French Open Mens - Wednesday

Andy Murray has answered the majoirty of the pre-tournament questions that were being asked of him, but he still doesn't seem to have silienced his critics, while there are plenty of experts waxing-lyrical about the performances of Stanislav Wawrinka.

The hard numbers underneath it all however suggest that Murray can continue his impressive run and reach the final when the pair meet on Thursday - and the good news for us is that the market doesn't agree.

Andy Murray has won 64% of points on serve in major clay tournaments this season, and 43.6% of points against the serve - a combined score of 107.6%, while Wawrinka has won 66% of service points and 38% against the serve - a combined 104%.

The margins are tight, but Andy Murray's extra experience has to be worth something in this one, and he looks well backable at 5/4. Murray was 4/5 when the pair met at this stage last year.

In the specials, Victor Chandler look to be taking a big chance in putting Murray up at 2/1 to serve the most aces, in what should be a very tight affair. The Scot serves an ace in 8.6% of points over the season, while Wawrinka is 8.2%, and there shouldn't be too much between the pair. With bets void if this ends a tie, it looks a really fair price.

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