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**Bbr** · 11-01-12, 05:07 AM

Berdych struggling big time on serve. Money down the drain here. Horrible

**sando** · 11-01-12, 05:23 AM

For those that have Bet365, Sportingbet, Sportsbet accounts etc got a nice match starting in 45 minutes. The extremely talented and rather un-reliable ernests Gulbis is playing a David v Goliath match-up where if the 'switched on' Ernests' shows up (as he did in the first round) this could get very ugly for his opponent.

Ernests Gulbis v Konstantin Kravchuck
ATP Eckental Challenger (Germany)

Gulbis m/l -154 (Sportingbet) 2 Units
Gulbis 2-0 +145 (Sportingbet) 1 Unit

**Bbr** · 11-01-12, 05:24 AM

Cover is pretty much toast. This idiot needs to retire

**Bbr** · 11-01-12, 05:33 AM

Nishikori forfeited the match. Simon progresses.

**sando** · 11-01-12, 05:35 AM

Simon walkover victory over Nishikori, what a shame, I was very confident in this wager.

REFUND - Nishikori m/l v Simon

**sando** · 11-01-12, 05:37 AM

Originally posted by Bbr

Cover is pretty much toast. This idiot needs to retire

In the old days the mentally unstable Birdman was almost a guarantee to retire in this position, un-fortunately for us the modern mature top 10 Berdych rarely retires...

**sando** · 11-01-12, 05:45 AM

1 more from the Eckental challenger in Germany. My style of tennis capping is largely based on finding rising talent and following their career progression closely (May have noticed from my talk of Raonic, Nishikori, etc), looking for value situations especially as a dog against higher profile/ranked players. Here is one of those situations...

Eckental Challenger

Nov 1 2012 12:30 GMT

Uladzimir Ignatik v Grega Zmelja

Ignatik m/l -109 (Sportingbet) 1 Unit

**Bbr** · 11-01-12, 05:46 AM

Zmelja been playing pretty well lately sando. GL

**sando** · 11-01-12, 05:56 AM

Originally posted by Bbr

Zmelja been playing pretty well lately sando. GL

Yeah i know mate, final of an ATP event (beating Haas and Tipsarevic along the way) is nothing to laugh at but this Ignatik is a serious rising star and coming off a couple nice wins himself.

**Bbr** · 11-01-12, 06:07 AM

A 6-0 berdych set and we cash

**nosaij** · 11-01-12, 06:11 AM

Originally posted by Bbr

A 6-0 berdych set and we cash

LOL come on birdy~

**sando** · 11-01-12, 06:28 AM

Originally posted by nosaij

LOL come on birdy~

Thanks for the points mate, first time anyone's given me more than 2 haha. So sick Berdy will prob win 6-3 6-3 (2nd and 3rd) and we will come nowhere near cashing...

**nosaij** · 11-01-12, 06:29 AM

no worries man. you have an interesting life with moving around (country wise and job wise). cant wait till i finish uni ahhhh!

**Bbr** · 11-01-12, 06:34 AM

Originally posted by nosaij

no worries man. you have an interesting life with moving around (country wise and job wise). cant wait till i finish uni ahhhh!

Bloody uni. Im glad im out of that hell hole. Being poor for five years really sucked.

**nosaij** · 11-01-12, 06:41 AM

hey bbr, saw in the other thread you did dent yea? nice mate!

**nosaij** · 11-01-12, 06:42 AM

yea uni effing draining, as you would know, its exam time now omg. 1 more year then im done woot woot

**Bbr** · 11-01-12, 06:47 AM

Originally posted by nosaij

hey bbr, saw in the other thread you did dent yea? nice mate!

Yeh I did. Reaping the rewards now. Hang in there mate, its worth it. Trust me! DO the hard yards now and youll be cruising before you know it.

Wagering on late night tennis got me through exams haha. Studied and followed livestream at the same time! Made studying enjoyable in a way

**nosaij** · 11-01-12, 07:11 AM

Originally posted by Bbr

Yeh I did. Reaping the rewards now. Hang in there mate, its worth it. Trust me! DO the hard yards now and youll be cruising before you know it.

