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Sunday 28th February
Three events on the ATP Tour this week and all three are at a different stage this morning.
It's all over in Acapulco where David Ferrer finally won a title (a first since s'Hertogenbosch 2008) with a 6-3 3-6 6-1 success over fellow Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero. However, in Dubai we're halfway through as rain halted proceedings at 7-5 2-0 for 'our man' Novak Djokovic against Mikhail Youzhny. They play to a finish today with Djokovic (advised at 9/2) very much the favourite to win ... and we hope he does to land us another outright winner for 2010. As for Delray Beach, it's the final today.
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Today's Play In Delray Beach
Just one match today where Ernests Gulbis is looking for a first career title as he takes on Ivo Karlovic. This is the Latvian's first ever final and after failing to deliver on several occasions before, when seeming to have a good chance of a maiden win, he's 5/4 to win today.
We flagged up the 21-year-old in our Players To Follow On The ATP Tour In 2010 feature which has already provided John Isner W11/1 in Auckland. It will be a tough match though for Gulbis against the Croat who has four titles to his name and posted a very convincing 6-2 6-3 win over Mardy Fish in the SF's.
That's all for today, don't forget our Davis Cup betting preview which you can sign up for right now ahead of next week's action.
Saturday 27th February
Two of this week's three events finish today as the Djokovic/Youzhny face off in Dubai and Ferrero/Ferrer meet for the second week running as they play for the title in Acapulco. We've also got the SF's in Delray Beach as they're down to the last four in Florida.
And next week, don't forget, we'll be revealing our outright bets for this year's Davis Cup competition (last year Spain W2/1).
Make sure you sign up for our exclusive outright bets as there will be a couple of good prices to take about our selections.
Today's ATP Tour Match Betting
Novak Djokovic (advised at 9/2) is our man in the final this week - he's up against Mikhail Youzhny with the pair tied at 3:3 on past meetings. Djokovic has not been playing that well this week but he's always found enough to get himself out of trouble when required. Youzhny has looked good and beat some decent players along the way to this final (and he beat Djokovic 7-6 7-5 in Rotterdam a couple of weeks ago). No formality for the Serb this match even though he is due one good performance this week in Dubai.
Ferrero is in a third straight final in Acapulco, a tremendous feat for the 30-year-old. He beat Ferrer 5-7 6-4 6-3 in Buenos Aires last week but does trail his close friend 2:5 overall (1:2 on clay). A tough match to call ... it's whoever plays better on the day with, if anything, slight preference for Ferrero as he's the man who has been winning events recently and Ferrer hasn't won since s'Hertogenbosch 2008.
Jarkko Nieminen W5/6 for us yesterday in Delray Beach. He faces Latvian Ernests Gulbis in the SF's today. Very hard to call as neither is that reliable under pressure, on talent alone Gulbis really should win the match (and the Finn, Nieminen, had a tough three-setter yesterday) but 4/7 is a very short price for a guy who has failed to deliver so many times before ... maybe today is the day he finally makes an ATP Tour Final. In the other match, Mardy Fish trails Ivo Karlovic 1:4 but they've all been close affairs and today's encounter looks no different.
That's all for today, a tough set of matches which we'll happily give a miss, but we're back tomorrow and don't forget our Davis Cup betting preview.
Friday 26th February
There are SF's in Dubai and Acapulco today plus QF's in Delray Beach as this week's three tournaments move towards their conclusions.
We've still got players in the outright betting in all three events as well ... so it could be another very big week. And next week, don't forget, we've got our exclusive preview of the Davis Cup (last year Spain W2/1).
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Today's Tennis Match Betting On The ATP Tour
Nothing for us today in Dubai where Novak Djokovic (advised at 9/2) is our man in the outright betting. He plays Marcos Baghdatis who he leads 3:0 on past meetings ... but this match will be no gimme for the Serb, Baghdatis is a dangerous opponent. In the other SF Mikhail Youzhny (who we've been trying to get beaten all week!) faces Jurgen Melzer ... no doubt on the only day we don't oppose him the Russian will lose - Melzer is a 6/4 chance.
Juan Monaco plays Juan Carlos Ferrero in Acapulco. The Spaniard is trying to make a third straight final on tour but our money is on the Argentine in the outright market. Could well be a close match as well, Ferrero narrowly leads their series 1:0. In the other SF, Fernando Gonzalez is 5:3 up on David Ferrer and looks the one to be on to make the final.
One bet for us in the States where Jarkko Nieminen (5/6) is fancied to beat Benjamin Becker. The Finn put Evgeny Korolev to the sword yesterday and although he trails the German 0:1 (Tokyo 2006) Nieminen has the better profile and appears to be in slightly better form.
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Thursday 25th February
Busy day in three events, more so in Delray Beach where the weather washed out most of yesterday's play, and by close of business tonight we'll be a lot closer to finding out who'll be winning this week in Acapulco, Dubai and in Florida - if it stops raining!
We've still got a very live chance of more success with our outright bets in all three tournaments as well ... so it could be another very big week. And next week we've got exclusive outright betting for the Davis Cup (last year we advised Spain W2/1) with a couple of very nice bets lined up. Make sure you sign up for our exclusive outright tennis betting tips if you haven't already.
Today's Tennis Match Betting On The ATP Tour
We begin with Janko Tipsarevic (5/4) in Dubai. The Serb had a great win over Andy Murray on Wednesday which must give him a lot of confidence going into this match. Youzhny still looks troubled by a hamstring injury and should really have lost in R1 to Lacko - also Tipsarevic leads their series 2:1 and must be the bet if he can repeat the form he showed against Murray.
