ANDY MURRAY VS. ALBERT MONTANES- MURRAY FAVOURITE TO ADVANCE

Andy Murray takes on Albert Montanes this morning, bidding for a quarterfinal spot at the 2010 China Open.
Murray heads into this match up as a massive favourite based on past performances against his Spaniard opposition.
Today's match marks the fourth time these two have met in formal competition, with Murray leading their clashes 3-0
Something that will also see the Scot head in with a boatload of confidence is the fact that he has never dropped a set, nor has he even been extended to a tiebreaker in a trio of hard-court matches, against Montanes.
Montanes, on the other hand will head out today on the back of some new found confidence in that he made a stunning fourth-round appearance at the U.S. Open a month ago- showing massive improvement to that of previous hard court competitions.
This, coupled by the fact that he opened his Beijing campaign with a solid win over Kuala Lumpur runner-up Andrey Golubev, will see him confident this morning.
With that said, Murray is still miles on favourites here this morning with Betfair putting Murray at 1.09, to Montanes at 11.0 even
In this clearly underdog matchup, Montanes might be feeling that this is an ideal time to tackle the Scot on the back of his disappointing US Open showing, coupled with his rush to return from illness leading up this event.
William Hill disagrees putting a 2-0 win the way of Murray at 1.25. If the Spaniard is to claim a set back off Murray, and stretch the scoreline to 2-1, you will be seeing great odds at 5.5
Realistically, this is about as good as it will get for Montanes
Despite a less than ideal build-up to this second round, Murray easily advanced past his first round opponent, with the No. 2 seed now 35-13 on the year- continuing his attempt to hold off Robin Soderling for the No. 4 world ranking position.
One gets the feeling that Murray might not be at his peak as of yet, and that this game might go to a three-setter.
As such a bet on 3 sets will suit the punters nicely, at odds of 4.33
Murray will win this, however he will be made to work for it a lot more than he has in the past
Betting Tip: A 2-1 win for Murray at 5.50