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Post by mrintensity on Jan 4, 2008 17:28:10 GMT -5
Shame! May you tail me on laying Muzz' to get after break/set Wawa? Na, I'm playing tennis in the afternoon so won't be able to watch/follow it. Might just back Murray straight up.
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Post by mrintensity on Jan 4, 2008 17:49:00 GMT -5
Right, let's get some money back....
Llodra @ 1.61 Pinnacle v Sirianni. Llodra has been very impressive this week, beating some decent guys, he's looked very solid of serve and is playing well when it's tight. He's several levels above his opponent, and I think the class will tell. Sirianni is someone I know very little about. He's going to be 33 in a couple of weeks, and has a career high rank of 199 in 2003 and is currently 322. He had a decent run in challengers at the end of last year and seems to have carried that forward this week. Stepanek retired against him, then he beat the woefully inconsistant Querrey and an excellent final set breaker win against Mathieu. That match will be remember for all of the chances Mathieu missed, and to be honest I think Sirianni has been lucky with the draw to get this far. Llodra should take this down comfortably.
Tsonga @ 1.8 Ladbrokes v Nieminen. Nice price from Ladbrokes for this one. Tsonga struggled in the first round but since then he's been absolutely flying destroying Gulbis and Hewitt in the last couple of days. He's the type of guy that when he gets on a roll he is very tough to stop and I can't see Nieminen doing it. Nieminen had a bit of a war with Spadea coming through in 3 breakers and that's really going to hurt in the heat. Nieminen is the type that likes to build rallies and move people around and I can't see it happening in this match - Tsonga will just hit through him too often.
Azarenka @ 2.00 Coral v Li. Take this at best price at Coral because of there retirement rules. Both Betfair and Pinnacle have Azarenka as favourite so I'm definately going to take the even money. Everyone knows I like Li and back her quite a bit, however, she was struggling with injury against Schnyder and again in the heat is going to suffer. I'm also a fan of Azarenka and she's coming off a good win against a tired Peer and I like her in this match up. She had an excellent run in the second half of last year finally producing the results her talent deserves and she seems to be continuing that form this week.
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Post by sLOw on Jan 4, 2008 18:15:10 GMT -5
Good luck there!
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Post by mrintensity on Jan 5, 2008 17:54:50 GMT -5
Layed Nadal @ 1.49 for pretty decent stakes (biggest of the week for me). We've seen this match up a lot, and it's currently 6-3 to Nadal. But from what we have seen, Youzhny has had quite a bit of success, especially on quicker surfaces. Youzhny has been class in his last two matches after a dodgy one earlier in the week. Nadal had a 4 hour war with Moya today, and that is a decent factor against him. He may be physically a bit tired, but we all know how fit he is, but the main thing is that he really really struggled against Moya. He was down in the third set and probably should have lost, he's going to have to play better than that against Youzhny. With the speed of this surface, I think Youzhny can get a lot of cheap points, his serving was excellent against Cilic, and I think he can come through.
I'm expecting this price to drift overnight, and I'll then back Nadal for a little bit, but leaving most of the action on Youzhny.
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Post by sLOw on Jan 5, 2008 18:18:52 GMT -5
Good to see you on as well;)
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Post by mrintensity on Jan 6, 2008 11:03:27 GMT -5
Nice end to the week! Looking forward to Week 2, especially with that Sydney draw!!
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Post by mrintensity on Jan 6, 2008 16:10:39 GMT -5
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