US Open Stat Attack: In-form Granollers can beat the odds

US Open Betting / Ben Caudell / 29 August 2011 /

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Marcel Granollers is looking mean and like he means business when he faces Xavier Malisse later on today

"The Spaniard will play Malisse for the first time in his career and is in great shape. He has won seven of his last eight matches overall and is well rested, having not played a single match since his quarter final appearance in Kitzbuhel."

Armed with just black-letter stats, Ben Caudell goes about finding value in today's matches at the US Open, starting with a clay-court specialist who is in the form of his life and can prove he can play on the hard stuff, too.

5 Reasons to Back

Marcel Granollers (ESP) to defeat Xavier Malisse (BEL) @ [2.32]

•Marcel Granollers comes into today's match-up against Belgian veteran Xavier Malisse in commanding form, having won the Gstaad clay court event at the end of July where he defeated the likes of Fernando Verdasco, Mikhail Youzhny and Stanislas Wawrinka.

•The Spaniard will play Malisse for the first time in his career and is in great shape. He has won seven of his last eight matches overall and is well rested, having not played a single match since his quarter final appearance in Kitzbuhel.

•At an all-time high of 32 in the World Rankings, eighteen places higher than Malisse, the Barcelona native will definitely fancy his chances, having won his first round match each of the last two years at the US Open and as an underdog to boot.

•Granollers holds a superior surface rating and match rating (match rating assess form specific to the current tournament conditions and the opposing player)
•Tonight's opponent is suffering with poor form and especially on the hard-courts. The Belgian has lost four in a row at the US Open, four in a row when priced as favourite, and five in a row on hard-courts.

2-0 lay of the day - lay Samantha Stosur 2-0 v Sofia Arvidsson @ [1.39]

•Since 2005, Stosur has been knocked out at the first round stage of the U.S Open four times

•Stosur has won just one first round match at Flushing Meadows since 2004 in straight sets

•Arvidsson has a tied 1-1 head-to-head series against Stosur that includes a win on the hard-courts

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