evening.
Fourth seed Robin Soderling holds an 8-4 head-to-head series advantage over seventh seed David Ferrer. The players last battled in Valencia, where the Spaniard earned a semifinal victory in three sets. Tuesday’s match signals their sixth clash in 2010, with the Swede leading 3-2.
Soderling fell to World No. 5 Andy Murray in his opener, 2-6, 4-6. The 26-year-old struggled with his return game, unable to collect more than a single break point through 80 minutes. Soderling is bidding for his 57th ATP World Tour victory of the season on Tuesday.
Ferrer lost his 11th consecutive match to four-time ATP World Tour Finals champion Roger Federer on Sunday. The Spaniard did not play the big points effectively, having missed five of 6 break chances en route to a 1-6, 4-6 defeat.
Prediction: London plays faster than Valencia and a low bounce will help Soderling. Ferrer will do his retrieving best, but it won’t be enough to win. The Swede in straight sets.
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i agree with jrbro4, söderling is very very good at hitting high balls. you can also see him have problems when people, notably federer, gives him low slices...
croc , 11/23/10 9:03 AM
Much of Soderling's game is based on his ability to get big serves into play, from which he can dictate rallies. If he has a bad serving day I think Ferrer will win because he is a more consistent returner and will keep Soderling moving around the court, eventually tiring him out. As for the court speed, I haven't seen how fast the Valencia courts are but from what I observed of the Federer-Ferrer match these courts are pretty damn slow. Federer struggled to generate outright winners from the baseline, and once Ferrer started to cut down on his unforced errors in the second set it became a pretty even contest, with a number of service games going to deuce.
jrbro4 , 11/23/10 9:18 AM
i feel a little sorry for ferrer,. this isnt exactly gonna be a confidence-booster.
mriiidula , 11/23/10 11:14 PM
Got to hand it to ferrer - went down fighting both times. Can't help feel he's a bit disadvantaged by being normal sized. Given the closeness of both his matches, he knows that, assuming fed beats sod, he still has a chance of going through by beating muzz, so muzz can expect another fight.
alex , 11/24/10 12:24 AM
yep, thats what i was telling ferru, slice it, slice it ...
rfzr , 11/24/10 1:30 AM
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Are you sure the low bounce is going to help Soderling? I would have thought a higher bounce would be more to his liking because the ball sits up in his hitting zone, like at the French Open. I actually reckon David Ferrer has a good chance of winning this one. He struggled to find his range in the first set against Federer, but once he did he looked pretty good and with a bit of luck could have pushed the match to a third set. He just needs to get a higher percentage of first serves in so that he can dictate points a bit more.
jrbro4 , 11/23/10 8:49 AM