$$ **'s Early Thursday Morning Tennis!! $$

bettilimbroke999 · 04-23-08, 09:38 PM

Originally posted by MadCapper

I had a really bad Wednesday Morning.

Great pitch to start your picks off with! Convince the readers how bad your most recent picks have been. Like starting off a timeshare sales junket with "You know we had a lot of rats running around here yesterday, but today's a new day".

Panic · 04-23-08, 09:38 PM

**, I love your tennis picks. But there is one I have to strongly disagree with, and that is you taking Murray+225 over Djokovic.

Not to mention Monfils over Federer.

BuddyBear · 04-23-08, 09:57 PM

With a great amount of respect, I strongly strongly disagree with both the Monfils and Murray play.

I absolutely think both those are the wrong sides. Both Federer and Djokovic are considerably better than their opponents and should win with relative ease. Djokovic features an all court game that I would say is the best in the world right now (outside of Nadal on clay). Murray is a solid player in his own right and will be able to hang with Djokovic. He's put a great deal of emphasis in improving his clay court game by hiring former FO finalist Alex Corrjeta to coach him, but the power in Djokovic's serve, ability to play from all parts of the court, strong baseline play, groundstrokes, etc...just makes Djokovic to difficult to go against here. Djokovic, IMO, is going to dominate the tennis world in the next 4-6 years and I would not be looking to play against him too often.

Monfils is no where near the player that Federer is and Federer should destroy him in straight sets, anything less would be a surprise to me. There is no real comparison between these two as they are miles apart at this stage in their careers. Hidalgo played the match of his life yesterday and I wouldn't read too much into it. Fed got the message and will be focused here. Fed is struggling a bit, but not enough to be taken down by Monfils who is talented, but too inconsistent to back. Would need +500 or higher to even begin to consider Monfils.

I think I will be joining you with PK and TR, need to look into those a bit more personally but am happy to see you've included them in your card.

Of course, I'll give you mad props if either Monfils or Murray advances, but I just don't see it happening.

Good luck **....

bigugly · 04-24-08, 07:16 AM

Your early straight bets are looking good. Wish you luck on them.

mofome · 04-24-08, 08:06 AM

gl **!

MadCapper · 04-24-08, 10:03 AM

0-fer.

Pathetic!