Sunday, May 20th, 2012
The Stuttgart tennis odds have Gael Monfils as favourite for this year’s competitve looking Mercedes Cup.
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Jurgen Melzer, Mikhail Youzhny and Gilles Simon are the rest of the top four seeds, but there is plenty of strength in depth in this week’s field.
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7/2 Gael Monfils, 11/2 Nikolay Davydenko, 7/1 Jurgen Melzer, Gilles Simon, 9/1 Mikhail Youzhny, 10/1 Florian Mayer, 14/1 Bar
Frenchman Monfils heads the field after having a good Davis Cup in France’s win over Germany, but there might be questions over his frame of mind after his split with coach Roger Rashid. Monfils has a very tricky potential quarter-final with Florian Mayer in his section, with Juan Carlos Ferrero, coming back from injury, another interesting contender in the top half. Marcel Granollers, who will be coming back from Davis Cup duty, Mikhail Youzhny has also had a hit and miss year, especially on clay, meaning there is a real chance that someone unexpected could make their way through the top half.
Jurgen Melzer is the second seed. The Austrian is fresh after a week off from Wimbledon having taken the mixed doubles title, but has a difficult first round opponent in Santiago Giraldo. Nikolay Davydenko has had a strange year, mixing in the kind of losses he never would have produced three or four years ago with an ATP title. His first round opponent Cedrik Marcel-Stebe, is an up and coming talent too.
Gilles Simon and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez complete the seeds in the bottom half of the draw. There are lots of difficult early round clashes here, so it’s very hard to be able to pick out a fancied winner.
Italian Fabio Fognini has talent but temperament, and he could put together a decent run at 33/1 with Stan James. Use our link and you can claim a free £25 bet!