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Monday 31 October 2011

Day 2 picks in Spain/Switzerland

Verdasco @ 3.3 v Ferrer
Kunitsyn @ 4.1 v Ferrero
Gulbis @ 2.12 v Querrey
Dolgopolov @ 1.89 v Granollers
Muller @ 2.2 v Seppi


Happy trading!

Day 1 results 2/4. Today's ROI = 49.25%

Today was pretty good, but could have been better.

Troicki lost a close one to Baghdatis.  He was up a set and had chances in the 2nd set tiebreaker.

Garcia-Lopez lost in straight sets, but the first set ended in a tiebreaker.

Fognini won in straight sets, which was nice to see after his struggles lately.

Pospisil showed some strength that he shows from time to time.  He had match points in Isner's last service game in the 3rd set, but didn't fold in the tie-breaker.  I faced a match point in the breaker but fought back to win the set and take the match.

Tomorrow's picks will be up soon.

Day 1 Basel Indoors, Valencia Open

Basel
Troicki @ 2.32 v Baghdatis - Maybe I haven't learned my lesson with Troicki as he hasn't been on form since before the US Open, but this price is somewhat illogical, so I had to take it.

Young @ 2.52 v Melzer

Valencia
Fognini @ 1.77 v Gimeno-Traver
Garcia Lopez @ 1.67 v Mahut
Pospisil @ 4.2 v Isner

Saturday 29 October 2011

Thursday 27 October 2011

Day 4 results/Day 5 picks

Brutal day going 0/3 today.  I locked in profits when Jarkko went up a set.  I knew that he was probably tired from being in the Finals of Stockholm and he was lucky to take the first break off of Tsonga.

Tomorrow's picks
Bogomolov @ 1.31 v Lajovic
Starace at 7.2 v Tipsarevic

Anderson @ 2.12 v Melzer
Malisse @ 4.4 v Tsonga


Good luck... Happy trading.

Wednesday 26 October 2011

Day 4 picks Vienna/St Petersburg

Jarkko Nieminen @ 3.55 v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Stepanek @ 1.26 v Brands
Berrer @ 6.6 v Tipsarevic

Day 3 results in Austria/Russia

Only went 1/3 today.  Should've been 2/3, but somehow Davydenko up two breaks in the third set and serving for the match twice lost in a third set tie breaker.  It's craziness, but that is the beauty of tennis.  Tomorrow's picks will be posted shortly.

Tuesday 25 October 2011

Day three in Austria and Russia

I went 1/2 today for a nice profit since Fognini won.  Here are tomorrow's picks plus the Robin Haase one from today.

Davydenko @ 1.57 v Darcis
Anderson @ 2.44 v Baghdatis
Rochus @ 4.5 v Tipsarevic

St. Petersburg/Vienna Day 2

Robin Haase @ 1.76 v Jarkko Nieminen
James Blake @ 1.49 v Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
Fabio Fognini @ 2.4 v Tommy Robredo

Monday 24 October 2011

Results Day 1 of St. Petersburg and Vienna

Had a tough start to this week.  My picks went 3/5.  Dolgopolov served horribly and was subsequently shelled.  Somehow Simon after being up a set and having several break opportunities had a lapse and got broken in his last service game of set 2 and first service game of set 3.  That coupled with his serve and he was able to hold on for the win.

Hopefully tomorrow is better.

Sunday 23 October 2011

St Pete and Vienna

St. Petersburg
Dolgopolov @ 1.3 v Sela
Simon @ 1.2 v Mannarino

Vienna
Baghdatis @ 1.21 v Sweeting
Anderson  @1.29 v Haider-Maurer
qualifing - Haas @ 1.24 v Ram

Finals, Stockholm/Moscow - Results

So I went 0/2 on my picks today.  Troicki got schooled by Tipsarevic, and the way he's been playing lately that's really no surprise.  I should not have had a pick on that match, but Troicki at the price he was at seemed favorable.  Jarkko, seemed like a good pick and after losing the first set, and winning the second he had Monfils on the ropes in his first two service games, after he failed to convert those break opportunities he completely fell apart.  I got out of my position after he failed to break in Monfils' second serve game.  I thought that might mentally plague him and it did, as he immediately was broken, so I had a slight win on that game.

I hope others caught that as well.

Picks for tomorrow out soon.