On the clay of Acapulco it's the No.6 seed Nicolas Almagro (6/5) to beat the No.4 seed Juan Carlos Ferrero. Fair to say that Ferrero is in blinding form with wins in both Brazil & Argentina but he must, surely, be running out of steam! Almagro leads him 2:1 on past meetings and after a great escape against Gasquet yesterday (he was 0-4 down in third set) he'll fancy his chances in this QF tie as he chases a third straight win here in Mexico after success in both 2008 & 2009.
Nothing for now in Delray Beach but if anything comes in later we'll let you know via the free bets newsletter.
That's all for today, we're back with you tomorrow with more FREE bets.
Wednesday 24th February
Two more winners yesterday with our FREE match bets as both bets in Acapulco won - Juan Ignacio Chela W4/6 in a bizarre match with Peter Luczak winning 6-0 1-6 6-0 and then Fernando Verdasco/Fabio Fognini fought out a three set match W5/2 which the Spaniard eventually won 6-0 in the third set.
It should have been 3/3 on the day as Lukas Lacko got to within two points of beating Youzhny in Dubai - the Slovakian led 7-6 5-4 and was 30-30 ... serving for the match ... before the Russian staged a winning fightback!
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Today's Tennis Match Betting Tips
Right, let's begin with a brief word about the action in the UAE. Lots of short prices in Dubai today - Davydenko (1/8), Murray (1/8), Djokovic (1/9) and Cilic (1/10) - and very little to get excited about. The best play would seem to be in the Robredo/Melzer match but on inspection this is a tight one to call - Robredo leads 4:3 on past meetings (4:1 hard) but he's hardly a great value bet at 8/11 as his 2010 form has generally been poor whilst the Austrian, Melzer, has been playing ok so far in 2010. Tricky!
Not too much as well in Delray Beach either where the most interesting match is Mayer v Mayer. The Argentine (Leonardo), at the price, is just the call over the German (Florian) but just like the game above it's another 50/50 pick 'em. Too tight for us to recommend with any confidence.
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Tuesday 23rd February
The week started off on a winning note as Wayne Odesnik W8/13 over Rajeev Ram in the States. There should be lots more to come as well with the action this week coming from the UAE (Dubai), Acapulco (Mexico) and Delray Beach (USA).
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Today's Tennis Match Betting On The ATP Tour
We're going to start today in Dubai with Lukas Lacko against the Russian Mikhail Youzhny. We backed Youzhny in Rotterdam a couple of weeks ago when he was RU at 20/1 but that effort was hampered by a hamstring injury. The Slovakian, Lacko (5/2), has caught the eye of late and whilst the better call might be to back him on the handicap (+3.5 games) he's not without a chance here if Youzhny is still not 100% fit.
Moving over to the clay of Acapulco, another 'value' bet to consider is for Fernando Verdasco/Fabio Fognini being a 3 set match (5/2). Make no mistake, Verdasco is the clear favourite here but he's not played on clay yet this year and the Italian, Fognini, is no back number. This could easily be a lot more competitive than the odds suggest (Verdasco 1/7, Fognini 11/2).
At a shorter price, Juan Ignacio Chela (4/6) recently beat the Australian Peter Luczak 6-7 6-3 6-4 in Brazil and in the battle of the 30-year-olds we fancy the Argentine to come out on top again.
Nothing for us today in Delray Beach, the matches look quite unappealing, but plenty more to come in Florida as the week progresses.
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Monday 22nd February
Good, in some respects, to see the back of last week. More than the odd surprise during all the three events played and winners in Llodra (Marseille), Querrey (Memphis) and Ferrero (Buenos Aires) who were hard to predict.
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Our outright bets have been in very good form recently (Verdasco W4/1, Youzhny e/w 20/1 plus Isner e/w 12/1 last week) so, whatever you do, make sure you sign up for next week.
Match Betting On The ATP Tour
It's generally a slow start to the betting week with few matches scheduled for Monday in the various events taking place.
In the States, Wayne Odesnik (8/13) has recorded two easy wins over Rajeev Ram on the Challenger Tour in the past (latest 6-2 6-3 here in 2009) and that kind of form should be enough for the 24-year-old to win again.
Very little in Mexico where only three R1 matches are featured on today's programme - plenty of time for us to cover the action in Acapulco as the week progresses.
Over in Dubai players like Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray make for a good looking first day. That said, their matches offer no interest at all as Djokovic is 1/16 against Garcia-Lopez and Murray in 1/25 against Kunitsyn. Best bet looks a three set match (11/8) between Marcos Baghdatis and the fit-again Gilles Simon. This could be much closer than the bookmakers think if the French player improves on his comeback form in Marseille last week.
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Sunday 21st February
Match betting success yesterday with Sam Querrey W6/4 as the American defeated Ernests Gulbis 6-3 6-4 in Memphis. And we're also guaranteed more outright success this week, which is where we'll begin today.
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Another week, another finalist as John Isner (advised at 12/1) is through to the final in Memphis after his SF win over Philipp Petzschnher. This keeps up our excellent run in outright betting ... and there's three more tournaments coming up next week:
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Tennis Finals Day On The ATP Tour
Three finals today and each one involves players from the same country - the USA, France and Spain.
