Tennis(Australian Open)

its like its unfair the bookies

Nice call on Pennetta! GL the rest of the tourney!

Show a pic, Pro. Lol

N3G, thanks for the lean on Bouchard, took her a while to warm up but she dominated.

n3g,

can you baptize my newborn? And while you're at it, part the seas?

Thx bye

hey n3gative,

Having a tough time getting a read on this one. I'm leaning Dimitrov at the moment.

parlayed it up for you bud, baptized the baby in the seas before parting.

What you got today n3g?

1* Dimitrov/Azarenka/Murray 3-0 +125

Monday
2* Berdych -147
1* Bouchard +235 (WTA)

Any ML lean on federer/tsonga match? Or how about radwanska/muguruza match? Thanks N3G

no strong leans on either one, tough calls.

why Berdych over Ferrer?

Hey n3g thanks for the winners. What do you think of Murray -9.5? It offers slightly less juice than Murray 3-0.

Berdych up to -130 now

I took federer 360/200 -180 damn, he looked fantastic. N3G, did you see that coming?

Really, really impressive performance from Fed last night, but we'll see some vintage displays from time to time. It's the consistency that he needs to make another slam run. Can he repeat another solid match against Murray? Not so sure.

Had some luck in earlier matches so it was only a matter of time before I got snake bit. Murray served for the straight sets win, only to get broken, had a 6-4 lead in the tiebreak as well, squandered 4 match points in both cases. C'est la vie.

0-1 -1

(YTD 16-3 +31.39)

2* Berdych -147
Honestly I doubt most people even knew Berdych was still in the draw, hell, that he was even still top 10. The guy's done nothing notable in quite a long time. Meanwhile, Ferrer continues to roll along, making his 9th straight slam QF. He's #3 in the world, comfortably leads the h2h 8-4...and he opens as a dog!?! Oh, I see what you did here books. Clever girl. The fact that Berdych opened as a decent fave is very telling to me and a big reason I'm siding with the Czech. Under the radar and with no expectations usally brings out his best play and well, no one's expecting him to do anything since it's the Nadal/Djokovic show. Ferrer's looked very vulnerable all tournament long and I expect him to bow out against the big Czech's firepower tonight.

1* Bouchard +235 (WTA)
Ivanovic was scintillating against Serena. Her forehand was on fire, she was aggressive with her play and really seized the moment. It was a huge win for her after struggling for what seems like an eternity since she won the French Open in 2008. She wilted under the expectations then, so how will she handle it now? People have taken notice and once again Ana's faced with performance pressure. The biggest win of her career in quite a while, now she's the heavy favourite and gets an up and comer in Bouchard who dismantled Ivanovic in their only encounter last year at Wimbledon.
Let's take a look at what's happened to players when they eliminate Serena outside of a final:

2013 Australian QF to Stephens, Stephens lost the next round.
2013 Wimbledon r16 to Lisicki, Lisicki made the finals and lost.
2012 Cincinnati QF to Kerber, Kerber made the finals and lost.
2012 French 1st to Razzano, Razzano lost the next round.
2012 Miami QF to Wozniacki, Wozniacki lost the next round.
2012 Australian r16 to Makarova, Makarova lost the next round.
2011 Wimbledon r16 to Bartoli, Bartoli lost the next round.
2011 Easbourne r16 to Zvonareva, Zvonareva lost the next round.
2010 French QF to Stosur, Stosur made the finals and lost.
2010 Madrid r16 to Petrova, Petrova lost the next round.
2010 Rome SF to Jankovic, Jankovic lost the next round.

A decent sample size, with 8 of the 11 women losing the very next round. The majority of them against winnable opposition.
No pressure at all Ana.


Tuesday
2* Huey/Inglot +112

2* Azarenka to win AO +119 (WTA)

 the rest of the way

very nice insight

Gl I'm with u on both

Nice write ups... BOL   

Very good stuff!

Appreciate the reasoning on your plays. Let's go 2-0 on the 2*'s tonight.

Thank you for the insight and plays!