The tennis betting thread - 2009

[engineer]

Getting serious:

Gulbis to bt Del Potro @2.5 - 3 pts

Chardy to bt Andreev @2.75 - 2 pts

Bolelli to bt Tsonga @4 - 1pt

Simon to bt Gasquet @2.2 - 1.5 pts

[engineer]

Originally Posted by Rafa Nadal

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

any thoughts?

So, me too
I quite like the young Latvian.

[Rafa Nadal]

has del potro played much tennis of late? haven't seen him kicking about, i know gulbis has been playing regularly and is sharp.

[rcgills]

I'll join you on Gulbis for 1.25pts. Price of 2.625 available at Sporting Odds though.

Also on the following, who look a bit overpriced to me:

Benesova v Dulko @ 2.37
Pavlyuchenkova v Kvitova @ 2.1
Radwanska v Dementieva @ 2.62
Wozniacki v Serena Williams @ 3.75

All 1pt singles and 0.25pt doubles

Also:
Rybarikova v Czink @ 1.65 2.5pts
Simon v Gasquet @ 2.1 1.25pts

[rcgills]

God I hate women's tennis sometimes Benesova and Rybarikova won (although going by the stats Rybarikova may have been slightly lucky - won fewer points than Czink overall, but won in a deciding set tie-break), but Wozniacki blew 3 match points against Serena, and Pavlyuchenkova choked from 6-1 5-2 (with a double break) up against Kvitova to lose in 3 sets.

Could've been in profit if Wozniacki had taken one of those MPs, instead I end up 4pts down

[engineer]

Originally Posted by rcgills

God I hate women's tennis sometimes

Yes, if you have a bet on women's tennis game you should know the final result only to save many, many nerves .
I adore women's tennis

[engineer]

Will again bet on Nieminen against Tsonga. The French doesn't look that impressive and with the Aus Open just around the corner and can't see him being too motivated. Nieminen was close to eliminating him a week ago, now it should be another close game, and Nieminen looks too good for a 3.25 shot.

Nieminen @3.25 - 6pts

[engineer]

And again, the french retires without hitting a ball

[engineer]

I'm going against Del Potro one more time, that proved to be expensive recently, but Soderling looks in form at the moment and is quite capable of ousting the Argie. I reckon Del Potro is more prone to giving that game up with an eye on the Grand Slam.

Soderling @2.65 - 3 pts

[engineer]

The Australian Open comes to its final stage, at this time there are two challengers taking place - at Bucaramanga and Heilbronn.

I'm interested in a couple of games:

Stebe to beat Clement @6 & Clement 2:1 @4 - 2x1.5pts

Kindlmann to beat Mayer @3.25 - 2 pts

[engineer]

Heilbronn today:

Stakhovsky to beat Mayer @1.72 - 8pts

Beck to beat Clement @1.9 - 3 pts

Berrer to beat Rochus @2.0 - 3pts

[engineer]

How could Stakhovsky lose the deciding tiebreak
At least the other two won, Beck was impressive against Clement...

Today at Bucaramanga -
Lopez Haen to beat Salamanca @1.83 - 4pts

[engineer]

Tennis back to Europe

Zagreb - indoor hard

Johanesburg - hard

Vina del Mar - clay

I'll be heavily on De Voest against Navarro, some thoughts later.

[rcgills]

I'm on De Voest too, Engineer, for 2pts @ 1.8. Only other match bet for today is Gabashvili to beat a badly out of sorts Youzhny @ 2.5 (1.25pts).

Got an outright bet in each of the tournaments to hopefully keep some interest through the week:

Vina del Mar - Fognini @ 55 (1pt)
Zagreb - Ljubicic @ 21 (0.5pt e/w) - he's made the final all 3 years he's played this event, winning one of them. Pushed Tsonga hard in the Oz Open, despite being in bad form up until then. On home soil I'd have him a shorter price than this.
Jo'burg - Garcia Lopez @ 34 (1pt)

[engineer]

Where did you get 21's for Ljube, RC?

Sportingodds(bet) ?