Naturally in the States we're routing for Isner against Querrey. Strangely they have never met before but both will be well aware of each other's game and this could turn out to be a tight match, no doubt dominated by serve. Querrey (4/6) is the slight favourite but Isner, we hope, will win.
The all-French battle in Marseille is also between two players who haven't met before, Michael Llodra and Julien Benneteau. This is very tough to call as both have played very well all week. Llodra has at least won a title before (three in fact) whereas Benneteau is yet to win on tour (a three-time RU, latest Kitzbuhel 2009).
In Buenos Aires it's a Spanish showdown as David Ferrer faces Juan Carlos Ferrero. They have played before and Ferrer leads 5:1 (2:0 clay) and has won their last three matches. He annihilated Albert Montanes yesterday 6-1 6-1 and is taken to see off last week's Brazil Open winner and win a first title since 2008, Ferrer (4/6) is the call.
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Saturday 20th February
OK, let's begin today with a quick word about next week. We've got three more very interesting tournaments coming up with another high quality clay event in Mexico (Abierto Mexicano Telcel) plus a wide open, hard court tournament in the USA (Delray Beach International) and then all the top players will be heading off to the UAE - Federer, Djokovic, Murray, Roddick, Davydenko, Cilic etc - for the prestigious Dubai Tennis Championships.
Our outright bets have been in very good form in 2010 (Verdasco W4/1, Youzhny e/w 20/1 being the latest) and we still have guys in contention this week. So, whatever you do, make sure you sign up for next week.
Tennis Match Betting On SF's Day!
It's certainly not been the easiest week to find winners but we aim to finish on a high note this weekend.
Marseille. Michael Llodra should beat Mischa Zverev today (leads 2:0) and make the final here for a second straight year. The bet for us is a first set score of 6-3 (9/2) or 6-4 (9/2) for the Frenchman who played so well yesterday to knock out the No.1 seed Robin Soderling. In the other SF, Tsonga leads Benneteau 3:2 and the defending champion can expect another tough encounter after Benneteau defeated Gael Monfils yesterday.
Memphis. Can Ernests Gulbis finally make an ATP Tour final? He's taking on Sam Querrey (who beat Roddick overnight) and the Latvian is 1:0 against the American. He definitely has the talent to win, unquestionably, but has he the mental resolve? With that still to be proved we must side with the No.8 seed Querrey. A bit skinny at 8/13 to win outright we're backing him to win 2-0 (6/4) - he has better stats and Gulbis got a bit lucky last night as Berydch choked when serving for the match in their QF. In the other SF, John Isner should beat Philipp Petzschner but he's a very short price.
There's nothing today in Buenos Aires where rain washed out most of the day's play on Friday ... so today they still have the QF's to complete!
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Friday 19th February
A very warm welcome to the site on QF's day in this week's three main tournaments on the ATP Tour. It's off to Memphis (RMK Championships), Marseille (Open 13) and Buenos Aires (Copa Telmex) in a moment for the pick of the action and today's FREE match bets.
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The Pick Of Today's Tennis Betting Action
Over in Marseille we find four short-priced favourites in Soderling (1/3), Tsonga (1/6), Monfils (2/5) and Zverev (8/15). On paper all should win but none represent any value whatsoever. Monfils could be extended by Benneteau and Zverev faces a 19-year-old unknown in Guillaume Rufin but it's not a great day for betting in France.
In Argentina, Igor Andreev leads David Ferrer 4:3 (2:0 on clay) but he's never one to back with confidence, even at 13/8. Juan Monaco (1/5) should win as should Juan Carlos Ferrero (2/11) leaving Albert Montanes (5/6) as arguably the best option here. Montanes will never have a better chance of notching a first win over his opponent, Nalbandian, who is still not fully match fit ... but the Argentine does leads their series 4:0.
Best bets today come in Memphis. Tomas Berdych (4/6) should have too much for the talented, but still very inconsistent, Ernests Gulbis. The Czech player has struggled a little bit this week but did win their only previous match 6-2 7-6 in Washington 2009. The Ivo Karlovic/John Isner match also looks a cert to go over 23.5 games (4/5) when the two big servers meet later today - they've met before (New Haven 2008) and the total was 32!
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Thursday 18th February
After today's action in France (Open 13), Argentina (Copa Telmex) and the USA (RMK Championships) we'll know the full QF line-ups of each of this week's ATP Tour events.
There's also play on the WTA Tour this week (three events in Memphis, Dubai and Bogota) and yesterday we collected in the Dubai tournament as Vera Zvonareva W5/6 with a dominant 6-3 6-2 defeat of Jelena Jankovic.
ATP Tour & WTA Tour Action Today
We'll start with the ladies and a further piece of news for the action in Dubai where Na Li (4/5) merits support in her QF tie against Shahar Peer. The 27-year-old from China has started 2010 well and had a great run to the SF's in Melbourne where she beat Caroline Wozniacki and Venus Williams before eventually going down to Serena Williams 6-7 6-7.
Her Israeli opponent, Peer, has also beaten Wozniacki herself, here in R3 yesterday, but the bookmakers look to have read a bit too much into that match. Na Li leads their series 2:0 and when they last played at the US Open in 2008 she won 2-6 6-0 6-1. The No.8 seed here this week, Li has to be the to back today.
Returning to the men and little of note in Marseille where the No.1 seed, Robin Soderling, makes a belated entrance today after winning in Rotterdam last week ... however, his price (1/7) against Stakhovsy is nothing to get excited about. Similar story in Buenos Aires where another No.1 seed is in action, David Ferrer, but his price (1/8) is even more unappealing!
