Australian Open

[beast2]

Where are all the tennis posters? I am surprised that this is the first post on the Australian Open.

I have no bets on the outright as Federer is ridicoulsy short but rightly so on 2004 form.

Day 1 Plays
Mayer d Blake 1.88 (2 Units)
Kiefer d Rochus 1.70 (2 Units)
Hrbaty d Soderling 1.50
Gaudio d Gimelstob 1.55
Ginepri d Monfils 1.67
Tabara d Enqvist 2.70

Craig

 

[shawn555]

i played
o rochus +110 1*
monfils +130 3*
phau +215 1*
patience +123 3*
draper +685 1/2*
pin +2150 1/2*
suzuki -120 1*

 

[beast2]

Day 2 Plays
Spadea d Stepanek 1.93
Montanes d C Rochus 3.85

Craig

 

[kickserv]

Sides: 441-563
Parlay: 42-51
Props and Futures: 29-73

+25.37 units profit


Day 2 Picks
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Bobby Reynolds beat Nicolas Almagro $2.00 *3.5 units

Wayne Arthurs beat Juan Ignacio Chela $3.40 *2 units

Vincent Spadea beat Radek Stepanek $2.00 *4.5 units

Oliver Marach beat Jean-Rene Lisnard $2.95 *1.5 units

James Blake beat Florian Mayer $1.91 *3 units

Kenneth Carlsen beat Philipp Kohlschreiber $1.91 *4.5 units


Love the odds on the Carlsen....the vet should come through in this one. Spadea at even money is a nice little price, just hope he pulls it out, would put more on him if he wasn't so streaky. And finally taking a shot at the American qualifier Reynolds, love wagering on qualifyers in first round matches, used to the courts and have tons of confidence I think Reynolds pulls out a nice win on Day 2

 

[shawn555]

4-3 +3.15 last nite
berdych +215 2*
mutis +485 1*
muller +140 1*
benneteau +200 2*
marrero +315 1*
pratt +410 1*
fedak +450 2*
spears +200 1*
TANASUGARN +150 1*

 

[kickserv]

shawn loves the dogs....major payday if all those hit...good luck!!

 

[beast2]

Day 3 Plays
Robredo d Zib 1.50
Kim d Garcia-Lopez 2.95
Calleri d Johansson 2.15
Fish d Gaudio 1.65

Craig

 

[JCoverS]

Kick,

Irregardless of the rare losing day, it is great to see you posting some tennis. Keep them comin' whenever you get enough time.

-JC

 

[kickserv]

man oh man some rough losses seemed like I lost every match that went 5 sets...sheesh...but hey at least Blake and Reynolds won...didn't lose much but a losing day nonetheless..oh well!

 

[IX_Bender]

IX...Tennis

IX...Tennis

Two plays today:

A.Mauresmo -700 (good price but ugh)

S.Sargsian +355 (ruff ruff)

 

[kickserv]

Day 3 Picks
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(female) Shinobu Asagoe beat Na Li $2.00 *3.5 units

 

[kickserv]

adding:

(female) Stephanie Cohen Aloro beat Elena Baltacha $1.71 *4.5 units

Olivier Rochus beat Gael Monfils $1.83 *3.5 units

 

[kickserv]

Day 4 picks
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M. Youzhny beat R. Nadal $2.25 *2.5 units

B. Reynolds beat A. Pavel $9.25 :scared *1 unit

J. Blake beat L. Hewitt $13.00 :scared *1 unit

G. Rusedski beat A. Roddick $8.00 :scared *1 unit

N. Healey beat J. Melzer $7.00 :scared *1 unit


Parlay
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(female) Sprem
(female) Davenport
(female) Likhovtseva
(female) Myskina

odds =$1.73 *5.5 units

 

[Bona Fidea]

Hi all,
I have prepared one prediction for you, although the majority of bookmakers has already blocked market for this match.


Mariano Zabaleta to bt. Juan Carlos Ferrero

Thursday, 20 January 2005, Time: 9:30 CET

Tournament
Australian Open

Surface
Hard

Round
Second Round

Head-to-head statistics
1-3
Zabaleta 61 64 - Kitzbuhel 2003 (clay)
Ferrero 67 75 63 - Kitzbuhel 2002 (clay)
Ferrero 63 64 - Estoril 2000 (clay)
Ferrero 76 67 64 - Graz 1999 (clay)

Previous results on this tournament
Zabaleta defeated Kimmich, Ferrero beat Van Gemerden.

Comments
Juan Carlos Ferrero, former Nr.1 in ATP rankings and French Open Champion is far away from his best form these days. His crisis has started already last season partly because of serie of injuries, partly because of lack of confidence and the result was that he ended the season only as Nr.31 in ATP rankings and lost to Carraz, Koubek, Kim etc. These days he?s only shadow of Ferrero from previous years and hasn?t started this season too succesfully - lost to Hernych in Auckland and defeated Van Gemerden in four sets, but his performance was once again far away from beiing impressive. Twelve month?s ago Ferrero?s forehand was feared on the ATP Tour, but today it?s only shadow of the weapon Ferrero once possesed, so now his only weapon is his perfect foot work, but this isn?t enough to compete with best players. Another very important fact is that Ferrero injured his right ankle and was forced to retire from the doubles match on yesterday - with Ventura was leading 53 in the final set that time. He was on the ground for a couple of minutes and then only slowly got up and today will undergo some test to decide if he will be able to play today or not.
Mariano Zabaleta is maybe not the best player for hardcourt, but he still can be very dangerous here with his good serve and baseline game and has already defeated a lot of top class players on this surface too. We wanted to recommend this match even before news about Ferrero?s injury problems appeared and now we are even more confident in this pick. We recommend you to use bookmaker with "one ball played tennis rule".


Pick: Zabaleta
Stake: 8 units

 

[kickserv]

ummm......Bona.....just a heads up....you will probably be banned...no advertising....Jack doesn't take too kindly to advertising a pay site....and I'm not sure what book would take a wager on that match (off the board at every book I see...but I'm sure there are one or two out there)...anyway....good luck with your wager...

 

[Bona Fidea]

ummm......Bona.....just a heads up....you will probably be banned...no advertising....Jack doesn't take too kindly to advertising a pay site....and I'm not sure what book would take a wager on that match (off the board at every book I see...but I'm sure there are one or two out there)...anyway....good luck with your wager...

Hi kickserv,
thanks for your warning - I have deleted link to our site and will not use it in the future. I respect the rules...

About Ferrero?s match - f.ex. WillHill has this match in offer right now.

 

[kickserv]

no problem

and yes I did take a look at a bunch of books...did find a couple offering odds on that match, but not many....anyway...good luck

 

[Strictly Int'l]

Day 4:

My picks:

Nadal 1.72 to beat Youzhny
Hernych 2.50 to beat Stepanek

 

[IX_Bender]

Split yesterday

Tonight

Tennis - WTA Australian Open - Melbourne, AUS
Top Half 2nd Round Matchups Jan 20, 2005
Nathalie Dechy vs Mashona Washington
Mashona Washington (+345) [pending]

GL

 

[beast2]

Bona "Beware the injured player" Ferrero showed no signs of injury in beating Zabaleta 6-1 6-2 6-0. I know how it feels being on the wrong side of what looked to be a decent play.

Kickserv, all those huge dogs and you only needed one to hit to make a profit and Reynolds came thorugh for you at 9.25!!. Great Call!

Day 5 Plays
Beck d O Rochus 2.25
Womens
Groenefeld d Douchevina 2.00
Linetskaya d Frazier 3.15

Craig