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Friday 31st July

Florent Serra W5/2 over Victor Hanesu yesterday. A little by default but they had played a set (Serra 6-4) when the Romanian retired with a stomach upset. Leonardo Mayer W1/1 also saw off Igor Kunitsyn in Los Angeles.

Today in the Swiss Open, Florent Serra (5/6) v Marcos Daniel looks a fair price to go in for us again. The French player did lose their only previous match on clay, way back in 2005, but Serra looks a decent bet to reverse that form in Gstaad this afternoon.

In the Croatia Open, Jurgen Melzer (1/1) v Ivan Ljubicic sees the Austrian (Melzer) hold a 3:0 career advantage over his Croatian opponent. As such, the available odds suggest he's a scrap of value in this match today.

Over in Los Angeles, Dudi Sela (13/8) v Sam Querrey could see the underdog oblige at a fair price. Querrey is yet to fully convince and Sela is a much improved performer of late. Elsewhere, Tommy Haas holds a 4:2 lead over Marat Safin and should win their match tonight. However, we prefer the 2-1 scoreline for the German, at 3/1, over the straight sets option which looks rather poor value at around 5/6.

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Thursday 30th July

Across all three tournaments this week (Umag, Gstaad and Los Angeles) the match bets winners have been flowing with Hernych W5/6, Guccione W8/11, Gulbis W4/7, Isner W8/11 and yesterday Alberto Martin W4/5 in the Croatia Open.

All three tournaments play to the QF stages today. Just four matches in the Swiss Open where No.1 seed Stanislas Wawrinka should see off Thomaz Bellucci but the day's other three favourites - Kiefer, Benneteau and Hanescu - all face tricky looking matches. Florent Serra (5/2) v Victor Hanescu was the one match highlighted yesterday with the Frenchman not without a chance of upsetting the well-fancied Romanian.

Over in the LA Tennis Open four more R2 ties to consider. None offer an outstanding opportunity but do check out Leonardo Mayer (1/1) v Igor Kunitsyn. The Russian is a moderate performer, at best, and the 22-year-old Argentine, Mayer, although away from his favourite surface (clay) might still have enough ability to beat his more highly ranked opponent.

Finally, in the Croatia Open, all eight R2 matches are set to be played today. Best of these are Fabio Fognini (8/11) v Simone Bolelli which could well see the younger Italian (Fognini) extend his 2:0 career lead over his more experienced compatriot (Bolelli) to 3:0 whilst Pablo Cuevas (4/5) v Jurgen Melzer is a re-match of their Hamburg meeting last week. Cuevas won then and can win again today.

Wednesday 29th July

Yesterday both Ernests Gulbis W4/7 and John Isner W8/11 but despite other wins for Thomaz Bellucci and Potito Starace, both players actually played replacements after Kristof Vliegen and Simon Greul withdrew prior to the day's scheduled matches. Hence those bets were void.

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Today in the Croatia Open look out for Blaz Kavcic (4/7) v Nicolas Massu. The young Slovenian player has been making waves on the Challenger and Futures circuits and may well be good enough to continue his Chilean opponent's seemingly terminal decline. Kavcic, at just 22, might be one just to keep an eye on for the future. However, with Alberto Martin (4/5) v Martin Klizan, here the veteran Spaniard should have enough left to defeat his young opponent.

In the LA Tennis Open we find Mardy Fish (2/7) v Chris Guccione (3/1). At the price the American looks plenty short enough against the giant Aussie who we backed on Monday when he beat Kevin Kim. Just be cautious about stepping in for a big at a short price about Fish - even though he is 3:0 against Guccione all have been close.

Finally, in the Swiss Open, Florent Serra (2/1) v Victor Hanescu is worth noting. The Frenchman won their only previous meeting at Roland Garros in 2008 in four sets and isn't without a chance against the Romanian who may be in the form of his career but certainly isn't invincible in their R2 match this afternoon.

Tuesday 28th July

Two nice winners yesterday as Chris Guccione W8/11 and Jan Hernych W5/6... and neither could have been more impressive as they recorded respective 6-1 6-4 and 6-1 6-0 victories.

In the LA Tennis Open today we would expect Ernests Gulbis (4/7) v Yen-Hsun Lu to produce a win for the young Latvian - who, for all his promise, has been a frustrating and expensive player to follow during his brief career. And in the John Isner v Benjamin Becker match we'd take the big serving American to hold sway but a three set win at 10/3 looks a better call than a straight win bet at 8/11.

