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    Just wanted to start a thread to see how well my tennis knowledge translates into beating the tennis odds makers. With the French Open coming up, I am excited to make some clay court picks and I am predicting success! I will track my plays and units won. Follow for some good tennis insight!

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    goold luck cross.

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    I will have some Barcelona plays coming up soon, I'm excited to track these! Also, there will very rarely be any women's picks, mainly because watching those matches is like watching paint dry and I don't want to invest any of my time researching picks on them. The ATP is where it's at!

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    Let's get it started! I've got two plays to start with tomorrow. I'll say that one unit is $100, that should make it easy to do the math for whatever bankroll you are playing with.
    Belucci -135, bet $135 (Both players are dirtballers, Belucci played well last year in Barcelona, the faster conditions should favor his big serve)
    Parlay Granollers -400/Cuevas -300, bet 150 (Brands is not known as a clay courter and has not done anything notable recently, Cuevas is playing well on clay and Anderson is a little banged up, has to serve lights out to win this one.
    Hoping to be up a couple units after tomorrow morning!

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    peeking at tomorrow's action, so far Raonic, Greul,niemenen and gasquet look good, possible upset by the wily vet jc ferrero. I'll finalize later. Tough loss for Belucci today, thought he would bring his A game, he was the more talented player but that doesn't always get it done. Let's pull this out now Cuevas, Comon!

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    Slow start on day one, ready to come back strong though! Here they are
    JC Ferrero(one unit to win 1.3 units) Ferrero loves the clay and Malisse just wants to look pretty out there.
    Raonic/Gasquet Parlay(2 units to win 2.88 units) Raonic has too big a game for the crafty vet and although Chela is a clay courter, Gasquet looked good in Monte Carlo, pushing Nadal a little bit, he is back to form.

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    good luck with your plays!

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    well, good luck for you.

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    any thoughts on lopez? he should roll kukushkin i think.

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    Today worked out alot better, let's stay in the green!
    That makes me 2-2, but most importantly up 1.33 units. Milos is a pimp in that tight shirt and short shorts by the way. Hopefully more good picks on the way for tomorrow, already checking them out.

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    I just got Davydenko at +700 odds for his second round match!!! What is going on? Did anyone else see this?

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    Just one play for tomorrow, unless your book has the Davydenko craziness going on that mine has!
    Parlay Raonic-350/Melzer-320, bet 1.45 units to win 1 unit. Also, let me know if you guys have the same thing at your book on Davydenko getting +700 against a qualifier. I haven't heard anything about an injury or Russian mafia telling him to tank, but who knows!

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    Awesome, Raonic made it interesting, but pulled through for 3 winning plays in a row! I've got a nice one to keep it rolling tomorrow too. I'm gonna try to stay away from the live scoring so I don't have a heart attack on my next few plays though. Here it is!
    Parlay Melzer-200/Nishikori-150, bet 2 units to win 3 units. Nishikori is playing very well, and well on the dirt too, Lopez isn't much of a clay courter and doesn't have enough fight in him to win another round. He'll have to serve out of his mind to win this one. Melzer is going to continue his good play, he gets better with age like a fine wine. He's got too much game for Montanes, different caliber player.

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    Really can't believe that pretty boy Lopez pulled it out today, chalk it up to the home crowd I guess. Oh well, I'll get my streak started again tomorrow!

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    Up .78 total units at the moment and a 3-2 record on plays, I wrote the Raonic/Melzer win amount backwards up above. I didn't see anything I really like for tomorrow, so gonna wait on my next play til Saturday's action I think.

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    Sorry I haven't made any plays in a few days, some more quality plays coming soon... checking them out right now!

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    I've got a couple ready for tomorrow, here they are.
    P.Riba+250, bet 1 unit to win 2.5 units (Cuevas hasn't looked good since winning a couple rounds in Houston, lots of value here for Riba)
    Parlay Monaco-150/Haase-160, bet 1 unit to win 1.71 units (Monaco is a superior clay courter to Lopez and Feli is ready for a letdown after treeing in his home tourney, Haase is an up and coming talent with just too much game for Neimenin to handle, even though I love Jarkko!)

