Summer Tennis Thread - ATP/WTA

[Betsy]

Summer Tennis Thread - ATP/WTA
My tips today were as follows:

HOPMAN CUP

Hrbaty vs. Philippoussis
HRBATY - $1.68
_____________________________________

Safin vs. Haas
SAFIN - $1.53
x
Myskina vs. Groenfeld
MYSKINA - $1.08

= $1.65
______________________________________

ATP Tour - Chennai

Schuettler vs. Patience
SCHUETTLER - $1.33

Lets get some discussion going on recent tennis matches etc

Any thoughts about todays play?

[sparkus8]

Tommy Haas looked good tonight against Safin. He might be a guy to look out for over the coming weeks.

Molik was awesome today in both the singles and doubles. She is not too bad a value at 25/1 for the Aussie Open. Of course it will all depend on how she draws, but if it is favourable she is worth a shot with a majority of the top seeds coming of some sort of ailment or injury.

Also every time the Scud plays back his opponent. He was brutal today and it is hard to see him pulling out his slump anytime soon.

[knowledge]

Marat. :(

[Sportz]

Well, who ended up winning between Russia and Germany?

[Chuck]

Germany 2-1

Myskina WON
Haas WON
Germany WON

[Sportz]

If Hewitt was playing, I reckon Australia would probably win it this year.

[knowledge]

Stepanek v Kohlschreiber
I like Stepanek - $1.40.

[sparkus8]

That's a solid pick and price on Stepanek K-man.

I like Todd Reid tonight at $1.88 and I will multi him up with Hewitt to get a divvie of just over $2.

Reid played well this time last year reaching the quarters in Adelaide and Sydney and making the 3rd round at the Aus open. He also has a bit more experince than Delic who mostly played on the challenger circuit last year.

[Betsy]

Stepanek didnt disapoint today, did anyone see the Blake / Wessels match? Blake seems to be playing some good tennis and looks to have used his long periods off the court in the gym.

Any thoughts on tonight or tomorrows matches?

[knowledge]

Stepanek usually doesn't disappoint (unless you bet against him).

I just had a rush of blood to the head and put all the money in my account on HAAS now I'm worried he will lose. Haas let me down a few times last year but surely at 1.12 he won't screw up??

[Betsy]

Geez, was there much in the account?

I think you'll be pretty safe, Haas played bloody well last night to beat Safin

Good Luck

[sparkus8]

My only worry would be that he had to play two tough matches yesterday and might be a little tired.

I hope for your sake that Schiavone wins the womens singles so that it is a must win match for Haas and Germany.

As we speak Schiavone goes up a break 2-1 in the third set.

[knowledge]

Schiavone won.

It's good to know Haas has a 3-0 H2H lead over Sanguinetti. This should be an easy win but Italians have strong fighting sprit. :)

[sparkus8]

Never in doubt mate Haas cruised through 6-3 6-2.

[knowledge]

too easy :D

no problems

[sparkus8]

Don't suppose you know the Todd Reid score mate?? Can't get it anywhere!

[knowledge]

his game hasn't started yet.

[knowledge]

A. Delic 3 7 6

T. Reid 6 5 2

Delic won.

[Betsy]

Do you guys agree with the Scud being a relatively short priced favourite going into tonights match against Wessels?

[knowledge]

yes, I was thinking the exact same thing.

I'm going to have a small bet on Wessels and if he doesn't win at least I can witness a miracle.

[Betsy]

Wessels just went up 1 set to 0, winning it 7-5 in a tiebreak

[knowledge]

Philippoussis loses again.

[Betsy]

Australia end up losing the tie 2-1 to NED, after the scud pulled out of the mixed after staining a muscle (around the groin area i think)

Any thoughts on today's USA v Slovak tie?

[Chuck]

Best match up so far i think...

My Predictions:
D.Hantuchova 6 6 6
M.Shaughnessy 4 7 3

J.Blake....6 3 6
D.Hrbaty 3 6 1

SLVK 3 2
USA. 6 6

[sparkus8]

Who is everyone taking tonight??

I was thinking of taking Ljubicic over Nadal because he played well their last year and has a lot of points to defend.

