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| 2011 Atlanta Tennis Championships Match Preview: Michael Russell vs. Kevin Anderson |
Online sportsbook BetPhoenix has Kevin Anderson has a -200 favorite in this contest. Check out their odds on all of the matches in the Atlanta Tennis Championships. Michael Russell won the first match of the pre-US Open summer hardcourt season Monday, starting the ATP Atlanta Championships with a 6-0, 6-3 thrashing of fellow American Donald Young. Russell, 33, won his first main-draw match since early June at Queen's club with his 72-minute hammering of one-time prodigy Young. Russell advanced on the first of three match points in steamy, hot conditions after breaking the hapless Young five times. He will next play South African second seed Kevin Anderson, a 2010 semi-finalist in the event's inaugural edition. South African player, Kevin Anderson will be competing for the time in ATP Atlanta after his early exit in Wimbledon 2011 grand slam tournament. Second seeded player in the tournament, Kevin Anderson will be clashing with American player, Michael Russell in the second round of the Atlanta Tennis Championships on Monday, July 19, 2011 at 09:00 GMT, an ATP World Tour 250 which is being held in Atlanta, U.S.A. Head to head between both the players have clashed in four encounters in the past, as the American world No.97 is leading the contest with 3-1 against the African world No.35. This year both of them have battled in the Masters 1000 tournament at Indian Wells, where the American, Michael Russell has knocked out Anderson in three set thriller with a score line of 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4. Kevin Anderson moved up one place in the ATP World Tour singles rankings to position 34, just one away from his highest ranking of 33 achieved in April 2011. Anderson won his first ATP singles title this year by defeating Indian Somdev Devvarman in the final of SA Tennis Open. Michael Russell, the American world No.97 won the first match of the pre-US Open summer hard court season Monday, starting the ATP Atlanta Championships with a 6-0, 6-3 thrashing of fellow American Donald Young. He has a 41-36 win-loss record in the last 12-months. As per the predications, it would be a three set thriller, as Anderson is the favorite to win the match. Anderson may be the favorite to win this event, but don’t count out the underdog in this match as Russell will have home court advantage and is playing stellar Tennis. Atlanta Tennis Championships Pick: Michael Russell
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The Atlanta Tennis Championships continue on Wednesday when the Michael Russell vs. Kevin Anderson gets underway.


