Meh. I should have quit after the dubs win. I've been .500 all week.
Had no opinion on Lacko. Capable enough. Sock will always be over valued on hard courts in the US it seems.
7.26.14
ATP Atlanta: Isner-Sock 1st Set Over 10.5 @ +110
Well that was pretty simple. Yay!
Add..
Lexington Challenger: Duckworth @ -135
2014 Season Overall Profit: +0.28
Finally not a .500 day and in the right direction. Futures worked out with Isner in the Final in ATL yet again. Will be a small hedge on the dog tomorrow, but I expect Isner to win.
Nice call on that isner future. Hope you didn't hedge to much
0.5 unit on Sela. Certainly it is a bad match-up for Sela against power servers, but I always hedge at the end. You never know when a guy could roll his ankle or wake up with food poisoning. The hedge guaranteed around the same amount of profit no matter the winner, slightly better if Isner wins. It was kind of a "duh" futures take this week by me and Anderson tossed off early, but Isner has played to win here every year so it made a lot of sense.
Goffin to win Kitzbuel..man is on a mission with 15 match clay streak..18-1!!!
I see +2500. Good luck, I'm on a hard court diet.
ATP Washington D.C. Mini-View
The top eight seeds are Berdych, Raonic, Dimitrov, Nishikori, Atlanta Champion John Isner, Gasquet, Anderson and Feliciano Lopez. Among those seeds, it is Isner who has the most experience with a 19-6 mark in this tournament.
Seeds 1st Up
In the last three years this field was at 64 players, at least four of the top 16 seeds lost their 1st matches. Study the match-ups and take some shot.
Qualifiers & Wild Cards
Qualifiers are 10-8 when not facing another qualifier in the first round. Wild cards are just 5-7 over the last four years.
Prone Seeds
#4 Kei Nishikori
Nishikori is not a quick starter post-Wimbledon. A potential 1st opponent could be Sam Querrey who is 3-1 against Nishikori.
#6 Richard Gasquet
Gasquet will face either Atlanta runner-up Dudi Sela or Julien Benneteau. Seeing as Sela comes off a long week and is staring an 0-4 hole against Benneteau all-time, it could be Frenchman vs. Frenchman. Gasquet generally does not get off to a quick start in this portion of the season.
#10 Santiago Giraldo
Kavcic or Becker will be his 1st opponent. Both have some reasonably good form. Giraldo has never won in the main draw in D.C.
#16 Yen-Hsun Lu
Lu is just 1-3 in DC all-time. Lacko or Peliwo would be his 1st-up.
#14 Lleyton Hewitt
It's Matosevic or Marchenko. Matosevic could be the tougher out as he seems better suited to hard courts.
Futures Watch
Isner +1200
Berdych +450
My honest opinion this week is that this is one of the tougher draws to predict in recent memory. I'd go small on all futures plays.
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7.28.14
Segovia Challenger: Vaisse @ -140
ATP DC: Dancevic @ +155
ATP DC: Ginepri @ +110
seppi played like crap! like the looks of dancevic
New to your thread.
I am also on Dancevic, although I took the +2.5 games. On the opposite side on Ginepri, I just don't think he gets it done against the lefty today.
Good of luck and see you around.
D2D
Dancevic.. what a prick.
That plus other times officially gets him black listed for me.
