The tennis betting thread - 2009

[engineer]

What a day of tennis we have today. Some of the games should be crackers (and live-streamed also )

So, I'll be heavily on Gasquet against Tsonga. JWT escaped against Nieminen luckily but now he faces in-form Gasquet and this will be a really tight game. Gasquet at odds against is more than a decent bet for me.
Gasquet @2.25 - 4pts

Tipsarevic to beat Cilic @2.75 3 pts , Stan James.
Another awesome value in my eyes. The big serving Croat is a very tough nut to crack but I reckon Tipsa can match up with him. I expect him to do better than last year and I won't be surprised if he wins the tittle in Chennai. So, no way I'll miss the opportunity to back him at this price.

Roddick to beat Monfils @2.12 - 3.5 pts (Boylesports give 2.20, which a huge price imo, but I don't have an account there). Anyway, Monfils is a bit overestimated after his great success from yesterday. Yes, he outplayed Nadal big time, but today he faces another kind of opponent and it could be harder for him. Andy won't give up and he looks highly motivated to show people he's not done yet. Shouldn't be outsider today .

And another dog with decent chances:
Phau to beat Shuetler @2.74 - 2.5 pts

Murray v Fed should be a trader's dream, waiting for it .

[rcgills]

Good luck Engineer, I'm on Gasquet too. Not a good start though, misses the chance to break Tsonga first game, then gets broken to love himself. Still, a long way to go yet.

Edit - Scrap that, he hasn't been broken to love. Could've sworn that last point went to Tsonga.

[engineer]

That's what I call a comeback by Ritchie...

[engineer]

It was amazing how Tipsarevic lost the deciding set against Cilic without winning a point in the last three games

[engineer]

OK, A Rodd did the business in three sets for some profit, today

[engineer]

Only one bet for me today:

Granollers to beat Cilic @3.85 - 3 pts
Lay Cilic 2:0 @1.88 - to win 4 pts

The Spaniard has much better chances than the odds suggest. His game is quite solid and he can put Cilic under pressure. If he keeps a good serve record this could be a tight 50:50 game, so backing Granollers could be worthy.

[engineer]

After the unpleasant looser I'm in a mood for another bet, a speculative, but a logical one:

Murray to win 2:1 @4.3 - 2.5 pts

Can't see Roddick winning the final, but also he won't give up easily and may nick a set with Murray prevailing in the decider.

[engineer]

We have a new week of tennis with the tournaments in Sydney, Aucland and Hobart.

I'll have a solid bet on the last game today:

Peer to beat Penetta @3.0 - 6 pts, bet 365
No way Peer should be such an outsider, what a price!

[engineer]

For the night:

Muller to beat Serra @2.2 - 3 pts

Montanez to beat Isner @2.87 - 4 pts

Darcis to beat Lu @1.7 - 2 pts

Seppi to beat PHM @2.6 - 2 pts

Guccione to beat out of sort Berdych @2.4 - 2.5 pts

Tursunov to beat Gasquet @2.62 - 5 pts

Chardy to beat Stepanek @3.75 - 4 pts

Tipsarevic to beat Fish @2.2 - 5 pts

[engineer]

For the WTA:

Dulko to beat Zheng @2.5 - 3 pts

Kanepi to beat Kuznetsova @5 - 4 pts

[engineer]

Originally Posted by engineer

For the WTA:

Dulko to beat Zheng @2.5 - 3 pts

Kanepi to beat Kuznetsova @5 - 4 pts Kanepi loses after a 3rd set tiebreak

[engineer]

Originally Posted by engineer

For the night:

Muller to beat Serra @2.2 - 3 pts

Montanez to beat Isner @2.87 - 4 pts

Darcis to beat Lu @1.7 - 2 pts One day I should stop backing odds-on mugs

Seppi to beat PHM @2.6 - 2 pts

Guccione to beat out of sort Berdych @2.4 - 2.5 pts In fact the price was 3.40, not 2.40

Tursunov to beat Gasquet @2.62 - 5 pts

Chardy to beat Stepanek @3.75 - 4 pts

Tipsarevic to beat Fish @2.2 - 5 pts

[rcgills]

Nice work as usual, Engineer

[engineer]

Thanks, RC
Trying to build up a decent bank at the bookies for the OZ Open.

[Rafa Nadal]

fancy a bit of gulbis to take out del potro at 6/4....

any thoughts?