Tennis Betting Picks – Ferrer and Cuevas Eye Quarterfinal Spots in Bastad

Bastad, Sweden – David Ferrer of Spain and Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay are bidding for a spot in the Swedish Open quarterfinals on Wednesday. BetOnline is taking action on their matchups among many others. So without too much preamble, here is the breakdown of the current markets available.

Tennis Betting Line : David Ferrer -800 Fabio Fognini +425

First Set Line: David Ferrer -500 Fabio Fognini +300

Match Time: 08:30 AM Eastern Time (14:30 Local Time) Wednesday July 14, 2010

Tennis Betting Verdict: David Ferrer is the hot favourite at -800 to defeat Fabio Fognini and advance into the Swedish Open quarterfinals. Ferrer is expected to win convincingly also, making him a hot bet to take the first set at -500.

Recommending Ferrer’s odds is not only a 1-0 edge over Fognini, having beaten him at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships 6-2, 6-2, 6-3, but also because he is on form this term. Ferrer is a solid 38-13 on the season with 1 title, Acapulco (clay). His clay highlights include a runner-up finish in Buenos Aires and Rome, and semi-final appearances at the Monte Carlo and Madrid Masters, and Barcelona.

Ferrer is after a disappointing loss to Gael Monfils in Davis Cup duty for Spain at the weekend, a weekend that saw France hand Spain a thrashing, 5-0. Disappointing though it might have been for the Spaniard, it shouldn’t set him back in Bastad. Surely, Spain’s World Cup victory lifted his spirits, enough to have him pumped up for this week.

Tennis Free Picks: Ferrer in straight sets

Tennis Betting Line: Pere Riba +140 Pablo Cuevas -180

First Set Line: Pere Riba +130 Pablo Cuevas -170

Match Time: 07:00 AM Eastern Time (13:00 Local Time) Wednesday July 14, 2010

Tennis Betting Verdict: Pablo Cuevas topped Paul-Henri Mathieu, the No.6 seed, in the first round of the Swedish Open to book his spot in the second round. Standing in his way of a quarterfinal spot is Pere Riba of Spain.

This marks their first ever meeting at an ATP level event; however, they did cross paths before, at the Montevideo Challenger event in Uruguay in 2008. Cuevas took the easy 6-2, 6-1 victory in front of his home fans.

Riba has improved considerably since then which should allow him to account better this time around. He has two Challenger titles this season under his belt, and as recently as June. Whether he can transcend the ATP circuit, and fashion similar success is another matter entirely. He is headed in the right direction so far.

Tennis Free Picks: Riba in three sets