Also might have Santoro over Costa. Santoro has been playing well over the past 4 or 5 months and should have too much for Costa on the hard courts.

Will probably have both of these guys multied into Hewitt and Federer as they are the standout of the night.

[Betsy]

I was thinking Ljubicic also, in great form and as you said played well here last year - what are your thoughts on haas vs coria?

[sparkus8]

That is probably one of the toughest matches to call. I am leaning towards Coria at the moment, but I will wait and see what happens in the womens match first.

If Groenefeld beats Dulko I will definitely have Coria because he will know he has to win to keep Argentina alive.

[Betsy]

Do you think 1.22 for federer to win in 2 sets is worthy?

[Betsy]

After being told i cant take my own multi i looked at the TAB sportsbet site to find Doha QF 4 - do you think Grosjean - Federer - Ljubicic - Santoro is worth taking? And maybe also taking Costa aswell just in case he gets up?

[sparkus8]

Federer will probably win in straight sets, but the last two times he has played Lopez he has taken a set off Federer.

Lopez has a really tough serve to read and could probably take it to a tie break in one of the sets and from there it is a lottery, so I would say the $1.22 isn't very good value.

That all up is probably worth a crack - you should get a divvie of $5 plus.

If it were me I would take a saver on the Grosjean v Davydenko match, both those guys are very unpredictable and have great talent.

[knowledge]

Betsy what is the address of the betting site you use?

[knowledge]

Hewitt loses to DENT!

I'm glad I learnt last year to never bet if Dent is involved. He can really put a dent in your funds (no pun intended).

I have to say, I was tempted to bet big on Lleyton. I'm very happy to have dodged this bullet. I also dodged a bullet this morning, waking up too late to bet on Detroit. I'm a lucky guy today.

[Chuck]

my predictions: Rafael Nadal to reach the final

Other good chances: Robin Soderling, Nickolay Davydenko, Fernando Gonzales and Mardy Fish

Backed Thomas Johannson to win this a few years back before the first round and Marat safin to win the US Open before it started as well! Both of these were around the 50-1 mark. I somehow have a knack of picking tennis outsiders, but i haven't tried my luck at it since, except for Guillermo Coria to win the French Open 2 years ago @ 30-1 (he reached the semis). Although i guess you could also say that no one was dominating world tennis back then like Federer is now!

Interesting to see how these outsiders perform!

Chuck

I left Taylor Dent out of my selections cos he is very unpredictable...i remember him belting a ball into the crowd and breaking his racquet in successive points last year after i had backed him to win the tourny, so i had gone off betting on him for a while...might have to rethink though ;-)

[Betsy]

Anyone got any thoughts on the fact that Ljubicic and Moya are both 1-0 down in their head to heads against their oponents tonight?

I think Moya should be a safe bet and i like the look of ljubicic, but there is some doubt creeping into my mind as to how sure a bet these are

[Sportz]

Hewitt loses to DENT!


What were the odds? I thought he had a good chance with that huge serve.

[knowledge]

Hewitt was 1.10.
Dent: $5.85. :o

[Sportz]

Geez, I should have had a look. I would have rated him no more than a $3.50 or $4 chance. I must admit that I've really been much more interested in the Hopman Cup. Alicia Molik's playing well.

[knowledge]

I think Myskina will beat Molik.

anyone have the odds?

[Sportz]

I think Myskina will beat Molik.

In what???

[knowledge]

hopman cup

arent they versing each other?

[sparkus8]

Nah mate, tomorrow it is Argentina v Slovak Republic. So it will be Hantuchova v Dulko and Coria v Hrbaty.

Tonight I hope everyone backed Ljubicic - I think he is an absolute special!

I have got him straight out at $1.42 and to win in straight sets at $2.

[knowledge]

damn I missed out on him.

[sparkus8]

One more game and I am home

He leads 6-3 5-3.

It will be a nice little pick up, but it could of been so much more if the Breakers had of gotten up this arvo in the NBL!!

[knowledge]

he was broken. Tie breaker...

Ljubicic wins in straight sets. Well done. :)

[sparkus8]

Wow, talk about making it way harder than it should of been.

