Bets 40; Won 32; Lost 8.
At Flat Stakes: Bet 40; Won 13.17; ROI 32.9%

Granville got across the line last night though I was surpised she took 3 sets to win.

Bookies very slow to price up WTA today - hope it's better during the week. I'll just list 5Dimes lines - there may be better prices with others later. May add a couple of games after the other major bookies price up (approx 1-2 hours time).



Peer vs Domachowska
Nasdaq - Round 1

Young Israeli Shahar Peer cam through qualifying in great fashion by thunping Talaja and Serra Zanetti in straight sets. She's also having a great season going 14-6 and easily beat Domachowska in the first round of the Pattaya hardcourts last month. Peer came through the qualies in that tournamnet as well so it's a virtual mirror of the current circumstances. Domachowska is no slouch on hardcourts with a 46/21 career record but her form of late has been rather average. She stuggled past clay couter Salerni in Indian
Wells last week but was then thumped by Garrigues. Prior to this she was 3-4 for the season in a series of up-and-down performances. Peer should be to quick for Domachowska and has the qualies as a valuable warm up.

Peer $1.64 @ 5Dimes


Bondarenko v Jidkova
Nasdaq - Round 1

Bondarenko's a young Ukranian with a good all-round game who has probably been playing the best tennis of her short career in the past few months. Her best reults came in Hyderabad where she was beaten in the final by hometown hero Mirza (though Bondarenko did benefit from Groenefeld withdrawing from their semi-final). Bondarenko's steady progress has seen her rating rise about 30 or so places this season and she comes into todays match with a couple of solid qualification results under her belt. Admittedly her opponents were rather lowly rated but her challenger today - Jidkova - has played very little lately and was easily beaten in Round 1 of Indian Wells last week.Jidkova's a paltry 2-6 for the season but the one thing in her favour is experience and the H2h which she leads 2-0 (though the games are dated). However I doubt this is enough to get her across the line. The value's with Bondarenko whom I rate a 62% chance of winning.

Bondarenko $1.69 @ 5Dimes

Medina-Garrigues v Weingartner.
Nasdaq - Round 1

Although I've opposed Garrigues in the past few weeks, I believe she'll have too much for the out-of-form Weingartner. Garrigues has had an ordinary start to the season - though most of her losses have been to top rated players such as Molik, Pierce and Dulko. However from what I saw in Indian Wells last week she's beginning to play good tennis with an easy win over Domachowska and a battling effort in losing to Kirilenko. While more of a claycourt player, Garrigues still has some good results on hard. Her
opponent Weingartner is 3-4 for the season and has a very moderate 87/106 record on the surface. Moreover, she has a rather ordinary record in this tournament and in general seems to struggle on the American hardcourt swing. Weingartner was knocked out in the first round of Indian Wells and with only a handful of games this year looks a little underdone (as reflected her ever dimishing WTA ranking).

Medina-Garrigues $1.63 @5Dimes

Notes - Avoid Daniliidou whose withdrawn from a couple of tournaments with an inflammed thumb. Likewise Groenefeld who is a few games back form a right knee strain.