[iamwinning]

First off I am new to tennis betting. But according to a couple of tutorials I read I presumed my wager to be good. I placed a bet for Zhang Shuai at Heritage and the line was -1.5 +180. She won a total of 16 games and A. Sasnovich won 11. I was told that I bet on # of sets won. So in other words the only way to win that bet is if Zhang Shuai won the first 2 sets? It was on the whole match and not a 1st set bet to confirm. What happened here? It looked like I won my other bets from similar circumstances.

[gorwin068]

If the line was -1.5 +180, I believe you should be betting on Zhang Shuai -1.5 Sets, it means that she must need to win 2-0 in sets for your bet to win. (In women tennis, it is always best of 3 sets, so 2-0 or 2-1 outcome only.)
But the result of the match was Zhang Shuai winning 2-1 in sets, so that's why you lost this bet.

But yea, if you were betting on Zhang Shuai -1.5 Games instead, she would help you win the bet, because she won 16 games and the opponent won 11 games, 5 games difference.

[iamwinning]

Thanks for your help and input. Yes I didn't know that there was a difference in set betting or game betting. I thought the spread itself was automatically for the amount of games won +-. I suppose I need to do more research lol.

[gorwin068]

No worries, it is not that hard to get it...
Good luck