Melzer played extremely well last week in Madrid until his unfortunate head to head with world number one Nadal whereby he expectedly lost. Even before he was set to meet Nadal, he was always certain to lose in the last round before that but he continuously surprised many. His first serve is his key attribute whereby opponents fail at a consistent basis to return. After  the madrid open, his world ranking currently is at world number twenty six. .

Youzhny is also in good vein of form after defying all odds to reach the final in Germany last week, which must have brought some attention to others as well. If one do glance through Youzhny's clay court results this season, one will realise that he has done considerably well in the tounraments he has taken part in and he must be reeling from last week's close shave lost. Overall, I think the russian is better geared up between two very improved players and he will just manage to scrap through.

Youzhny to win 2-1 @ 4.50 with bet365