Ivan Ljubicic and Mikhail Youzhny must be getting to know each other very well, today's final is the 3rd time they have met in 2007.
The Croatian has won both of those in 3 sets and leads the h2h 6-0 overall. He totally dominated the service stats in those games and this surface suits him very well. Ivan made the final here on his last appearance, back in 2005, taking Roger Federer to a 3rd set tie break and thundering down 16 aces, against the world number one.
Youzhny saved 3 match points in his semi final win over Novak Djokovic and will not give up, without a fight. However, I strongly favour Ljubicic, who has averaged a 4 game advantage in aces alone, during their earlier outings this season, which is a huge handicap for the Russian to overcome.
I am going for the straight win, but for the more adventurous of you out there, the 2-1 sets win is competitively priced at 4.0 with Bet365 and Expekt.
5 points Ljubicic to beat Youzhny 1.633 Pinnacle// Betfair.
Good Luck.
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