In the Swiss Open, Jose Acasuso (13/8) v Nicolas Kiefer may prove a shade of value. The Argentine is a tough player to catch right these days, and Kiefer is playing ok himself, but on a strict formbook basis this match should be priced much closer. Also Thomaz Bellucci (1/1) v Kristof Vliegen. The young Brazilian recently won a Challenger event in Italy and despite patchy form in 2009 is one to note for the future and may just surprise his Belgian rival this afternoon.

The Croatia Open starts today and we take Potito Starace v Simon Greul to produce a straight sets win for the Italian, Starace, at a best price of 5/4.

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Monday 27th July

Despite some notable recent outright success, Jeremy Chardy WON 20/1 in Stuttgart, there are still plenty of opportunities to profit from match betting on the ATP Tour.

This week's three events in Croatia, Switzerland and the USA should offer some excellent chances as the week progresses. As for today, in Europe, the best chances look to rest with Paul Capdeville (2/1) v Teimuraz Gabashvili in Gstaad. The Chilean seems to have been dismissed out of hand against his moderate Russian opponent who he beat on their only previous meeting.

Also Jan Hernych (5/6) v Flavio Cipolla might well justify favouritism seeing as though the Italian is just off the plane from the US and Hernych trounced Cipolla 6-2 6-1 when they played here back in 2006.

Very little action of note in the States today but Chris Guccione (8/11) v Kevin Kim looks a safe bet as the 24 year old Aussie should have too much power for the older American who did win their only past match - but that was way back in 2004.

Nothing today in Umag with the tournament really starting in earnest on Tuesday when we'll be back with the best of the day's match betting analysis and information.

Monday 13th July

A mixed bag for us yesterday. Firstly we saw great wins for Spain and Croatia in the Davis Cup. Both will now be at home in the SF's, against Israel and the Czech Republic respecitvely, and stand a great chance of meeting in the final. We backed Spain at 2/1 and Croatia at 25/1 ante-post. There is the opportunity to re-evaluate our position prior to the SF's in September ... but we're certainly very well placed.

However, we won't get ahead of ourselves. That's not the sort of thing we do on this service and Sam Querrey was a case in point yesterday. His loss to Rajeev Ram in Rhode Island was the big disappointment of the day. For sure we'd backed Querrey e/w but to lose the match, and frankly to play so badly on the key points, was hard to take. At 2/9, the title was his for the taking but a la Safina, he blew it in the final. Such a shame.

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Sunday 12th July

We're heading fowards with further success... and hopefully another good winner! Sam Querrey is in the final of the Campbell's Hall Of Fame Championships after beating Fabrice Santoro last night 6-3 7-6. In the decider he'll play the lucky loser Rajeev Ram who has somehow made the final.

The match odds are Sam Querrey (2/9) v Rajeev Ram (10/3) and that pretty much illustrates the match-up. Querrey, who we backed ante-post at 5/1, really should win this match with something to spare. These guys have met three times in the past, none on the main tour, and Querrey leads 2:1 with two easy hard courts victories coming in 2006 & 2007. He's much the better player and really should make that tell against an opponent in his first ATP singles final.

As for the Davis Cup, our outright bets are still in good shape. Spain grabbed a vital doubles win over Germany yesterday to lead 2:1 and Croatia also lead 2:1 depsite losing yesterday to the USA in the pairs match. Both should win the one rubber they need today to make the SF's. Also, let's hope the Czech Republic beat Argentina as if they do Croatia will then be at home in those SF's. Israel rounded off a stunning win over Russia yesterday and will now play Spain/Germany in the SF's.

Saturday 11th July

The Campbell's Hall Of Fame Championships was the scene of much action on Thursday. R2 was completed and all four QF's were decided as the tournament finally got back on schedule after some very poor weather earlier in the week.

Todays SF's see Sam Querrey (4/6) v Fabrice Santoro (6/5) in a match where the American may well be favourite but in playing the two-time defending champion he faces a tricky match. We backed Querrey e/w at 5/1 in the outright market back on Monday so a win today will guarantee a return on the bet - however, Santoro will be no push-over as he looks for a three-peat here in Rhode Island.

