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Andy Murray has barely broken sweat so far but that will change against Jurgen Melzer. chickendinner fancy the Austrian to take a set but if you disagree, Betfair generously offer 1.52 on Murray winning in straight sets:
» Murray won all three of his meetings against Melzer last year but has yet to conquer him in straight sets.
» Even when the Brit enjoyed his best ever Grand Slam at last year’s US Open, he had to work hard to overcome Melzer in the third round. The Austrian went two sets up before Murray came back to win.
» Murray has only once got through the first three rounds of a Grand Slam without dropping a set.
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Andy Murray is just 1.02 to beat Marcel Granollers and 1.26 to win in straight sets in his Aussie Open game that is scheduled to be played at around 9.30am tomorrow (UK time). So without backing heavily, there isn’t much money to be made. Instead, our amigos at chickendinner point you in the direction of the “1st Set Correct Score” market where enticing odds of 4.0 are available on Murray winning 6-2:
» At the Qatar Open, six of Murray’s ten set wins were achieved by a 6-2 scoreline, including the opening sets in his first and second round matches.
» Murray started his first round Australian Open match against Andrei Pavel with a 6-2 opening set victory too.
» The last set the two players contested against one another in Barcelona three years ago finished 6-2 in the Brit’s favour.
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A brief tennis interlude and super special offer interrupts The Spoiler’s normal football programming…
Andy Murray was eliminated in the first round of last year’s Australian Open having raised expectations by winning the Qatar Open. Now he’s all muscly and that, a repeat is unlikely, but it’s worth noting that his opponent tonight Andrei Pavel [60 at Betfair] is rarely humiliated:
With the exception of the French Open, Pavel hasn’t lost a first round match at a Grand Slam in straight sets since Wimbledon 1999.
The previous meeting between the duo in the first round of the 2005 US Open went to five sets before Murray triumphed.
Britain’s number one dropped sets in his first round matches at two of the four Grand Slams last year.
Murray triumphing in four sets is 7 while if you anticipate a real struggle he is 17 to win 3-2. The action starts at midnight tonight on British Eurosport and also live on Betfair. You canclaim a free £10 bet when opening a Betfair account here.
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