Roger Federer vs Gilles Muller US Open 2008 Prediction: Roger Federer had quite the scare in his 4th round 2008 U.S. Open match against a scrappy 23rd seeded, Igor Andreev. The Swiss came out center court on Tuesday, and simply didn’t have it. It was anything but what we are used to seeing from the former No. 1, as he continued to play an error-filled match. Federer escaped by the skin of his teeth.

On Thursday afternoon’s quarterfinals match, Federer will face the 130th ranked Gilles Muller. Federer vs. Muller has a scheduled starting time of just after 2:15 PM ET from Flushing Meadows in New York.  

At SBGglobal.com, Roger Federer -2,000 is an overwhelming 2008 U.S. Open quarterfinals betting odds favorite against Gilles Muller (+1,100).

The consecutive 4-time U.S. Open champion Roger Federer, committed a dreadful 60 unforced errors, and was just able to get passed Igor Andreev in a grueling 5-set match, 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Federer was definitely pushed to the limit by a clearly less talented player: “It was a tough match… he was playing well. He was serving so well and I was struggling from the baseline.”

Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller is a 130th ranked qualifier who is player very well in the Open. He reached the round of 8 by defeating the 5th seeded Nikolay Davydenko in a dramatic upset. Here’s the point spread for this Roger Federer -7½ (-125) vs. Gilles Muller +7½ (-105) US Open 2008 Prediction.

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