The other SF pitches Olivier Rochus (4/7) v Rajeev Ram. Something of a 'David and Goliath' battle as the 5'6" Belgian takes on the 6'4" American ... and we would expect Rochus to frank the form as despite his small stature he's a decent grass court player with a much better past record, a higher world ranking and the better form this week. Just a shame the price is a tad skinny for serious support as we do expect the favourite to win.

Incidentally, we did lose Philipp Petzschner yesterday as the German went out in R2 to Jesse Levine.

In the Davis Cup, Croatia lead the USA 2:0 after day one (two good wins for Karlovic and Cilic), Spain were held to 1:1 by Germany meaning much will depend upon today's doubles. Israel amazingly lead Russia 2:0 whilst the Czech Republic are 1:1 with Argentina.

Friday 10th July

The Campbell's Hall Of Fame Championships still has a bit of catching up to do after some very poor weather earlier this week, with Friday expected to see both R2 and the QF's completed. Much will depend upon the weather in Rhode Island.

Several matches we've already discussed over the last couple of days. Of the eight R2 matches only one, Fabrice Santoro (8/13) v Taylor Dent, offers any previous form - no other matches involve players who have met before. As such, and given the infrequent use of grass on tour, the study of today's R2 games is more difficult than usual.

Previously we've mentioned players like Brendan Evans, Philipp Petzschner, Nicolas Mahut and Sam Querrey. In the other matches today, Santoro (2:0 over Dent) may well have a bit too much guile for the big serving American, and Daniel Brands (4/5) v Kevin Kim could see the German youngster progress if he can build on his good R1 win over Vincent Spadea.

Starting today we also have the QF's of the Davis Cup. Spain (1/20) v Germany, as one of our outright bets, are taken to advance but without Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer their price is plenty short enough. Russia (4/9) v Israel looks another tie where the favourites should with through.

The other two ties are fascinating encounters. Croatia (4/6) v USA are the other country we've backed for the outright title. The Amercians are without Andy Roddick, Croatia miss both Ancic and Ljubicic ... tough match to call but hopefully Croatia can get through. Finally Argentina (5/4) v Czech Republic stand a fair chance of beating their hosts as the 2008 runners-up, who miss David Nalbandian and Juan Ignacio Chela, still have a fair amount of strength in depth.

Thursday 9th July

The Campbell's Hall Of Fame Tennis Championships suffered more delays yesterday but we did see wins for Sam Querrey and Philipp Petzschner, along with Nicolas Mahut and Alex Bogolomov Jnr.

R1 still has six matches to be completed on Thursday morning and then all eight R2 games have been scheduled for the afternoon session. Much again depends upon the weather.

The remaining R1 ties we've already discussed, as for the four R2 ties which are known Sam Querrey (1/3) v Prakash Amritraj is one that the American should power through as should Nicolas Mahut (1/5) v Alex Bogolomov. The two other ties are more interesting.

Philipp Petzschner (1/1) v Jesse Levine is an interesting one. The German was none too impressive in his first match against Horacio Zeballos whilst Levine toughed it out well against Chris Guccione. On the back of a Wimbledon win over Marat Safin, Levine poses a severe threat to the No.6 seed unless he picks up his game. Brendan Evans (6/4) v Robby Ginepri is one of those bets against a poor favourite, rather than for a good underdog. Ginepri's career has been on the slide these past 18 months and although Evans brings little to the table in terms of form, their respective R1 performances - Evans beat No.4 seed Becker, Ginepri edged past Ventura - give him half a chance at the price.

Do note one other thing today. Players who have to double up (play twice in one day) are at a big disadvantage to guys who are already through ro R2 and just have the one game to prepare for. As such, look at Taylor Dent v Cipolla/Santoro and Daniel Brands v Kim/Grosjean.

Wednesday 8th July

Rain caused major problems in Rhode Island yesterday with none of the scheduled matches in the Campbell's Hall Of Fame Tennis Championships being completed. Provided there are no more long delays the event should still run as planned but further stoppages would create a scenario where players might have to play twice in a day - which is never ideal and has a severe effect on match betting analysis.

Several matches are already in progress but some notable players start out today (Sam Querrey, Fabrice Santoro) as R1 is set to be completed, weather-permitting.