In the States, Andy Roddick is the last of the top seeds to play today (he's up against Yen-Hsun Lu for a place in the QF's). Best option in Memphis is Xavier Malisse against Ivo Karlovic but the price (7/4) is a bit too short to recommend the Belgian with full confidence although he did win their only previous match ... back in 2003!
That's all for now. Plenty more to come this week with our FREE tennis bets so we'll see you back here on QF's day, that's tomorrow at 10.00am.
Wednesday 17th February
There have been one or two surprises to start the week as fancied players such as Almagro (Copa Telmex), Verdasco (RMK Championships) and Simon (Open 13) all lost their opening matches. And even though we've backed a few winners ourselves - including Russell W8/13 in Memphis yesterday - it's been a slow start to the week as the R1 matches have tended to produce few good value opportunities.
That should change from here as the action starts to get more competitive in each of the three events on the ATP Tour and also on the WTA Tour.
Tennis Today In Memphis, Buenos Aires, Marseille ... And Dubai
In the States we're backing Evgeny Korolev (5/6) to reverse the form of his only previous meeting with Philipp Petzschner - Petzschner won on clay in Munich 2008. The 22-year-old Russian hasn't enjoyed as much success to date as many had predicted for him when he first hit the tour in 2005 (he's yet to win a title) but a fine win over another German (Kohlschreiber) yesterday reflects his undoubted ability. Younger, more talented and higher ranked than Petzschner the man from Moscow is today's bet in Memphis.
Only four R2 matches in Buenos Aires today. Not much of interest either although it will be interesting to see if David Nalbandian can repeat the form of his R1 win over Potito Starace against Daniel Gimeno-Traver (who beat Almagro on Monday). The Spaniard could well make a fight of this one for the Argentine who is no 'good thing' despite being 2/5 favourite.
There's also little to report in Marseille, so we'll head off to the Middle East for Vera Zvonareva (5/6) against Jelena Jankovic. Jankovic leads 6:4 but they've not played since 2008 since when the Serb has struggled a fair bit on the WTA Tour. Zvonareva defended her title in Pattaya City last week, took apart Kirsten Flipkens 6-0 6-0 yesterday and is in better form this year than her Serbian opponent. The Russian looks the bet here today.
That's all for now. Plenty more to come this week with our FREE bets so we'll see you back here on Thursday.
Tuesday 16th February
This week it's the Copa Telmex in Buenos Aires, RMK Championships in Memphis and the Open 13 from Marseille.
Marcos Baghdatis W1/2 gave us a winner on Monday to start the week but the price was nothing to get excited about - even though the Cypriot had little trouble in seeing off Daniel Brands 6-3 6-2 in Marseille.
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Today's Play In Marseille, Memphis & Buenos Aires
Two old-stagers play in Argentina today as Gaston Gaudio (31) takes on Horacio Zeballos and Carlos Moya (33) faces Filippo Volandri. Whist in their prime both would have beaten today's opponents with ease, time may well have taken its toll. A win double on Volandri/Zeballos (6/4) looks the call.
Not a very strong day in France today. Lots of short-priced favourites for the most part taking on underdogs who are hard to support with any great confidence, as such we'll swerve the play at the Open 13 today.
Finally, in the States, Michael Russell has never met Wayne Odesnik on the main tour but the 31-year-old from Detroit has blitzed him every time they've played on the Challenger Tour (4:0, all hard, not dropped a set). This would make Russell (8/13) a strong favourite to win their R1 match later today more so after a run to the QF's in San Jose last week.
That's all for now. Plenty more to come this week with our FREE bets so we'll see you back here on Wednesday.
Monday 15th February
Last week was another very good for the service as on top of our FREE match bets we also gave Fernando Verdasco WON 4/1 (San Jose) and Mikhail Youzhny e/w 20/1 (Rotterdam). Verdasco beat Andy Roddick last night in the States whilst Youzhny, sadly, had to retire in Holland due to injury ... still we got a big e/w payout.
This week it's the Copa Telmex in Buenos Aires, RMK Championships in Memphis and also, from Marseille, the Open 13.
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Three Tournaments Start Today
Relatively few games to start the week off but matches will become much more competitive as the week progresses. In the Open 13 we should see Marcos Baghdatis make short work of Daniel Brands. A 2-0 scoreline (1/2) for the Cypriot looks short but the only sensible call for this match and arguably the best bet of the day over in France.
Nothing at all to mention in Memphis today, where only a handful of matches are scheduled, so moving on to Buenos Aires Eduardo Schwank (5/6) takes on Victor Hanescu. The pair have met once before when the Argentine (Schwank) won, on a hard court, and today on his favoured clay the 23-year-old can get the better of his much more experienced Romanian opponent.
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Sunday 14th February
To start, a reminder about next week's three ATP Tour events. We've got the Copa Telmex in Buenos Aires, RMK Championships in Memphis and also, from Marseille, the Open 13.
Once again this week we're guaranteed outright betting success with our exclusive tournament previews as Fernando Verdasco e/w 4/1 and Mikhail Youzhny e/w 20/1 have both made finals in San Jose and Rotterdam. Of course, backing them each-way means you're sure to get a payout ... but should they win then the profits will be that much greater.
Already this year our previews have advised Cilic W2/1, Wawrinka e/w 6/1, Gasquest e/w 12/1, Dementieva W7/1 and, just last week, Lopez W8/1.
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Three ATP Tour Titles To Be Decided Today
Going into today's championship matches our outright success means we've already got an interest in two of the three finals.
