After two winners from two bets in round one, Andy Schooler has three odds-against picks for the second round of the Cincinnati Open.<\/p>\n
Tennis betting tips: Cincinnati Open<\/p>\n
Recommended bets:<\/p>\n
1.5pts Adrian Mannarino to beat Tomas Machac at 7\/4 (betway)<\/p>\n
1pt Hamad Medjedovic to beat Tallon Griekspoor at 6\/5 (General)<\/p>\n
0.5pt over 12.5 games in first set of Griekspoor v Medjedovic at 11\/4 (bet365)<\/p>\n
Sky Bet odds<\/a> | Paddy Power<\/a> | Betfair Sportsbook<\/a> <\/p>\n Tomas Machac v Adrian Mannarino (Sat)<\/p>\n It\u2019s good when a match on the coupon stands out and that was the case in round one when Arthur Rinderknech simply looked too big. Thankfully, he duly delivered a 7\/4 winner.<\/p>\n I feel the same way here and it\u2019s another Frenchman fancied.<\/p>\n Mannarino arrives at this match having won 14 of his last 18 matches with two of the defeats coming against top-quality opponents \u2013 Andrey Rublev at Wimbledon and Ben Shelton, the eventual champion, last week in Toronto.<\/p>\n That loss has already been put firmly behind him with three straight-sets wins in Cincinnati since.<\/p>\n It\u2019s quite a resurgence from Mannarino, who this time last year was stuck on a run of one win in 17 matches.<\/p>\n However, if ever there was going to be a time for the veteran to return to the sort of form that once lifted him as high as 17 in the world, then it\u2019s the last couple of months.<\/p>\n Mannarino has always loved a faster court and he gets that on the grass and also during this summer hardcourt swing, which has generally sped up following the change to Har-Tru courts in Washington and Toronto.<\/p>\n It\u2019s always been fast in Cincinnati and that could be bad news for Machac.<\/p>\n The Czech has plenty of talent but he\u2019s struggled in recent months, winning just four of his last 12 matches. Last week, he suffered a first-round defeat in Toronto to Reilly Opelka and before that was beaten by world number 192 August Holmgren at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n Throw in the fact that Mannarino won the pair\u2019s only previous meeting 6-1 6-2 in Indian Wells last season, holding serve throughout, and the Frenchman really does look a good bet at 7\/4.<\/p>\n Tallon Griekspoor v Hamad Medjedovic (Sun)<\/p>\n Medjedovic returned to action fo the first time since Wimbledon on Friday and what a return it was.<\/p>\n The Serb produced a serving masterclass to dismantle Aleksandar Kovacevic, a finalist in Los Cabos only last month, in just 62 minutes.<\/p>\n The numbers were pretty frightening.<\/p>\n Medjedovic lost only three points on his serve and, unsurprisingly, didn\u2019t face a single break point.<\/p>\n He delivered 15 aces in eight service games \u2013 43% of the points he played on serve were won by an ace.<\/p>\n And he was far from shabby on return either, winning 67% of the points on his opponent\u2019s second serve.<\/p>\n Medjedovic has always been one to fear in quick conditions \u2013 I remember putting him up at 40\/1 on these pages earlier this year in Marseille when he reached the final<\/a> – and he\u2019ll now take huge confidence into this clash with seed Griekspoor.<\/p>\n The Dutchman has long been one to rely on his serve with return figures below average \u2013 he\u2019s broken serve just 14% of the time on hardcourts over the past 52 weeks.<\/p>\n The chance of a first-set tie-break therefore looks more likely than odds of 11\/4 suggest.<\/p>\n That\u2019s been the outcome in seven of Griekspoor\u2019s 18 hardcourt matches this season, while there has been a breaker in 12 of the last 15, making the 10\/11 about over 0.5 in this match look tasty.<\/p>\n Griekspoor arrives in Cincinnati off the back of a disappointing defeat to Tomas Martin Etcheverry in Toronto a couple of weeks ago, a result which means he\u2019s now lost three of his last four matches.<\/p>\n All things considered, I\u2019m also happy to back the underdog for victory in this one.<\/p>\n Posted at 0845 BST on 09\/08\/25<\/p>\n Safer gambling<\/p>\n We are committed in our support of safer gambling. 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