Tennis Picks June 12th

The entire Monday schedule at Queens fell victim to the poor weather that has been affecting London which means the matches will all have run over to Tuesday from the First Round. However, the weather is not expected to improve enough overnight to suggest we will have much play before the afternoon and that already leaves the tournament playing catch up, particularly as the rest of the week looks like it will see a number of rain delays.

The tournament at Halle is up and running and there is another few First Round matches taking place today, although there is still no word whether or not Rafael Nadal will be taking part having completed his win at Roland Garros on Monday.

Radek Stepanek v Andreas Seppi: I am going to take Radek Stepanek to continue his domination of Andreas Seppi despite the Italian having the better season of the two players.

Seppi won a tournament on the grass courts at Eastbourne last season a week before Wimbledon was to start, but I think Stepanek's game transfers well onto this surface and I do like his chances to record a win, although it could go the distance.

However, Stepanek is set as the underdog and that looks like providing tempting value considering he has won all 4 meetings with Seppi in the past, including twice on the clay courts that should favour the Italian in the last 12 months.

I expect Stepanek's serve-volley game to cause a few problems for Seppi and I think Seppi's serve is always liable to letting him down and that could be the difference between the players in this one.

MY PICKS: Ivo Karlovic @ 2.25 Pinnacle (2 Units) Picked Monday

Lukas Rosol @ 2.00 Ladbrokes (2 Units) Picked Monday

Radek Stepanek @ 2.38 Stan James (2 Units)

Weekly Update: 0-1, - 2 Units (2 Units Staked)