In the SAP Open event in San Jose, our man, Fernando Verdasco takes on three time champion Andy Roddick. The head-to-heads give the Spaniard little chance (trails 2:9) but their last meeting - Montreal 2009 - was very close as A-Rod only won 7-6 4-6 7-6. Verdasco is capable of winning but will have to play very well to overcome this kind of a deficit plus a worrying habit of losing ATP finals - he's 3:6 in his career to date.
In the ABN-AMRO in Rotterdam it's Youzhny against Robin Soderling. It's 1:1 between this pair so the hope is that the Russian can follow up a really good 7-6 7-6 win over Djokovic last night to land us a 20/1 winner!
Finally, in South America, the Brasil Open in Costa Do Sauipe. The final is Juan Carlos Ferrero versus surprise package Lukasz Kubot with the question being whether the Pole can land a first tour title. On his form this week ... yes, he could well do. Kubot is 9/4 to win today but it's hard to know whether he will play his best tennis now in with a chance of winning a maiden title and Ferrero might just edge this one on experience.
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Saturday 13th February
After a busy and dramatic day on Friday in this week's three ATP Tour events the SF's line-ups have been finalised in each of Rotterdam, San Jose and Costa Do Sauipe.
It was again a good day for our match bets as Lukasz Kubot W9/4 in Brazil (beating the No.2 seed Albert Montanes very easily 6-2 6-2) and our FREE late bet for newsletter subscribers Melanie Oudin W5/6 in Paris.
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Today's FREE Tennis Betting Tips
Starting in South America, the Brasil Open in Costa Do Sauipe, and the two SF's - Ferrer/Mello and Andreev/Kubot - were very hard to predict at the start of the week. Both favourites (highlighted in bold) should win today but worth noting that Kubot is 2:0 against Andreev ... and the Pole is the 13/8 underdog for today's match.
In the ABN-AMRO in Rotterdam it's the top seeds Novak Djokovic and Nikolay Davydenko who still dominate the market - No.1 seed Djokovic plays Mikhail Youzhny today (leads 3:2) whilst No.2 seed Davydenko is up against Robin Soderling (trails 4:6). Not much for us today in the match bets here.
Finally in the SAP Open event in San Jose the top two seeds are also on a collision course as Andy Roddick (No.1) and Fernando Verdasco (No.2) have both made it to the last four. Roddick is 3:1 against his opponent Sam Querrey whilst Verdasco has never faced Denis Istomin before. Best bet in the States today is in the first set of the Roddick/Querrey match with Roddick 7-6 (11/2) or Querrey 7-6 (19/2) looking real value.
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Friday 12th February
It's been a good start to the year.
The first month of the new season (January) returned profits in excess of £1,200 to £100 level stakes - click tennis betting results for the full list - and for February we're on course for an even higher figure. So if you want to make your betting pay, make sure to bookmark this page and visit us each day - all bets are posted by 10.00am every morning.
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Starting in the ABN-AMRO in Rotterdam the top seeds Novak Djokovic and Nikolay Davydenko have been in dominant form this week and should see off Mayer and Melzer respectively. Soderling has won his last three against Benneteau (3:2 overall) but this could be closer than the odds suggest, the Swede's a bit skinny at 2/5. Gael Monfils trails Mikhail Youzhny 0:2 and has been hampered by injuries of late - the Russian could well be the bet here.
In the SAP Open event in San Jose there have been a few surprises but the top seeds (Roddick & Verdasco) have made the QF's. Roddick today faces Berdych for a place in the semis, Verdasco the Lithuanian qualifier, Ricardas Berankis. The Czech player recently pushed A-Rod close in Brisbane and Berdych (9/4) does look worthy of a small interest.
Moving over to South America, the Brasil Open in Costa Do Sauipe, and the weather washed out all Thursday's play. We've already discussed the Polish player, Lukasz Kubot (9/4) in his match with Albert Montanes and they should meet today ... if the rain stays away.
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Thursday 11th February
After today we'll know the QF draw in each of this week's three events on the ATP Tour. As ever we'll cover all the action right here with our FREE tennis bets ... all you have to do is follow our advice and make a profit.
The first month of the new season (January) returned profits in excess of £1,200 to £100 level stakes - click here to see full results from our tennis bets - and for February we're on course for an even higher figure. So if you want to make your betting pay, make sure to bookmark this page and visit us each day - all bets are posted by 10.00am every morning.
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Starting in the ABN-AMRO in Rotterdam we've got Julien Benneteau (4/5) up against Michael Berrer. Clearly Berrer is in good form, making the final in Zagreb last week, but the Frenchman Benneteau has been playing some of the best tennis of his career in recent months.
Benneteau is ranked No.38 in the world (compared to Berrer's No.62), he also won their only previous meeting back in 2007 and had a good win himself in R1 over Ivan Ljubicic whilst Berrer had a three set battle against Arnaud Clement - in all, Benneteau looks worthy of our support today.
Moving over to South America, the Brasil Open in Costa Do Sauipe, and the value today could well lie with the Polish player, Lukasz Kubot (9/5) in his match with No.2 Albert Montanes. Kubot is mainly a doubles player (and with his partner Olivier Marach he actually beat Montanes in the doubles here on Wednesday) but his singles play is improving. Montanes is No.30 in the world but has never had the most convincing of profiles and Kubot could just surprise the Spaniard (whose record in South America is poor).