Saturday 22 October 2011

Finals, Stockholm/Moscow

Take both dogs, Jarkko and Troicki! Odds will follow.

Nieminen @ 3.7 v Monfils
Troicki @ 3.25 v Tipsarevic

Semis results

Went two for two today. However I traded out of Raonic when he was up a set and a break against Monfils. Never ceases to amaze me. Davydenko didnt put up much of a fight which I found surprising. I like many others take his former greatness too seriously.

Friday 21 October 2011

Semis in Stockholm and Moscow

Tomorrow's Semi Final matches in both Moscow and Stockholm offer some opportunities for every player that is left.  None is an overwhelming favorite, which is often a norm in tennis tournaments.  Below are my picks for tomorrow.

Troicki @ 1.7 v Chardy
Davydenko @ 2.78 v Tipsarevic
Raonic @ 2.12 v Monfils
Nieminen @ 2.38 v Blake

Friday

I didn't have any picks today, thus the lack of a post.  In the future I will try to make a post that says at least that.

Wednesday 19 October 2011

Day 4 Picks

Picks

Monfils @ 1.59 v Tomic
Tursunov @ 2.34 v Benneteau
Muller @ 1.88 v Kohlschreiber

I may add more picks before matches tomorrow.

Day 3 results

Today was a good day for my picks and trading....

I won all my picks except for Tommy Haas losing to Kevin Anderson after being up a set, and losing two tights sets after that.  Anderson served like a monster throughout the match with an 81% first serve.

James Blake won the other dog of the day.  I was mistaken about Chardy v Dolgopolov.  That match isn't until later in the week.  Please strike that pick if you're following as I will likely reevaluate it.  If you've already bet it, you can lay off on it now or wait closer to the match as you'll likely lay for a small profit nearer to the match.

Tuesday 18 October 2011

Day 3 Stockholm/Moscow

Grigor Dimitrov @ 1.43 v Ryan Sweeting
Tomic @ 1.37 v Zopp
James Blake @ 4.2 v Del Potro
Chardy @ 3.05 v Dolgopolov
Haas @ 2.96 v Anderson
Troicki @ 1.13 v Riba
Davydenko @ 1.46 v Gabashvili

Monday 17 October 2011

Day 2 - Moscow, Stockholm, results

Went 1/3 yesterday.  Tough loss having Istomin lose in the qualifier.

Today's picks
Moscow
Chardy @ 1.43 v Starace

Stockholm
Anderson @ 1.31 v Garcia-Lopez
Blake @ 1.49 v Rochus
Nalbandian @ 1.3 v Malisse
Milos Raonic @ 2.3 v Baghdatis
Robredo @ 2.18 v Kamke

Sunday 16 October 2011

New week, new tournaments, Stockholm and Moscow

Stockholm

Haas @ 1.71 v Devvarman


Moscow

Andreev @ 2.62 v Seppi
Istomin @ 1.21 v Lajovic

Friday 14 October 2011

Semi Finals

Andy Murray (2-0 sets) @ 1.37 v Kei Nishikori
F. Lopez @ 2.28 v Ferrer

Thursday 13 October 2011

Friday's Shanghai picks

F. Lopez @ 2.36 v Mayer
Dolgopolov @ 1.6 v Nishikori
David Ferrer @ 1.73 v Roddick

Tuesday 11 October 2011

Shanghai Day 3

Dolgopolov @ 1.26 v Ramos
Murray (2-0 sets) @ 1.27 v Tursunov
Tsonga @ 1.17 v Nishikori

Round day 2

After a great start to day 1, my day 2 has been almost a total bust.  My picks went 1/5 today, with my only winner being Dolgopolov.

Shockingly enough to me, Haase lost to Nishikori after being up a set and a break.  Not to mention that because he donuted Nishikori in the first set and lost sets 2 and 3 by close margins, he actually won 17 games, to Nishikori's 14 games.

Not sure what is going on with Troicki at the moment, he can't seem to come up with wins either.

Alas, I'll have more picks for tomorrow out later today.

Monday 10 October 2011

Shanghai Masters 1000 - Day 2

Picks for tomorrows matches

1.  Tipsarevic @ 1.56 v F. Lopez -- While tipsy is the favorite here he has been beaten by Lopez in 4/5 of there head to head matches.  However, Janko has reached new heights in his quality of play in the last 6 months and I think that this is a great price for this match based on how each of them has been playing in recent weeks.

