Watched both players matches yesterday and was quite supiced how well Mardy played against Murray. Roddick played great as well,but i think he was helped a lto with Djokovic's errors and erratic play in most part of the match. I read comments that Mardy is playing his best tennis from years an this will be a great encounter between best friends. I think Fish has more nerves,play from the back of the court and nice approach shots an volleys and can hurt Roddick with the game he is showing here in Cincinatti. Therefore i think the odds are just a little more than what i was expecting an expect mardy to prevail in close encounter.
The Frenchwoman is in good form right now while Dementieva admits that she is still not 100% fit from this interview for AP
After struggling past Kateryna Bondarenko 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 6-4 in the second round of New Haven, Elena Dementieva says she is still struggling mentally and physically after suffering a calf tear at the French Open.
"I’m not good at giving percentages but I am still not 100 percent coming off that injury," she said. "It took me a long time to get better. I was playing so well in Paris but you just have to deal with it. It was a disappointing moment for me, especially having to miss Wimbledon.
"I feel like this isn’t my summer," she added.
And against Kata yesterday she played 3 hours and 2 minutes and given her struggles and next week is GS time she may not be up to the task to win against solid in the last couple of weeks Marion. I feel confident in Bartoli,despite the 2-5 negative h2h against Elena, that she will take this one. I am going quite huge but it cleary reflects what i think.