I was all set to go to sleep half an hour ago, now I am wide awake!!

[Betsy]

Where'd you get the live scores from Doha from Spark? And do you know where to get the Adelaide scores also?

[sparkus8]

Where'd you get the live scores from Doha from Spark? And do you know where to get the Adelaide scores also?

Sorry mate didn't see your post until just now. The best place to get tennis scores from is from menstennisforums dot com. They have people posting regular scores there from most tournaments and there is usually always someone there that can tell you a page to go to for live scores.

Anyways what is everyone thinking about the Moya v Srichaphan match tonight. I am leading towards Srichaphan mainly because Moya had such a tough match in the semis and the big Thai had a fairly easy time last night.

These two met in the final last year with Moya winning the title in a 3rd set tiebreaker and going into that match it was Moya who was rested and Srichaphan who had the tough match in the Semi.

I think it will be another tight match and that being the case I will take the $2.20+ on offer about Srichaphan.

[sparkus8]

I am absolutely gutted!! Srichaphan lead 5-2 in the third, served for the match twice choked both times and ended up losing in a tiebreak.

I am still in a state of shock!!

[knowledge]

god damnit i hate it when they do that. Remember Coria in French Open? I couldn't believe it.

I lost 80% of my account today on Sacramento against NEW ORLEANS.

New Orleans record was 2-29. I bet againstthem and they win. F*cking Sacramento. To make things worse it was in OT and they were winning by 7 pts with 3 mins left.

So I know how you feel!

[Silver_and_sand]

Dominik Hrbaty looks likely to beat Jose Acasuso in their Round 2 match up in the Heineken Open in Auckland. Hrbaty won this open last year and in 2002, and should be full of confidence after his terrific performance in the Hopman Cup last week, where he won all four of his singles hardcourt matches without losing a set. Acasuso is much more comfortable on clay (slower pace), whereas Hrbaty can play just as good on either clay or hardcourt, though he has played mostly on hardcourt over the last year. In 2004, Acasuso played just 3 matches on hardcourt and lost all of them.

ATP Ranking:
Hrbaty = 20
Acasuso = 66

Overall singles record through until the end of 2004:
Hrbaty = 265-225
Acasuso = 60-66

Hardcourt record:
Hrbaty = 108-91 overall until end of 2004 / 30-12 in 2004
Acasuso = 6-18 overall until end of 2004 / 0-3 in 2004

The 2 times Hrbaty and Acasuso have played one another, both contests were fought on clay, and the outcomes were split one match each.

Final match on clay at Biella, Italy
6/10/2002
Hrbaty 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4

Round 16 on clay at Sopot, Poland
7/22/2002
Acasuso 2-6 4-6

I think Hrbaty will prove too strong for Acasuso on the hardcourt. Considering the great form Hrbaty is in right now, and taking into account Acasuso's poor hardcourt record, I wouldn't be surprised if Hrbaty wins in straight sets in this match-up.

[Sportz]

SAS, that's a lot of info to delve into for a match that 99.99% of people couldn't care less about. Still, I suppose it should keep the 'fly up a wall' brigade happy. :D

[Silver_and_sand]

Sorry Sportz. It was a bit long winded, though I guess I'm in the 0.01% of the population who's interested in the match. Go Hrbaty! :)

[Sportz]

You're okay. I was just kidding around. There's plenty of people on here keen for a tip. I just thought it was a lot of info to go into just to say you think Hrbaty will win. What price would Hrbaty be?

[Silver_and_sand]

Hey Sportz. No worries mate. Centrebet had Hrbaty at 1.18, though betting just closed. Good luck on your betting today if you have any. :)

[Betsy]

i had hrbaty in two of my three multis today and he let me down, to make things worse moya was beaten yesterday and he was in the third multi !!! theres been a fair few upsets over the last cpl of days!

[Sportz]

You mean Hrbaty lost??? Geez, bad luck guys.

[Sportz]

Wow, Stosur's got to the final in Sydney thanks to two walkovers. If Molik wins her semi, it'll be an all-Australian Women's Tennis final! Incredible.