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Marinko Matosevic has finally won a Grand Slam match! With this under his belt can Matosevic can go for two in a row against the classy Andy Murray as Australia yet again takes on England at the second round of Roland Garros.
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In his 13th attempt at passing the first round, he defeated Dustin Brown in four sets in a very tight match. Now ranked 66 in the world, Matosevic is a better player than his performances suggest and now with the confidence of winning a match at a major, he will go in as underdog but may have a chance to defeat the great Andy Murray.
Murray won his first round match in four sets against Andrey Golubev and enters the tournament as the seventh seed in France.
After an interesting few months of frustration and injury, Murray looks to be finding form however clay is his least favourite surface and with not many matches under his belt if Matosevic can win the opening set he might be a chance.
However against these top players you simply must win the first set. Djokovic, Nadal, Federer and Murray are the players they are because they are continually consistent across all surfaces and all venues.
In Andy’s case, he is a great fighter with consistent groundstrokes as he pushes players into errors through dragging out the points to the point where he makes the game a battle of both mental and physical fitness.
This makes the matchup between Marinko and himself so exciting to watch due to the fact Matosevic is very, very fit.
Experts have labelled him “the fittest Australian tennis player” and with his baseline game matching up perfectly with Murray, it is just a question of who will break first. Expect some very long points and a long match even if it is straight sets.
Prediction: Murray will be too classy in the end however Marinko will test him. Murray to win in four sets.
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