The French Open

[veto]

ljubicic -115 in the past couple months hes beaten del porto, tsonga, giles simon and destroyed teimuraz gabashvili.....his opponent is no longer even ranked in the top 100 and is way passed his prime.

mardy fish -175 best non-roddick male doin it right now...pretty
consistent, improving on clay and his opponent maximo gonzalez has been winning occasionally as of late but against nobodies

kubot +200 troicki is a joke, never really seen kubot play but he has the look and the record of someone who can beat him comfortably. upset of the day worth a couple units i think.

juan monaco -465 on fire lately, i feel like he can keep it goin in a long match and hes just a significantly better player

alize cornet -475 (good enough odds for a parlay, not straight tho....shes good but i dont trust her. way too inconsistent)

wickmaker -355 over ursula radwanska....i notice her lose a lot cuz her sister a. radwanska wins a lot....i wonder how awkward that is when they're hangin out later. wickmaker just won the estoril open and has been fairly hot lately.

parlay for the adventurous? no? alright

[veto]

It does my heart good to wake up and see some of the results of the matches I contemplated, but ruled out because they seemed anything but solid:

Skipping Tipsarevic/Montanes first off. I liked Tipsarevic, but knew this was a tough one to call. I actually saw the beat writer at tennis.com pick Montanes as his surprise semifinalist. Doh! Good win for Tipsy backers though at plus odds. I was close to including Montanes in my parlay.

I also was contemplating putting Kleybanova on the WTA side into that parlay I played. Whew! Had considered Lisicki as well. Both lost.

WTF happened to Pennetta? 6-1, 6-1 loss? Wow.

yeah i was on tipsarevic pretty big yesterday....mainly cuz montanez screwed me over kinda serious earlier in the month.

and alexa glatch is maybe the best usa woman doin it right now while the williams sisters are in their slump. i thought about taking her for about a fifth of a second just cuz she was like +800

if amelie mauresmo and patty schnyder hadnt lost, i woulda had a really good first 2 days. maybe will stay away from the "late" matches on the wta side.

[EaglesPhan36]

Awesome. Blake is gang raping me for my parlay today. Down 2 sets to nothing. What a doosh marauder.

[EaglesPhan36]

What a miserable prick. Awesome 0-fer record staying intact today it appears. Shitballs.

[veto]

atp picks go horribly wrong today. lame.

[EaglesPhan36]

Only thing that saved me from getting a total bloody ass was actually passing on Ljubicic & Benneteau who both lost. Damn +385 girl I took (Ani) should have already beaten Cornet if she had any sort of serve. Cornet is 38% on 1sts and 44% on 2nds. Those numbers suck, but Ani is 47% and 25%. Cornet is up one set and it's 4-4 in the 2nd, suspended due to darkness. Ani has been up a break numerous times in this match and has almost always given it right back on her next serve.

[veto]

i did however find this site that can probably help a lot with showin how people have been doing lately and on different surfaces and comparing upcoming opponents and whatnot

matchstat.com kinda wish i woulda found it yesterday

[soxwin1917]

i did however find this site that can probably help a lot with showin how people have been doing lately and on different surfaces and comparing upcoming opponents and whatnot

matchstat.com kinda wish i woulda found it yesterday

Thanks for the heads up on the site.

[EaglesPhan36]

Smell the desperation. Magnifique!

Day 4 Plays
$Gulbis +125
Gulbis & Almagro have been on the same path of mediocrity for most of 2009. Gulbis does however own a win over Almagro at the Rome event in April. I was actually surprised that he sucked it up and rallied after dropping the first set. Both had pretty easy times in Round 1. Both are returning quarterfinalists from last year, so this should tell you just how average they have both been by the fact that they are meeting in Round 2 at RG this year. I see this basically as a toss-up, so the plus odds for Gulbis are the better value for me. Gulbis had a ridiculous 26 aces in Round 1 and you can expect both players' serves to dominate here. One thing Gulbis did exceptionally against Almagro in Rome was save break points. He'll need that nerve again to pull off the minor upset. This one should be entertaining and quite possibly a 5 setter.

$Hercog +165
Both Hercog and Rezai have been on fire on clay over the last six weeks or so. Hercog showed her ability to learn as she beat the seeded Kleybanova in 3 sets in Round 1 at RG just a few weeks after dropping a match to her in straights. She won the Zagreb event prior to the French and won a lower tier clay event in April, so her confidence on dirt should be as high as it is gonna get. Rezai won in Strausbourg last week, easily her best play on clay in 2009. She had one run here at RG in 2006, otherwise not a whole lot of success. Both girls were great on 1st serve in their openers. 2nd serve may prove the difference.

