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South Africa is not USA and tactically they are nobodies. Lots of struggling in every game, lack of concentration, lack of firepower, lack of every basic knowledge I reckon. They have great midfield, but apart from that there are plenty of disappointments in the team. Without Benny McCarthy their offense looks amateur and there is no way I see them scoring today. Meanwhile Brazil are stomping over anything that moves, they don't showoff like they used to, they are more precise and efficient this time and this is their main strength, as they can control the ball patiently and create a deadly strike. I don't even want to compare qualities in this match, should be a one sided affair, not the one for SA fans to cheer for.

Well, I still believe Del Potro is quality in this one, played a nice relaxed match against Clement, impressive grass season start for the argentinian. Hewitt is on the fall of his career, struggled against Ginepri in the first set badly, but the american gave up later, it was just too much pressure for him. Hewitt is hard player to beat, can make Del Potro work on some points, but I don't expect him to win even a set, he's lucky that it's not Nadal on the other side, but his chances are still slim in this one. Like both players, but Del Potro should prevail in this one

simple as that, Granollers is a clay courter and he's lucky to be in this round, because his opponent was even worse that day. Soderling demolished Muller, with exceptional service games and there was nothing in doubt even after he dropped the first set. Soderling is developing and finally he is building up a solid mentality and he's no longer a quitter. I expect at least a break of serve in each set by the swede, anything else would surprise me, Granollers serve is definitely not the most difficult one to return, other then that he's a moonballer and nothing more.

I doubt it will be an easy game for Fed. GGL played well enough in the past couple of weeks, nice movement on the grass, great shot selection, decent serve. This surface is not fast and Federer cannot fully exploit his tennis, he even struggled against no-name Lu. Mostly I expect only a break in a set, there's is a chance GGL might snub a set if he keeps his cool, after all it's on center court. If Lu contested him, this time chances are even better.

Well, this might be tight, but everything but a comfortable 3-0 would be a huge surprise. Gulbis is one of the upsets in the past months as he couldn't produce the same quality game he did last year. He has lots of potential, but can't work up to the max. His opponent is a regular challenger events player, not a threat by any means, frankly I haven't heard from him much. Gulbis had a downtrend in form, as he dropped out in first round of Queens to Alberto Martin(!), who is a natural clay court player, and if that doesn't encourage Gulbis to improve, I don't know what will. Max stakes for me.

Finally Dimitrov will get a chance to prove himself on Wimbledon grass. Guess he would've liked it to be a lot quicker, but he can adopt to any kinds of surfaces. He's a junior Wimbledon champ, moves very well on the court, has some brilliant arsenal of shots in his pocket. Meanwhile Kunitsyn is out of form, eventhough he had a great run in Hertogenbosch tournament, he's still lacking a lot compared to Dimitrov. The latter has only to mature quick enough to be come a strong top10 player, because he lacks those critical shots, since he lost some crucial tb's already in his early ATP career. I'm going with the potential and youth, wouldn't be surprised if Dimitrov went far in Wimbledon this year.

Really weird odds on currently the best team in the world. I don't believe in conspiracies and the quality should prevail in this one. Spain is qualified and are expected to make some rotations, but knowing their depth there won't be any struggles. South Arfica looked bad even against New Zealand, lack of firepower up-front, terrible defending - don't know how they are so overestimated in this clash. If Spain won't play along their rules, this should be a comfortable win and odds represent value!