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ATP Liberec Challenger~

Arthur De Greef

Pedro Sousa

Here we have two players in good form and bookies are a little confused as to which man should be the favorite...Arthur holds the h2h 2-0 including a FINAL win over Sousa this year. He is 1 of 4 other Belgians in the QF as well...Both are almost exclusively clay players. Coin flip right? Both players are suspect on the serve and I expect to see one of these men get the best of the other...

UNDER 22.5 @1.76

Riccardo Bellotti (ITA)

Joris De Loore (BEL)

Bellotti has been on a tear winning 3 straight futures but Joris may provide his stiffest competition yet. I feel his streak is over.

De Loore @1.40

Vaclav Safranek (CZE) WC

Germain Gigounon (BEL)

Germain will be playing his 6th match of the tournament here. He made quick work of most and has yet to drop a set. Conversely, Safranek has battled in both his matches taking a 3rd set as the underdog. Some value on the OVER as Vaclav will be playing hard in front of the fans.

Over 21.5 @1.72

Mathias Bourgue (FRA)

Steve Darcis (BEL)

Darcis made quick work of a Melzer past his best before date. Bourgue has been suspect on serve and I like Darcis' ability to extend points forcing his opponent into mistakes. Another likely Belgian in the final.

Darcis 2-0 @2.00

WTA NANCHANG / Jiangxi~

Misa Eguchi (JPN)

Fangzhou Liu (CHN)

Eguchi @1.66 is no value to me given how well Liu has been lately. Home girl with the h2h.

Liu to win first set @2.00

Kai-Lin Zhang (CHN) 5

Vania King (USA) 6

King has played tougher opponents and gets better throughout the match. She looks fresh and will exploit Zhangs weak serve.

King 2-0 @1.83

Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 3

Risa Ozaki (JPN) 7

A match with two woman outside the top 100 but looking in...The old Italian was once a standard on clay but has not gotten past the 3rd round since she won Rio however I still like her chances here as the dog...Risa is rising but not nearly as talented on clay...

Give me Francesca @2.00

BONUS WTA~

Timea Babos (HUN) 6

Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 2

1.90

1.90

Misa Eguchi (JPN)

Fangzhou Liu (CHN)

I have this pick in the Florianopolis thread explained further.

I am backing Begu @1.80


ATP ATLANTA~

John Isner (USA) 1

Taylor Fritz (USA) 8

Isner is the no1 seed and likely on a path to the final. Fritz is another young American who is ranked a little higher than he should be tbh. Isner showed us he is fine in that last match and will take it to Fritz who may be concealing a knee injury...

Isner 2-0 @1.66

Reilly Opelka (USA) WC

Donald Young (USA) 7

The 18 yr old served up 20 aces in the match of his career and will be bursting with confidence. Hes shown grit and I think there is value to back him to atleast take a set to tie break.

Opelka +3.5 @1.83

Horacio Zeballos (ARG)

Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN)

Give me Nishi 2.0 @1.66 on hard court.

Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 5

Nick Kyrgios (AUS) 2

Nick got past Donaldson but had he lost that 1st set tiebreak who knows...At 32 Verdasco is proving he can still be a match for top 20 players and their last match was really close. Knowing this I still believe Kyrgios can motivate himself to the SF in style...

2-0 Nick Kyrgios @2.10


That is all the matches...good luck to all of you.

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Schia you slut...up two breaks I hope she takes this set..Ozaki just returns..has no game

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Disagree re. Fritz. There's a reason he's ranked so highly. Good serve and shot maker for his age. Give him two years and he'll be top 20

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But easy for me to cherry pick criticism in one specific area when you've posted about 20 leans. I agree with most of them haha

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Your input is always valid...I got Liu completely wrong she was stomped lol

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It's impossible to get all of them right haha.

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Ozaki has no weapons and is just returning like a dream right now that little slutt

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1-2 china...bad tournament tbh

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Begu hits and we might for 4/4 in challenger...its turning around!

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Darcis serving for match just completely sluts it up...yikes

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Finished 9-3 on the day...very good!!!

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Indeed it is! Well played!