Opti Tennis Picks

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Lukas Lacko* +130 vs Viktor Troicki 1u

Grega Zemlja* +450 vs Richard Gasquet .5u

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I was so disappointed to see Zemlja choke when it came to serving the match out. He was so cool up until that point.


1/3/2013 7:50 AM ATP Tennis 203 T.Berdych Games Won* -5½ -125 vs S.Devvarman Games Won 1u risk

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Lukas Lacko* +250 vs Richard Gasquet .5u

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Davydenko v Bolelli U20.5 -105 1u

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Gilles Simon* +130 vs Marcos Baghdatis 1u

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I'll update the record weekly.

But for anyone interested to see current results or wants to know which book a price is from, check my spreadsheet: http://optional.mysbrforum.com/spreadsheet/

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K.Nishikori -2.5 vs A.Dolgopolov +124 .5u

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ATP Tennis Aircel Chennai Open : Tomas Berdych +145 2u



[5003] NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO +265
(NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO vrs DAVID FERRER) .5u

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Marcos Baghdatis +110 vs Grigor Dimitrov 1u

[sando]

Nice picks mate, we seem to like similar players. Keep up the great work.

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Nice picks mate, we seem to like similar players. Keep up the great work.

Great minds?!

I hope I can stay consistently as good as you with Tennis this year. Or close at least.

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Sydney qualis

Joao Sousa 2-0 sets v JP Smith +162 .5u
Joao Sousa -150 over JP Smith .5u
Sousa wins first set -138 .5u

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Bautista-Agut +125 over Paire .5u

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Davydenko/R.Gasquet Over 22 -115 1u risk

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Anyone have any thoughts on the Makarova/Lepchenko match coming up in Sydney today?

I 'want' to back Makarova but feeling like I'm going in blind being her first match for the year. Plus Lepchenko has the form on this surface.

Sat 1/5		433 Varvara Lepchenko		+105
11:15PM		434 Ekaterina Makarova		-125
Sat 1/5		435 V.Lepchenko Games Won	+1½ -120		o21 -110
11:15PM		436 E.Makarova Games Won	-1½ -110		u21 -120

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Bautista Agut v Tipsarevic Ov20.5 +106 1u

Robson over Stephens +160 .5u

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Sydney qualis

Joao Sousa 2-0 sets v JP Smith +162 .5u
Joao Sousa -150 over JP Smith .5u
Sousa wins first set -138 .5u

Sousa has blown to +100... not sure if that should worry me or means I should add more.

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Murray v Dimitrov Under 21.5 -105 1u risk

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D.Goffin -2 vs T.Bellucci +100 1u

M.Klizan -1.5 vs X.Malisse -125 1u risk

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I will back Joao Sousa again today v Florian Mayer. He's about +350 at the moment. Hoping to get better than that closer to match time about 12 hours from now.

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hmmm good bet. Sousa have some chances on win against this German looser

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I sniped some +410 at Betfair. Don't think it will get much better than that pre match.

And left myself a quarter unit to play with just in case it blows further, or I may want to add a 2-0 sets bet...



J Sousa over F Mayer +410 .75u

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First losing day of the year yesterday. Lets hope I can keep that to one day a week ongoing.


Falla over Zemjla -142 1u risk

Bautista Agut v Harrison - 3 sets +196 1u

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Just flipping a coin on this one. because I pretty much always back her as a dog.


Ekaterina Makarova* +125 vs Dominika Cibulkova .5u

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First losing day of the year yesterday. Lets hope I can keep that to one day a week ongoing.


Falla over Zemjla -142 1u risk

Bautista Agut v Harrison - 3 sets +196 1u

RBA a dangerous bet today mate.

From TI (nightfox)

"there is no way bautista agut had just finished a 2 hour three setter in chennai today at 3pm chennai time (8pm sydney time syd is 5 hours ahead) and then be ready next morning at 10am sydney time for a match with harrison even if he caught the next flight within 1 hour at chennai its a 14 hour flight.to chennai to sydney catch some sleep on the plane and go straight to homebush where this match is played at sydney..he will arrive 1 hour late for the match lets see..how ATP they will cancel this match"

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Sounds like it might be lucky for me if they do cancel. Didn't think about that long enough did I

Thanks for info.

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Bedene v Anderson U21 +110 .5u


I'm getting a bit random now. Betting matches just because I am watching them.

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Tomic v Matosevic - 3 sets +189 1u

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Week 1

15-16-1 +1.87 units (Bankroll +9.35%)


Started out nicely but had a horror 1-8-1 run to end the week

Overall a good week for gathering info and testing my player reads. But could have been awesome if I'd held onto the +7u position I was in at one stage. :\

BTW, a unit is 5% of my bankroll, which is why I use a lot of .5u bets and rarely will go over 2u. (I started the year with $500)

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New week. Back to winning!


Lukas Lacko +103 vs Thomaz Bellucci .5u

Igor Sijsling +155 vs Tommy Haas .5u
Igor Sijsling +3.5 vs Tommy Haas -122 .5u

Denis Istomin* +105 vs Fernando Verdasco .5u


Parlay for +134 .5u

Radek Stepanek -165 vs Julien Benneteau
Kevin Anderson -220 vs Feliciano Lopez

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Nice hits with Istomin and Lacko These guys are 2 of my fav players and I had to watch them both do so bad in the 2nd half of last year, itd be good for the game if they both kept this up

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Nice hits with Istomin and Lacko These guys are 2 of my fav players and I had to watch them both do so bad in the 2nd half of last year, itd be good for the game if they both kept this up

Lacko one from fav? Pffff this player have not normal serve, he is very poor in indoor and very bad in clay tournaments

[JNic]

Lacko one from fav? Pffff this player have not normal serve, he is very poor in indoor and very bad in clay tournaments

He's not poor indoors at all... And it's good to root for a guy with such flat strokes, he can hit anybody off the court when he's on. his serve is also nice af, last year in that Finland challenger final Nieminen got blasted off the court by Lacko's serve. Not too mention he's got one of the coolest demeanors on court, so yea he's one of my favs

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Nice hits with Istomin and Lacko These guys are 2 of my fav players and I had to watch them both do so bad in the 2nd half of last year, itd be good for the game if they both kept this up

I like him a lot too. I think we have a bunch of interesting prospects from that part of the world at the moment. Actually, a whole bunch of prospects from all over the world coming through from Challenger ranks.

These guys, the ones living up to their potential and clawing their way up the ranks, and by far the most interesting players in tennis for me. I want to watch them more than top 10 players most of the time.

Not saying they are juicing in Slovakia/Slovenia. Maybe it's results from a new coach or method they are following up there, but I am finding myself taking extra note every time an SLO or SLK is next to the player name these days.

Klizen, Lacko, Andrej, Cibulkova, Bedene, Hercog, Kavcic, Zemjla...

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Haha not kavcic he's a defensive nuisance. I love cibulkova lol. Klizan is getting worrying with attitude but bedene has serious game and I got an eye on him

Yea I know what you mean, guys like tipsarevic should still get the love though