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I have to admit I wrote the preview for this match before the odds were set and I expected about 1,55-1,60 in Groth`s favor. We have 1.75 and I will try to explain why I expected them to be lower. He has improved a lot this year. He finally made it into Top 100 which was his long-term goal. He had a great combination of challengers with and ATP performances and he showed he can function at that level with 7 wins. He had a good match against Federer at the US Open and Pat Raffer saw his progress. He called him up for the DC team and he got his first match for Australia last week. He beat Ismailov on the third day when things were over but the pride and excitement on his face showed how much it meant to him. Duckworth has been moving at about Top 150. He has had 1 ATP win this season, and he has done a lot more at the challenger level. Just to add he lost last two matches in 2nd rounds of challengers as the favorite and he did not even have 2 consecutive challenger wins until 2 months ago. Groth has left the better impression and is in better mood. While he played for Australia and against Federer, Duckworth was in Asia losing challengers to outsiders.