Finally in the SAP Open event in San Jose we have to back the veteran Belgian player Xavier Malisse (8/11) to beat Michael Russell. If Malisse shows the kind of form that defeated No.3 seed Radek Stepanek in R1 then he should have too much for his American opponent who he beat in their last meeting in Canada last year.
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Wednesday 10th February
After today's play in this week's three ATP Tour events we should have a much better idea of how the various draws are shaping up. So far it's been quite moderate in terms of quality but we've still managed to advise a couple of winners to start the week - including Marcel Granollers W8/11 yesterday as Horacio Zeballos retired from their R1 match in Brazil whilst trailing the Spaniard 5-7 0-3 (the Argentine was suffering with a hip injury).
Tennis Betting: General Rules
Regarding the Granollers/Zeballos match, it should be pointed out the common policy of most UK bookmakers (inc. Betfair) is to void all match bets if less than one set is played i.e. if a player withdraws at 4-4 in the opening set then all stakes are returned. If it's 7-5 3-0, as above, then the player who progresses to the next round is deemed the winner.
In such circumstances other bets on markets such as the total number of games, the set score, handicap lines etc are all void. But do check the rules of your own bookmaker as not all have exactly the same policy.
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As for today's action, nothing of great significance to report in either the SAP Open event in San Jose nor the Brasil Open in Costa Do Sauipe.
Roddick (No.1), Verdasco (No.2), Stepanek (No.3) and Haas (No.4) all play in the States but even their presence can't produce a bet of value and the same goes in Brazil where Juan Carlos Ferrero (No.1) is the main seed in action on Wednesday. None merit any great interest today.
The flipside is that over at the ABN-AMRO in Rotterdam several games are very tough to call - Clement/Berrer, Blake/Baghdatis, Melzer/Troicki and Robredo/Mayer - and a case can be made for each player in each match.
As a result we're not going to advise a bet today - for even though we post our daily bets FREE on this site, we do it so that you can make money from this advice. Remember - this is a professional service and bets are not advised just for the sake of it. Better opportunities will present themselves tomorrow.
So that's all for today. We do expect more bets on Thursday so make sure you bookmark this site and return for FREE tennis bets.
Tuesday 9th February
Quite a low-key start in the three tournaments being held this week as the ABN AMRO in Rotterdam, the SAP Open in San Jose and the Brasil Open in Costa Do Sauipe staged just a handful of R1 matches between them.
Soderling/Serra W4/5 as their match in Holland made up at 27 games with the Swede winning his first match of the season 4-6 6-4 6-1 but only after something of a struggle.
That kept the winners coming for the month - already the service is showing a very significant profit for all bets in February. And as for last month, January provided a very profitable start to 2010 with over £1,200 profit to £100 level stakes on each bet :-
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Looking at today's play there is little to report in the States where seeds like Haas, Kohlschreiber and Querrey are all much too short to back. Of the rest Mardy Fish (4/7), Benjamin Becker (4/11) and Jeremy Chardy (4/7) are all priced up just as poorly making today's play in San Jose easy to swerve.
The clay of Costa Do Sauipe offers little excitement either with a number of tight matches - Starace/Andreev, Ferrero/Schwank, Chela/Luczak. One to consider is Marcel Granollers (8/11) against Horacio Zeballos as the Spaniard gave Gonzalez a tough workout in Chile last week and won the pair's only previous meeting in the French Open qualifiers 2007.
Finally, in Rotterdam, the Ljubicic/Benneteau match could well be a long one and over 22.5 games (4/5) looks a decent bet. Ljubicic leads 3:2 but most of their matches have been close and both are big servers who play well indoors - as such we could see two close sets here or even three.
That's all for today. Lots more to come as the week progresses so make sure you bookmark this site and return each day for our FREE tennis bets.
Monday 8th February
The victory of Thomaz Bellucci W7/5 in the final of the Movistar Open ended a fine week for our FREE tennis bets. His 6-2 0-6 6-4 win in Santiago gave the Brazilian a second ATP Tour title and completed a week where our daily match bets W9/4, W1/2, W11/10, W8/11, W6/1, W8/11, W5/6 etc
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Feliciano Lopez WON 8/1 In SA Tennis Open
Lopez was another BIG outright winner for the service last week as the Spaniard saw off Stephane Robert 7-5 6-1 in South Africa. That made it another very profitable week for our outright tennis previews.
This week the tour heads off to Rotterdam (ABN AMRO), San Jose (SAP Open) and Costa Do Sauipe (Brasil Open) and you can still get full betting previews of each event ... for just £9.99.
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In Rotterdam the ABN-AMRO event begins. Monday's matches offer little great appeal but native player Robin Haase, who has slipped to No.361 in the world after some lengthy injury problems, might be capable of extending Tommy Robredo - himself not quite the player he was 18 months ago. A set scoreline of 2-1 Robredo (3/1) or 2-1 Haase (6/1) is worth a small interest in a match where the Dutch player is capable of raising his game in front of his own fans and making this closer than the outright match odds suggest.
San Jose hosts the SAP Open. Again, not the best list of matches to start the week. Favourites like Dudi Sela (4/6) and Ernests Gulbis (4/6), against Santiago Giraldo and Leonardo Mayer, are way too short to back with any great confidence - as neither has been playing well recently - and the other games look totally uncompetitive. Best to bide our time in this event.
