Melzer leads the charge with Austrian tennis on the up

Players Under the Microscope / / 31 August 2007 / Leave a Comment

Perfecseun looks at Austria's emerging players and considers how far they can go in New York

There is a group of players to watch in this Grand Slam and it is the Austrians. Stefan Koubek has won 2 matches as an underdog and Paszek is going well on the women´s side. Today, Melzer can continue that run as he faces Del Potro, who he lost to on carpet, even though Melzer was the clear favourite to win that Davis Cup tie on home soil. Revenge will be on the Austrian´s mind and he has improved playing the run-up tournaments to the US Open. A possible 5 set match which can go either way but Melzer is the call for me.

There are always a couple of little-known players who always surprise at the Grand Slam events and Dudi Sela might just be the one for today. He challenges Juan Monaco for a 3rd round place and he does have a slender chance of making it through. I strongly fancy this to go to 5 sets but for conservative betting profit, over 35.5 games and laying Monaco to win 3-0 sets.

Wayne Odesnik has been playing well in the past few weeks and if he brings his Montreal form to this game against Chela, he will win. Odesnik to win this one but neither player is running away with a 3-0 sets victory.