11/4 Friday's Results in Europe

Today was a great day in trading and betting.  All four of my picks were winners and convincingly so.  I also spotted some other favorable trades.  After Djoko lost the first set 6-2 I backed him, and layed when he got up a break for a nice 40%+ profit on that trade.  I also got in on Gael Monfils when he was down a set and sold off at the beginning of the 3rd.  Great day!  Picks for tomorrow will be up shortly.

Friday's Picks for Basel/Valencia - Quarterfinals!

Del Potro @ 1.34 v Querrey -- Del Po's making a final surge at the end of the year, and probably has an inkling of a hope that he'll sneak into the World Tour Finals ahead of Fish.  Querrey also looking for something to prove, but I think Del Po will be too much.

Ferrer @ 1.29 v Davydenko -- Ferrer has been very consistent all year which has put him in the top 5.  Davydenko has had a rough year and has been completely inconsistent, he has stuggled against the top 20 let alone the upper echelon of the top 5.

Wawrinka @ 1.79 v Mayer -- Stan is more of a threat than Mayer and the odds should be lower for Stan.  They will likely fall by tomorrow.  Wawa is also more likely to dig deep at home in Basel.

Federer @ 1.16 v Roddick -- Roddick had a tough match today, and will likely be suffering a bit.  He also has a horrid record against Federer, and Federer will dig deep to win at home.

Thursday results in Basel and Spain

Somewhat tough day for the picks, but I got into Wawrinka and doubled down on Roddick when they were both down a set and they came back for a nice profit on the day.

Reflecting on my picks today, I realized that if I was going to choose anyone in the Tsonga/Querrey match I should've taken Querrey and not Tsonga.  Tsonga had just had a run in Vienna, (he never fairs well after being in a tournament final, especially if next tournament is the following week)  and likely wants to be fresh for Paris (his home country).  Tsonga had nothing to prove in Valencia, has firmly put himself into the World Tour Finals and would probably like to do well in his home country's 2nd most prestigious tournament.

Same holds for the Cilic/Granollers match except for the part about wanting to win in his home country.

Other 3 picks won out.

Thursday!!!!!!

Tsonga @ 1.48 v Querrey
Cilic @ 1.37 v Granollers
Del Potro @ 1.36 v Anderson
Monaco @ 1.51 v Fognini
Roddick @ 1.44 v Stepanek

3/6 on Wednesday

Went 3/6 today with a small loss since two of the picks were heavy favorites.  Again my dogs, struggled today.  Not much else to say, I've got to work on picks for tomorrow which I think will be a good day.

Day 3 Basel/Valencia

Raonic @ 1.95 v Cilic

Ferrer @ 1.14 v Pospisil

Del Potro @ 1.21 v Tursunov

Bogomolov @ 2.94 v Lopez

Haas @ 4.6 v Roddick

Giraldo @ 2.84 v Stepanek

Day 2 Results in Spain/Switzerland

Went 0/5 today.  Terrible day for picks, but there were several good trading opportunities.  I backed Almagro after he dropped down a set and a break and greened up when he won the 2nd set for a nice profit.  And I made a few other moves.  Although almost all my picks today were for underdogs today, I didn't manage to pick one of the underdog wins of the day.  Kei Nishikori came back from a set down to beat Tomas Berdych.  I thought about making this pick after Nishikori's recent surge in Asia, but of course I didn't.  Michael Lammer beat Mikhail Youzhny which is kind of a big surprise since there separation in the rankings in a few hundred.  Granollers beat Dolgopolov, but I was on the wrong side of that one.  Juan Monaco beating Almagro was another one that I considered for an underdog pick, but alas I picked all wrong today.  Sometimes you do great, sometimes you do ok, and some days you do absolutely terrible and that was today. However, I'll have picks for tomorrow up shortly and I know they're going to perform better.