Tennis Bowling Club

The ATP tournament in Munich has already seen some surprising results. Robin Haase, for example, was unable to beat Denis Gremelmayr in the first round. Mikhail Youzhny was also defeated in a spectacular manner (I certainly didn't see that one coming after the solid second set). However, the biggest shock came when Dustin Brown beat Stanislas Wawrinka.

Dustin Brown has an interesting playing style. He is definitely inconsistent from the baseline, but he can sometimes be pretty spectacular with his attacking play. Some players definitely don't like playing against someone like Brown, because his style throws them off their usual rhytm. He was serving tremendously (he was broken just twice) in his first match and Wawrinka is not that bad on return.

Radek Stepanek is a very experienced player, but his career will surely come to an end quite soon. I think that he can beat Dustin Brown, but I am not sure that it will be a comfortable victory. He should be able to hold his serve quite easily, but I can see him struggling on the return. Brown can attack and Stepanek is not great in defense, as his movement can be suspect at times. His win against Golubev should not be taken too seriously, as Golubev is having a horrible season right now.

This match should be full of short points and I am sure that we are going to see a lot of aggresion from both players. With that in mind, I like the fact that we can get a nice handicap on Dustin Brown. He will be really confident after the win against Wawrinka and he can be very dangerous in these conditions. The 4 games handicap is definitely worth taking at this price, as I cannot see Stepanek cruising through the match. .