There's also nothing for today on the clay in the Brasil Open from Costa Do Sauipe as the better R1 matches look set for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Having made good money last week we're prepared to wait for the right opportunities to present themselves this week - that's what professional betting is all about. So a quiet day today but do expect more FREE match betting tips to come later this week and in the meantime remember to sign up for our exclusive outright tennis betting tips.
Sunday 7th February
It's been another week of winners on the site as our FREE tennis bets have produced winner after winner this week in all three events - yesterday it was Gonzalez/Bellucci in Santiago as their SF match went to three sets before the Brazilian, Bellucci, eventually beat the No.1 seed.
That result - W9/4 - followed a long list of winners this all through the week's action (W1/2, W11/10, W8/11, W6/1, W8/11, W5/6) and don't forget they all given posted here FREE each day. All we ask is for a small donation to the site's running costs if you back a winner - click donate and feel free to give generously!
Movistar Open, SA Tennis Open, PBZ Zagreb Indoors: Finals
In Johannesburg at the SA Tennis Open we have Feliciano Lopez (advised e/w 8/1) in the final against Stephane Robert. Lopez beat No.1 seed Monfils yesterday and Robert beat the No.2 seed Ferrer. There's no real need for us to bet on this match today as we're already in profit on the outright betting with Lopez making the final ... the Spaniard is now 4/9 to win the title today.
In Santiago's Movistar Open it's Thomaz Bellucci against Juan Monaco. Monaco has lost his last 5 ATP Tour finals (last won in Kitzbuhel 2007) whilst Bellucci won his maiden title in Gstaad last year. They have never played before and although Monaco has more experience, Bellucci (7/5) looks the value bet for today's championship decider in Chile.
Finally, in the PBZ Zagreb Indoors, the defending champion Marin Cilic plays Michael Berrer for the title. A native of Croatia, Cilic (1/7) has made a very strong bid to win his national title for a second year running and should beat his German opponent today.
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That's it for today. We're back tomorrow with more FREE match betting tips and remember to sign up for next week's outright bets.
Saturday 6th February
As this week's three ATP Tour events reach their conclusion this weekend work has already started on next week's action. The tour will head off to Rotterdam, San Jose and Costa Do Sauipe next Monday and you can get full betting previews of each event ... and all for one price.
With lots of FREE match betting winners this week - W1/2, W11/10, W8/11, W6/1, W8/11 plus Stephane Robert W5/6 yesterday - it's been another very profitable time for our tennis tips. Play up your winnings by investing in our outright tennis bets for next week.
SF Matches In 3 ATP Events Today
In Santiago's Movistar Open the top two seeds, Fernando Gonzalez and Juan Monaco, are both expected to win. Four time champion Gonzalez is 1/6 to beat Bellucci and Monaco is 1/7 to see off another Brazlilian, Joao Souza (the 21-year-old is in his first tour SF). The best bet is a three set match (9/4) in the first SF as although Gonzalez should win, Bellucci is clearly no mug and is more than capable of nicking a set off the Chilean. The price looks real value.
Similar story in Johannesburg at the SA Tennis Open as the No.1 and No.2 seeds also play for a place in Sunday's final. Gael Monfils (1/3) will play against Feliciano Lopez, David Ferrer (1/7) takes on Stephane Robert - neither match has any real betting interest for us today and are best left alone.
Finally, in the PBZ Zagreb Indoors, the defending champion Marin Cilic is in the SF's, where he plays Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner faces fellow countryman Michael Berrer. The first SF is a re-match of the Vienna 2009 final when Melzer beat Cilic 6-4 6-3 ... Cilic was our tip for the title that week! So could the Austrian win again? Well, Melzer (4/1) has played pretty well this week and does seem a shade over-priced for today's match - he's worth a small interest at a big price to shock the home favourite.
That's it for today. We're back tomorrow with more FREE match betting tips and remember to sign up for next week's outright bets.
Friday 5th February
Two more winners for us yesterday as Peter Luczak W1/2 in Santiago and Philipp Petzschner W11/10 in Zagreb. Along with our other success this week - Rochus W8/11, De Voest W6/1 and Riba W8/11 - it's been another very good performance by our free tennis bets.
Also, we still have an interest in the outright betting in all three events which could add even more profit before the week is out. And, don't forget, next week the tour is off to Rotterdam, San Jose and Costa Do Sauipe and you can sign up now for our exclusive outright preview of these three tournaments - click outright tennis betting analysis to sign up today.
You will also see our latest news story at the bottom of the page. This is the first in a series of articles concerning outright betting on tennis events and over the coming months we will add further features about the way in which you should approach betting on ATP events. Read The Art Of Outright Tennis Betting: Lesson 1 - The Draw here.
News for QF's day in three ATP Tour events
We start in Johannesburg where the top four seeds - Monfils, Ferrer, Lopez and Robert - have all made the last eight ... and all are favourites to make the SF's. Each should win but the only one who is worth considering for a bet is Stephane Robert (4/5) against Dustin Brown.
Both players have gone well beyond their usual level in an ATP Tour event so anything could happen today. However, ranked No.100 (that's 41 places above his opponent) the Frenchman, Robert, has the better form on the Challenger Tour and just gets the vote.
In Santiago, the action centres around the top two players - Gonzalez and Monaco. Both are strong favourites to win today but too short to back.
Finally, in the PBZ Zagreb Indoors, the QF's involve a great home battle between Marin Cilic and Ivo Karlovic but the match to consider is Philipp Petzschner against Lukas Lacko - who beat another Croat, Ivan Ljubicic, yesterday. In what could well be a tight match the best play looks to back the young Slovakian, Lacko (5/6), to reach his first tour SF.
