Friday, 19 April 2013

Tsonga v Wawrinka

Monte Carlo Masters, 9.30am.
£10, Wawrinka, 1.86.

Wawrinka seems to be coming into some superb form, and his demolition job of Andy Murray just emphasises this point further. Tsonga had a little wobble against Davydenko before he too smashed an out of shape Melzer. His size and strength will be of concern to Wawrinka, but the ground strokes and defence at the moment of Wawrinka is top notch and if Wawrinka can get a good return of serve percentage in, he will win the duel. Wawrinka did have a small monkey on the shoulder of that he choked occasionally against the big players when in great positions, but the win yesterday against a deflated Murray will have boosted his confidence no end. May be in three sets, but the longer the game goes the better chance Wawrinka has of winning. He just needs to keep Tsonga occupied in a long ground stroke battle.