Wagering on late night tennis got me through exams haha. Studied and followed livestream at the same time! Made studying enjoyable in a way

thats what i am doing right now hahaha, making cramming easier

**FR3SH like UgHH** · 11-01-12, 07:55 AM

hey sando, how do u feel about raonic v. querrey?

**sando** · 11-01-12, 08:03 AM

Originally posted by FR3SH like UgHH

hey sando, how do u feel about raonic v. querrey?

Querry v Raonic. I have been waiting patiently for 18 months for Milos to live up to the hype that surrounds this kid and sadly it has not yet happened. I watched the Querry match against Djokovic and he was sensational. Try and imagine the mental fortitude requiured to come back from 0-6 first set (when he was even smashing gift winners out) against the world's best player. Their were times when tough calls went against Querry in the tense third set and he did not bat an eyelid. This guy is on the rise. If he was a stock you would buy now, and no this is not a let down spot for Querry, he is not that sort of player and Milos is another worthy scalp to take.

**sando** · 11-01-12, 08:06 AM

Gulbis Cashes m/l and 2-0, Berdych -3 loses

2-1 so far today in tennis

Thinking about a play on the kirilenko/petrova match?

**FR3SH like UgHH** · 11-01-12, 08:31 AM

Originally posted by sando

Querry v Raonic. I have been waiting patiently for 18 months for Milos to live up to the hype that surrounds this kid and sadly it has not yet happened. I watched the Querry match against Djokovic and he was sensational. Try and imagine the mental fortitude requiured to come back from 0-6 first set (when he was even smashing gift winners out) against the world's best player. Their were times when tough calls went against Querry in the tense third set and he did not bat an eyelid. This guy is on the rise. If he was a stock you would buy now, and no this is not a let down spot for Querry, he is not that sort of player and Milos is another worthy scalp to take.

appreciate it....likely to stay away from that match then, thank u sir.

ANY THOUGHTS on TipsyV.Monaco?

**sando** · 11-01-12, 09:07 AM

Originally posted by FR3SH like UgHH

appreciate it....likely to stay away from that match then, thank u sir.

ANY THOUGHTS on TipsyV.Monaco?

Well yesterday I had Dimitrov against Monaco which lost and Sjisling +3.5 against Tipsarevic which cashed, so I guess you could say i don't really rate either one of them at the moment. If you ask me which way I'm leaning i would say Monaco, as he moves well across the court and I think Tipa is a bit tired, he's played so much tennis this year. Also Monaco decent record indoors and at Paris tournament as well.

Here's a few facts for you to think about...
Juan Monaco has won 4 of last 5 in France.
Juan Monaco has won 5 of last 6 on Indoor Hard.
Juan Monaco has won 4 of last 5 at Paris TMS.
Juan Monaco has won 4 of last 5 when Opponent is a Big Server.
Juan Monaco has lost 4 of last 5 when Opponent is a Top 10 Player.
Janko Tipsarevic has won 4 of last 5 in France.

**FR3SH like UgHH** · 11-01-12, 09:25 AM

thnx.

**sando** · 11-01-12, 08:25 PM

Ok boys average night in the tennis. In hindsight I should have assigned more units to Querry, I was very confident after his performance against Djokovic and 2 units was too conservative. The birdman Berdych let us down with a shocker and Nishikori's withdrawal against Simon was a dissapointment as he was my favorite bet yesterday. Anyway, we move forward. No play in the NBA for me tonight, the over (SA/OKC) looked tempting at 200.5, but not interested at current line of 204.5.

I have decided to seperate my YTD records between tennis and nba, it is only fair for those that only wish to follow picks in one of the two sports and want to see how I am doing...

Yesterday we wnt 3-3-1 in the tennis for -0.25 units

Tennis YTD 9-8-2 (+1.2 Units)

NBA YTD 2-1 (+0.35 Units)

**sando** · 11-01-12, 09:50 PM

Got some big plays already lined up for the tennis tonight...