[The General]

3 seed Andy Murray struggling a little

Potito Starace 3 6 3
Andy Murray (3) 6 2 1 serving (15-40)

[meganie]

What the heck is Murray doing? Just woke up and saw him being down 3-5 in the third set?!

[EaglesPhan36]

****. I give up man. 0 for whatever so far.

[EaglesPhan36]

I took Istomin at +750 for spite. F Roland Garros.

[xxdjstriderxx]

help out the forum man, make a fade me and win thread so we can all cash in on this shit hahaha du ma con cac

[EaglesPhan36]

That's cool with me. Someone should be making money off these POS picks. I'm ice cold in tennis & baseball right now. Frustrating week because I pick out the ones I like best and then whittle them down to a couple plays. A lot of the ones I liked originally and then passed are hitting 60% or more. I had Ouanna marked over Safin who still may win, but Ouanna won first set tie break and is playing him tough in the 2nd. At least my futures are still kicking for another round.

[SBR Lou]

On my way to a 3-0 afternoon w/Szavay,Sharapova, Groenefeld..

Change your mind on Fed yet EP36?

[EaglesPhan36]

You're F-ed on Groenefeld Lou, I took her. No way she wins.


Let's see how Roger looks as the tourney progresses. I still think Djokovic is the threat.

[EaglesPhan36]

Alright, well instead of passing on ones I originally like, I am just going to list the ones I mark down first. Bold will indicate the ones I like best. We'll see what my record is like not skipping any. I gotta think I get my first win.


Chardy -155
Ferrero +115
Andujar +475
Beck -130
Razzano +125
Rochus +135

[veto]

jeremy chardy -140
phillip kohlschreiber -145
maria martina jose sanchez -215

this tournaments kickin my ass too but i feel pretty good about these picks for a few units each.....good tennis year, bad tennis week. f*ck it.

[xxdjstriderxx]

i like chardy myself, going to slam the guy and hope i wake up with more than i went to sleep with. BOL guys

[cuteboy86hi]

i've had a good tourney so far but i;ve been parlaying huge amounts on favs.Almost got killed with wawrinka and wozniacki in the first round.It holds good for the starting 2-3 rounds.Now i'll be conservative.

["Sic"]

Played Glatch +100, Beck -125 and Wickmayer +117 for Thurs

[cuteboy86hi]

Picked Ferrero, beck ,tsonga , clement, mayer, andreev, gonzalez and bolelli for 5 units.
Andujar and Rufin for 1 unit.

with a big money cover parlay of 7 fav players as cover, incase i go terribly wrong on straight bets.
WTA, very confusing.

[EaglesPhan36]

Alright, well instead of passing on ones I originally like, I am just going to list the ones I mark down first. Bold will indicate the ones I like best. We'll see what my record is like not skipping any. I gotta think I get my first win.


Chardy -155

Hey I busted by cherry finally!

[EaglesPhan36]

Whoa. Razzano won. I got two winners today? WTF is going on here?!?

[EaglesPhan36]

Oh Mylanta. Rochus comes home a winner. I'm definitely not gonna skip over any of the plays that I like when I first look at the lines. At least this way, I get some damn weiners!

["Sic"]

Caca Rochus...you know he got teased as a kid....Is it just me or is the text on this site different now? I need Beck to pull out a rabbit for me

[EaglesPhan36]

Ferrero choking large in the 3rd set. Was up 4-2 and serving, now broken twice. Kohlschreiber serving for the set. Poop.

[xxdjstriderxx]

nice call on chardy, lets hope ferrero comes through.

[EaglesPhan36]

Not looking like it. He's been up a break twice in the 4th set and F-ed up. Now 5-5.

[EaglesPhan36]

JCF gets the 4th in a tie break! Believe play is about to be suspended for the day. Still can't believe these doosh bags don't have lighting. Would have prefered to finish this one today. Think JCF has an advantage in a 5th set if they had continued since he's been there before already. Who knows what's going to happen tomorrow when they start fresh.

[xxdjstriderxx]

darkness delay. how stupid is it 2009 or what

[EaglesPhan36]

Yep. To not have lights at a major event is beyond ridiclous with as many matches as they have to play in the early rounds per day.

[SBR Lou]

Despite the score, Djokovic is really not playing all that well.

[yisman]

Could someone let them know it's the 21st century? If the stupid French can't have lights, then there shouldn't be a major there anymore. Simple.

Every single #&*$%@&ing day matches get interrupted. Kohlschreiber was originally scheduled to play at 9:30 AM EDT. His match isn't going to end until like 24 hours after that. Just absurd. That should never happen barring an earthquake or tornado. Bubblegum amateurs.

Hint: this is not going to help ratings or interest.

It also screws over people betting and/or picking the events when it's in limbo for a full day.