French Open - 3rd Round On Selections Here

[rene]

watch Mauresmo live at the moment... She had one injury break after the first set and come back more and more in this match versus Safarova. But Safarova isn´t bad 3-2 in the 2nd set and break chance for Safarova--

[rene]

No time for writeups as game's just started:

Safarova v Mauresmo @ 2.58 2pts

you could be right with your bet here.
Mauresmo with 7 double-errors and loss a 3-0 lead again to 3-4.

Safarova looks consistant enough to beat Mauresmo.

4-4 now, Safarova with the serve now.

[rene]

au revoir Amelie Mauresmo ...

great play from Safarova .. one of the best matches i´ve seen in female tennis in this year!

[bulit]

Peer won after great match but she wasn't so good. Tommorow I go with full stake on Kuznetsova against Peer.
She's stronger and better then Peer and, after this match, Peer confirm me to play agaist her next round.
Kuznetsova to beat Peer

[rene]

Andreev - Mathieu

4-4 in the first

nice & tight ... go on so for the next 4 sets

[rene]

7-6 Andreev in the first set

[rcgills]

One measly little game was the difference today for me between a half point loss and a 5 pt profit Went into the 4th set of Hewitt v Nieminen needing Nieminen to win 3 games to guarantee the over 36.5 games would come in. Broken in his first service game, held his next 2, and was serving at 2-4 for the game which would've won me the bet. Wasted a couple of game points, got broken, and then went raising my hopes by getting several break points in the next game, blew them all and lost 6-2, meaning it finished with a total of 36 games Also had losses for my outright selections in Mathieu and Hantuchova. Safarova won though, and Bjorkman took three sets off Hernandez, never mind just one, so only slightly down for the day in the end.

Men
Staked: 36.6pts
Returned: 28.57pts
P/L: -8.03pts

Women
Staked: 18.9pts
Returned: 25.82pts
P/L: +6.92pts

Overall: -1.11pts

Onto tomorrow:

Mens:

Lay Federer 3-0 v Youzhny @ 1.61, liability 2pts

Federer obviously has to be favourite for this one, not least because he has a 9-0 H2H lead over Youzhny, with the Russian winning just 2 sets in those 9 matches. However, from what I saw of Youzhny's game against Ferrero, Youzhny looked pretty impressive. If Federer suffers any kind of lapse of concentration, Youzhny is well capable of taking a set off of him.

Womens:

Safarova to beat Chakvetadze @ 1.62 3pts

Chakvetadze has struck me as being pretty inconsistent whenever I've seen her lately, while Safarova looked pretty impressive today in beating Mauresmo. Only one previous meeting between them, last month in Berlin, and Safarova won in straight sets.

Not a lot else I fancy at the moment for tomorrow. The favourites I like the look of are too short-priced, and the long shots I think might stand a chance are also too short-priced for my liking. Will have another look tomorrow, may leave it for in-running though, or have a look at the handicap betting once the prices are out.

[bulit]

Williams-Safina
Clear win for Williams here for me. H2H 2-0 for Williams and she is in amazing form. I like Safina but I think she don't have chance here.
Williams to beat Safina 4 points
Williams 2-0 3 points

[bulit]

I already have Kuznetsova from yesterday. I fancy Jankovic also today.
Jankovic is in great form and I watched her against V. Williams and she played amazing. Henin, if win, goes on S. Williams and Jankovic have great chance to go in final. She will play with Vaidisova if she win today and that's great chance for JJ to make great result on French Open.
Bartoli is also in good form but Jankovic is in first 3 with form and playing so I'm taking her today.

Williams is already started and she leads
Kuznetsova
Jankovic ......for today

[Martens]

today

Davydenko odds around 1.7 fair to my eyes

no analysis needed imo, class difference is obvius in favor of the russian

tomorrow

the big match i pre announced

baggy v andreev

price is real challenge for me 2.6 for baggy!

thats i suggest strongly, i smell a new marcos-mania after australia and wimbledon,the guy is moving like a skier on clay,a pure tennis artist,fresh and ambitius to reach the final roland garros

i use Agassi words 'i should pay to watch him' -Agassi us open 2006

andreev is by far the best russian player,class above davydenko youzhny or safin,he is extremely talented, and thats my point to support my pick:
talented yes,not mature yet

here i go with the crowd, obviously on baggy side,is like home for him,everybody cheering his name yesterday ,he is the most loved player, since all french guys are out of the tournament

have a nice day all baghdatis to win @2.6 is my pick,try to be happy,life is short,see you around

[bulit]

Kuznetsova 2-0
Williams 2-0
Now if Jankovic won this will be very nice day

Nice call with Federer rcgills. 2-0 in second set. Clear win I think

[rcgills]

Originally Posted by bulit

Nice call with Federer rcgills. 2-0 in second set. Clear win I think

Not really, Bulit, I was laying the 3-0 Ran him close in the first set, and if Youzhny had taken advantage of the 0-40 he had on the Federer serve when 2-1 up in the 3rd set it could've yet come in, but wasn't to be.

[bulit]

Originally Posted by rcgills

Not really, Bulit, I was laying the 3-0 Ran him close in the first set, and if Youzhny had taken advantage of the 0-40 he had on the Federer serve when 2-1 up in the 3rd set it could've yet come in, but wasn't to be.

What's the problem rcgills?
Federer 3-0 FT. You are very lucky guy you know that
The best odds for Federer 3:0 was 1.45 in my locals and I skip that

Jankovic is starting for few minutes

[rcgills]

Can't work out now whether you're winding me up or serious, Bulit I laid Federer 3-0. In other words, I wanted any score apart from 3-0 to Federer.

[bulit]

Sorry rcgills.My mistake but I wanted 3-0 only for you. Sorry,sorry,sorry.