Paris Masters 1000 (Indoor Hard)

Sam Querry v Michael Llodra

Querry m/l -119 (Pinnacle) 2 Units

Over 24.5 -114 (Pinnacle) 1 Unit

Jerzy Janowicz v Janko Tipsarevic

Janowicz +2.5 -105 (Pinnacle) 2 Units

Janowicz m/l +175 (Pinnacle) 1 Unit

David Ferrrer v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Ferrer m/l +127 (Pinnacle) 4 Units (Play of the day)

WTA Tournamnet of Champion's (Bulgaria)
Daniela Hantuchova v Su-Wei Hseih

Hantuchova m/l -166 (Pinnacle) 2 Units

Eckental Challenger (Germany)
Ernests Gulbis v Grega Zemlja

Gulbis m/l -115 (Sportsbet) 1 Unit

**nosaij** · 11-01-12, 10:27 PM

sando , when you have time, can you share your thoughts on querrey and lodra match? feels like lodra is playing very well at home with his massive serves.

thanks mate. GL. huge day

**sando** · 11-01-12, 11:51 PM

Originally posted by nosaij

sando , when you have time, can you share your thoughts on querrey and lodra match? feels like lodra is playing very well at home with his massive serves.

thanks mate. GL. huge day

Your spot on mate, Llodra is playing great tennis ATM, I've always been a fan of his and had him 2 days ago as a dog against Isner. Don't know what i was thinking with the Del Boy pick last night, I think I was writing too much into his dominant ATS performances against weaker opposition.

Querry v Llodra
Anyway as I said in my write-up last night Llodra (even more than the rest of the Frenchie's) really feeds off the home crowd and being a small stadium (max capacity - 600) it is quite relevant. Ok so both players are playing lights out tennis this week, however for me Querry is the more dominant. The performance against the Djoker was one for the ages and his clinical dismissal of fellow power player Raonic impressive as well. Classic match-up of serve/volley style net specialist against power baseline player. Querry will IMO be harder to break and he has shown the mental fortitude under pressure that makes me believe he will be able to withstand a probably fast starting and fired up Llodra. Remember at the start of this month Llodra was still playing on the challenger circuit. Querry for me mate.

Key Fact - Sam Querrey has won 16 of last 17 when Opponent is a Left Hander.

**nosaij** · 11-02-12, 12:33 AM

Good analysis ! Can't wait for the midnight action !!

**Bbr** · 11-02-12, 12:47 AM

Love the ferrer play but I will avoid pounding it because of a number of reasons.
1. Tsonga playing at home
2. Bookies having been throwing weird lines like these out.

Azarenka vs sharapova really ****** me up last week if you recall.

It just seems all too fishy to me. GL on it as well though.

**Bbr** · 11-02-12, 12:53 AM

I'm going with 2 units on the over 23.5 +105, 1 unit on Ferrer ml and 1 unit on Ferrer 2-1.

**sando** · 11-02-12, 01:06 AM

Originally posted by Bbr

Love the ferrer play but I will avoid pounding it because of a number of reasons.
1. Tsonga playing at home
2. Bookies having been throwing weird lines like these out.

Azarenka vs sharapova really ****** me up last week if you recall.

It just seems all too fishy to me. GL on it as well though.

Thanks mate. Your caution on Ignatik was right last night. When i fell asleep Ignatik looked great but I was shocked to wake up and find Zemlja had won. He has shown a fighting spirit I didn't realize he possessed to grind that match out...

**sando** · 11-02-12, 07:45 AM

Geneva Challenger (Indoor Hard)

Starts in 2 hours

Jonathan Eysseric v Marc Gicquel

Eysseric m/l +180 (Sportingbet) 1 Unit

Old man Frenchy Gicquel vs young Frenchy Eysseric. 4 Years ago Gicquel was quite good but now at 34 and playing on the challenger circuit he is clearly on the decline, whereas Eysseric at 22 still has room for improvement. The kid has played 5 matches at this tournament and only dropped 2 sets, beating my man Marco Chiudenelli along the way and winning his last 2 as a dog. Nice value for a unit at +180.

**Cappinpicks** · 11-02-12, 10:57 AM

Ferrer is a lock again at + money, great call

**pipita17** · 11-02-12, 11:24 AM

great picks sando. im following. are this infos from tennis insight??