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    well no action on Haase with Neimenin pulling out, but couldn't get the underdog play or Monaco. Last time I bet on Monaco by the way! New day tomorrow.

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    I've got a couple plays for tomorrow.
    F.Gil , bet 1 unit to win 1.1 units. This man is in his home tourney coming off a great Monte Carlo tourney where he beat Monfils and looked very solid. Verdasco has looked terrible this year, looks like Gil Reyes isn't getting through to him!
    Parlay Hanescu-225/Stepanek-350, bet 2.33 units to win 2 units. I like this alot because Dustin Brown just got a huge win, so he is ready for a letdown against an experience player in Stepanek(who is also a superior player to Brown). Kevin Anderson should find it tough sledding against Hanescu who plays his best tennis on clay and seems interested this week! Let's win some units! And go Bulls!

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    Going to tail you blindly on that Frederico Gil bet

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    Damn..hes getting killed early in this match

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    Gil with a huge second set comeback..hopefully he can force a third set and pull the upset/comeback!!!

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    Verdasco really pisses me off, all of a sudden he can play again! I will get better with the picks, just got a little tough luck. Gonna keep grindin' like Rafa on the clay!

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    Lots of interesting underdog plays out there this morning!
    I'm going with a few of them for some nice action.
    Soderling +130, bet 1 unit to win 1.3 units. Battle of the big guys, Soderling's game is starting to come around game just in time for the French Open.
    Davydenko +120, bet 1 unit to win 1.2 units. Cilic is not his best on clay, neither is Davydenko. I don't think the big man can get enough free points to win this.
    Raonic +170, bet 1 unit to win 1.7 units. When are people going to give this stud some credit? He is proving he can play well on all surfaces.
    Excited for some minor upsets and some action today!

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    Well, almost went 3-0 with those underdogs. Rain delay killed Soderling's will for some reason.
    Just checking out the Madrid action coming up, so I'll update my record.
    5-7, -2.65 units
    Big Week, Comon!

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    Got one for tomorrow. Put some money on Llodra beating Sam Querrey. This is an American on clay, we suck on this surface!
    Bet 1 unit to win 1.2 units. It's too bad Isner and Fish play each other 1st round so I can't bet against both of them too.

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    good luck i couldnt find an edge in that match

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    sure wish I put more on that lock, Querrey not very reliable on foreign clay, leaning a little on Falla beating Bags today, but I'm not gonna pull the trigger on that one. I hope he wins though, I like Bags and hope he can start winning again!

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    I've got a nice little parlay for tomorrow!
    Murray-300/Llodra-200, bet 2 units to win 2 units.
    Murray is just a better, more offensive version of Giles Simon and Llodra is playing the low ranked Cipolla who struggled to beat our ugly American Roddick. Llodra can play some ball on clay even with his s&v style.

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    Nice win, hope you guys were following that one! Murray had to make it interesting by losing a set, but got the win.
    Overall record 7-7, but most importantly +.55 on units overall. Let's stay in the positive and then go big at the French!

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    Fed is not going to lose to the Swede tomorrow, Soderling struggled beating Tsonga on clay, he can't beat the maestro tomorrow, so here is the play below!
    Bet 2.15 units to win 1 unit. Good luck and remember Federer still has game!

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    good luck cross. hope federer is out to prove hes still one of the best. he needs a win over rafa or novak pretty bad.

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    Loved rooting against Soderling, what a B! Fed made me look good and puts the overall record at 8-7, up 1.55 units.

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    I see a couple nice little parlays for tomorrow, so here they are:
    Play #1 Federer -430/Ferrer -615/Ljubicic -160, bet 1 unit to win 1.33 units
    Play #2 Federer -430/Almagro -500/F.Lopez -155, bet 1 unit to win 1.43 units
    Very excited to watch these tomorrow, I'm hoping to hit both of these, Fight!

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    Kinda shocked that Fish beat Ljubicic on clay and Ferrer withdrawing came out of nowhere, but won one parlay, so it is a winning day, I'm hoping to get something good for tomorrow.
    Record now 9-8, +1.98 units.

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