2.  Ljubicic @ 2.12 v Melzer -- Ljubicic has been playing well of late, and I think that he'll put up another impressive performance against Melzer.

3.  Haase @ 2.18 v Nishikori -- Haase has played weakly in his last two matches and lost both.  He will be looking to get a win back on the board and he should be a favorite against Nishikori.

4.  Dolgopolov @ 1.49 v Kubot -- Dolgo should be a higher favorite that this against Kubot.

5.  Troicki @ 1.49 v Harrison -- Again the odds aren't quite right on this one.  Troicki is probably being discounted because he lost his last two matches to underdogs, however, he lost to up and comer Bernard Tomic, and always a threat Marcos Baghdatis.  Which the odds don't reflect.

I see some other matches that I have interest in such as Raonic/Llodra, Roddick/Dimitrov, Nalbandian/Mayer, Simon/Montanes, Wawrinka/Young, Bellucci/Tursunov, and Bogomolov/Granollers.  I may make an additional post before the matches, so sorry if it's too late or early for you.

Shanghai Masters - Day 1 results

Final match just finished in Shanghai.  Today was a pretty good day, although it could have been even better if one or two of my close losses would have been won.

All 5 of my favorite picks were correct, while only 1 of 3 of my dogs were correct.  The two that I lost were very close three set matches.

I will list tomorrow's picks shortly.

Sunday 9 October 2011

Shanghai Masters 1000 - Day 1

Today is the first day of the Shanghai Masters.  This tournament is more wide open with both Federer and Djokovic pulling out.  While it is still likely that Murray or Nadal will win this event, it does give the opportunity to other players to go deeper into the tournament because they won't have those roadblocks.  I expect many upsets in early and late rounds.

Day 1
Nalbandian @ 1.42 v Gulbis
Robredo @ 1.44 v Bohli
Dimitorv @ 1.61 v Ilhan
Young @ 1.07 v Gong
Roddick @ 1.44 v Lu

Dodig @ 2.46 v Giraldo
Kukushkin @ 2.74 v Montanes
Tomic @ 2.84 v Anderson

While this is a lot of picks I have great faith in them.  Happy trading.

Saturday 8 October 2011

Japan and China Finals....

Marin Cilic @ 3.5 v Tomas Berdych
Andy Murray @ 3.0 v Rafael Nadal

Friday 7 October 2011

10.8.11 picks

Tokyo

Murray @ 1.32 v Ferrer
Nadal @ 1.32 v Fish


Beijing
Berdych @ 2.1 v Tsonga -- I'd keep an eye on this and see who is playing well at the beginning.  These two are both really good players, but its going to come down to who is serving and playing better.

Ljubicic @ 2.22 v Cilic -- This is similar to the Berdych match, it should be close.

Best of luck

Thursday 6 October 2011

Thursday's picks

Tokyo
Murray @ 1.13 v Bogomolov
Nadal @ 1.07 v Raonic

Tuesday 4 October 2011

Tomorrow's picks

Japan

Tipsarevic @ 1.34 v Tursunov
Murray @ 1.19 v Baghdatis
Stepanek @ 1.28 v Chiudnelli

No china picks yet... May update later.

Results 3 of 5

Today was a pretty good day.  I went 3 of 5 and two of the 3 were underdogs.  Unfortunately Haase and Melzer lost, but the others came through for us.

I will have picks out for tomorrow in the next hour.  Happy betting!

Monday 3 October 2011

China/Japan Day 2

Robin Haase @ 1.52 v Santiago Girlado
Fognini @ 1.82 v Zemlja
Bogomolov @ 2.16 v Nieminen
Dodig @ 2.36 v Monaco
Melzer @ 3.3 v Berdych

Sunday 2 October 2011

First rounds in China and Japan

Beijing Open
Marin Cilic (straight sets win) @ 1.13 v Wu
Michael Llodra @ 4.3 v Fernando Verdasco

Tokyo
Stepanek @ 1.38 v Devvarman

Saturday 1 October 2011

Malaysia and Thailand Finals

Malaysia
Tipsarevic @ 1.68 v Baghdatis

Thailand
Murray @ 1.12 v Young