Tennis to 4.8

[S.Sukkela]

Almagro, Nicolas vs Nieminen, Jarkko 65% 1.65 (Pinnacle)

[Piomil]

Chakvetadze to beat Likhovtseva
stake: 3/10
odds: 2.130
bookie: 5 dimes

It is the match when we could see a Likhovtseva versus her young copy on the court. I wrote this week how big progress Anna made in last couple of years.Chakvetadze is not one of these russians, she is not a hardhitter, she rather used to play counter attack and has excellent defensive game.She doesn't try to kill every ball how fast as it possible but she used to putting the ball with right depth and power, her game is finding the weak points in her opponents game and trying to get advantage of this.

Likhovtseva is that type of player who is not on the cover of every tennis magazine but she is always in top 20 of the rank.Her game is hitting the ball over and over waiting for errors but also can volley well. Anna is not the type of the player with who Elena likes to play. Likhovtseva will have to attack and trying to hit some winners which is not her normal game and it is a big advantage of Chakvetadze in this match. In my opinion it is the best test for young player to play with Elena Likhovtseva, she is a type of player you can't beat if you don't think on the court. Anna is an intelligent player, first time when world heard about her was last year at us open when she beat Myskina her own weapon - counter attack game.

Likhovtseva was playing yestarday her first game since wimbledon and won after a killing three-setter against shahar peer, being bageled in the first set. It shows that she is not in the perfect shape here, maybe she is preparing for toronto when she has a lot points to defend because she reached there final last year.Anna so far beat Golovin and Benesova , both in straight sets and it looks like she is in the perfect shape here to win at least one more match.

[S.Sukkela]

S. Peng vs D. Safina 54% 2.32 (Pinnacle)