French Open Question

[xjcx]

I don't know if any of you follow tennis... but i was taking a look at the lines for tomorrow and noticed that Marcos Baghdatis is a huge underdog (+170) against Igor Andreev. Now, I don't follow tennis too much. I just take a look at their rankings and their head to head matchups... these two have never played each other.

Baghdatis is ranked 19 in ATP rankings
Andreev is ranked 125 in ATP rankings.

Baghdatis is ranked 16 in the French Open
Andreev is not ranked.

So can anyone tell me why this line seems so off? i know vegas is smarter than this....

thanks........

[ULikeApples]

Andreev is a clay court specialist I believe. Baghdatis is better on hard courts. Not sure who will win, but that would explain the line. Clay is a completely different surface in terms of the style of play.

[xjcx]

oh yeah

i totally forgot about the surfaces..
but oh well, i'll take my chances with these odds.

thanks apples.