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Sprem v Parra-Sontanja
Nasdaq - Round 2

The Croatian Sprem ranked 18 and with a 61/24 hardcourt record comes upagainst the Spaniard Parra-Sontanja ranked 76 with a 53/44 hardcourt record.Prior to the Nasdaq, Parra-Sontanja had played 4 matches on hard resulting in 4 thumpings - Smashnova beat her 6-0 6-0, Chakvetadze beat her 6-3 6-2, Likhovtseva beat her 6-0 6-0 and Talaja beat her 6-2 6-0 (more bagels than a New York deli!). She even struggled at times in her first round match with 15-year-old Tatishvili who has only played 5 Challenger games, 3 of which she won. Sprem has also had a few losses this year but they were close games to class players like Schydner, Vaidisova, Stosur (in Australia during her hot streak) and Safina in Paris (who went on to win tournament). Sprem has also had some good results on American hardcourts including making the quarter finals at this tournament last year. She's right on the 'value line' but I'll take her at the price (she'll be off my Xmas card list if she loses this one).


Sprem $1.28 generally available.
(some smaller bookies are offering $1.30).