That's it for today. We're back tomorrow with more SA Tennis Open, Gonzalez and Monaco at the Movistar Open in Santiago and Cilic, Ljubicic, Troicki & Karlovic in the PBZ Zagreb Indoors.
However, after today's R2 matches the QF line-up for this week's three events will be known and the action will start to get much more competitive.
Rochus W8/11, De Voest W6/1 and Riba W8/11 have made it a good start to the week with our FREE tennis bets and we expect to add more success over the next few days.
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Starting in Chile, Peter Luczak - after a fine R1 win over Potito Starace - should account for David Marrero. Born in Warsaw but now playing for Australia, the 30-year-old at world No.73 is rated much higher than his Spanish opponent (Marrero is No.158) and being the more accomplished player looks the bet today. It would have been a much strong fancy as well had Luczak (1/2) not been backed already.
Nothing to report in South Africa, where the matches lack any real interest, so a quick word about the action in Croatia. The three 'big guns' who play are expected to win comfortably (Cilic, Ljubicic and Karlovic) but there might be some value in the all-German tie between Becker/Petzschner. It was Petzschner (11/10) who won their only previous meeting (US Open 2007) and with neither player looking that good in R1 we'll side with the younger man to beat his older and higher ranked opponent and cause a shock.
You can also read the first in a series of articles concerning outright betting on tennis events: The Art Of Outright Tennis Betting: Lesson 1 - The Draw and over the coming months we will add further features about the way in which you should approach betting on ATP events.
That's it for today. We're back tomorrow with more FREE match betting tips.
Wednesday 3rd February
Pere Riba W8/11 was the sole bet for us yesterday and the Spaniard duly won his battle with fellow countryman Santiago Ventura 6-3 7-5 in Santiago on Tuesday. That made it three winners already this week after the success of Rochus W8/11 and De Voest W6/1 on Monday.
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Little action for us today at the SA Tennis Open in Johannesburg where only four matches are scheduled. Pick of games is No.3 seed Feliciano Lopez against the young Slovenian Blaz Kavcic. Lopez (2/7) should win but he's a very short price.
Over in the PBZ Zagreb Indoors tournament the big names - Cilic, Ljubicic, Troicki & Karlovic - all play today ... and all should win. In the match involving Ivo Karlovic and fellow Croat Antonio Veic a first set correct score of Karlovic 6-4 (7/2) or Karlovic 7-6 (8/1) has appeal. He should win but maybe not without a fight.
Finally in Santiago's Movistar Open the matches all look tight affairs, for the most part, with top seed Fernando Gonzalez (against Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo) the most obvious winner but after winning yesterday in 59 minutes against Oscar Hernandez the Chilean is a very, very skinny price to make the QF's.
That's it for today. We're back tomorrow with more FREE match betting tips.
Tuesday 2nd February
The perfect start to a new month as February began with a very profitable first day. Olivier Rochus W8/11 in Zagreb defeating Igor Kunitsyn in what turned out to be a close, three set match (the Belgian won 7-5 in the third) before an even better result on the Ram/De Voest match in Johannesburg.
De Voest Lands 6/1 Winner In Joburg
Yesterday we highlighted the stats concerning the R1 match in South Africa between these two evenly matched players. The chances of a first set tie-break were very high ... and so it proved to be. And it was the world No.233 De Voest who took the opening set 7-6 ... W6/1.
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After a 100% winning day on Monday, less to get excited about today - and we certainly don't bet just for the sake of it.
The matches in Johannesburg at the SA Tennis Open offer little appeal even though we have the top two seeds - Monfils & Ferrer - in action. And there's less in Zagreb where the big names - Cilic, Ljubicic & Karlovic - all play tomorrow.
For the day's best opportunity we head off to Santiago's Movistar Open and the all-Spanish encounter between Pere Riba and Santiago Ventura. 30-year-old Ventura has the experience but Riba, at just 21, is one who looks the better player on clay. Riba (8/11) leads 3:1 on past meetings (all on the Challenger Tour, all on clay) and made the QF's in Bucaramanga last week - he's the one.
That's it for today. We're back tomorrow with more FREE match betting tips.
Monday 1st February
If the month of January was anything to go by then we should be in for a great year in 2010.
Plenty of success with our FREE daily tennis bets and a reasonable profit from our outright betting. However, moving into February we have to start all over again ... and we do so with three events on the ATP Tour this week.
Santiago takes over from the Vina Del Mar in Chile to host the year's first clay event, the Movistar Open, in South America. Moving across to Africa the SA Tennis Open, an outdoor hard tournament, is in Johannesburg and finally an indoor event in Europe, the PBZ Zagreb Indoors.
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In terms of match betting opportunities there aren't too many games today which offer the potential to strike a decent bet. Olivier Rochus (8/11) is one to consider in the Zagreb tournament. The Belgian defeated today's opponent, Igor Kunitsyn, 6-3 6-0 6-2 when they met at the US Open last year and that would suggest he has the beating of the Russian here in R1.
Over in Johannesburg, Rajeev Ram plays Rik De Voest. These guys have played 5 times on the Challenger Tour (3:2 Ram) and have had some quite close matches. On the stats, a first set scoreline of De Voest 7-6 (6/1) or Ram 7-6 (13/2) makes appeal as a little bit of vlaue.
That's all for today. We're back tomorrow with more match betting tips as the likes of Fernando Gonzalez, Marin Cilic and Gael Monfils enter the action.