Of the games due to start Alejandro Falla (5/6) v Rajeev Ram gets the marginal vote in a tight looking match. The Columbian having little better recent form than his American opponent but his greater tour experience and higher ranking just edges the vote in his favour. In another match, Olivier Rochus v Alexander Peya, the Belgian (Rochus) has won both their previous matches in straight sets and despite this being their first meeting on grass he could well repeat that feat with a 2-0 scoreline best priced at 13/8. Players like Nicolas Mahut and Frank Dancevic are very short prices to win today but merit a mention because of their distinctly poor value in what could be testing conditions.

Tuesday 7th July

In the match betting today there's not too much to get excited about with just over half a dozen matches scheduled in Newport in the Campbell's Hall Of Fame Tennis Championships. Closest of these is Kevin Kim (8/11) v Sebastien Grosjean (1/1).

Given the Frenchman's injuries over the past couple of years and pretty average play recently in the UK, on his belated seasonal debut, preference would have to be for the American - even though he trails Grosjean 0:2 on past meetings and frankly couldn't hold a candle to his opponent in terms of overall talent. Grosjean, after all, was No.4 in the world back in 2002 but is now down at 950! This match might just come a bit too early in his rehabilitation though.

Of the rest, all the day's other favourites are very short and look hard to oppose with underdogs who only bring moderate form with them and little chance of success, at least as far as the formbook is concerned. Matches best left alone.

Monday 6th July

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Match betting today offers little in terms of quantity with Chris Guccione v Jesse Levine looking the best option. The Aussie leads Levine 2:0 which makes the odds of 6/4 look tempting.

Sunday 5th July

The statistics certainly pointed to Serena Williams being the value yesterday at 6/4 and she duly obliged even though over the past couple of weeks she looked far less impressive then her sister, Venus. Another piece of evidence for the conspiracy theorists ... in the match as well, the 1st Set Score market which we highlighted produced the 7-6 scoreline in favour of Serena - a 17/2 winner!

The men's final today is Roger Federer (1/8) v Andy Roddick (13/2). On the face of it Federer is very hard to oppose. He leads their series 18:2 as A-Rod has beaten him only once since 2003, in Miami last year, Federer is also 3:0 against the American on grass and, of course, if he wins today Federer beats the Pete Sampras record of 14 Grand Slam titles. The Swiss player won't have too many more chances of doing this, surely he will take this opportunity today.

That said, Federer certainly isn't winning with a lot in hand these days and Roddick can push him all the way if he plays up to the level he's been performing at recently. As such, a couple of markets to consider are in the 1st Set Score with Federer 7-6 (10/3) or 7-5 (12/1) paying combined odds of around 9/4 and on the handicap we'd take the American with as much advantage as we can get (+6 games) which is on offer at 8/11. As for the total number of sets, like the Roddick-Murray match, we fancy four (2/1) over three (8/11) as being the slightly better value.

Saturday 4th July

Venus Williams (4/6) v Serena Williams (6/4) is for some the dullest possible women's final, for others the most interesting. Love them or hate them, the two remain the best exponents of grass court tennis in the women's game and meet today for the 21st time. Conspiracy theorists will read much into the 10:10 scoreline thus far which is a rather convenient looking 1:1 on clay, 7:7 on hard courts and 2:2 on grass ... maybe they're just very evenly matched!

Who will win today? On those stats it has to be said that Venus is a tad skinny at odds-on and Serena is a shade too big at odds-against - it's a question of long-term figures over short-term form. However, Venus has looked in better form this past fortnight, annihilated Safina in the SF whilst Serena made hard work of Dementieva and Venus did win the final here last year over her sister. Something nearer 8/11-1/1 would be more representative of the true odds for either girl to win.

Other markets of interest include the 1st Set Score where 7-6 either way (8/1 & 17/2) and 7-5 either way (14/1 & 18/1) make some appeal - the perm pays around 2/1. Total Games is a tight call. Their four previous grass court matches have averaged 23.25 games, and most bookies are around this mark. A couple offer 22.50 as the line and an 'over' on this market is marginally the preference.

A two game handicap either way offers no appeal whatsoever as in a potentially close match the better bet would be to simply play in the outright market.

As for Andy Murray, he could (maybe should) have won yesterday but he was beaten by the better player on the day. No excuses on that score. We'll talk more about the men's final tomorrow.

Friday 3rd July

First up today it's Roger Federer (1/12) v Tommy Haas. Federer leads Haas 9:2 on past meetings having won their last 8 matches ... the German last beat the Swiss player in 2002! Haas has taken the odd set off Federer since then, and pushed him early on in their recent French Open match, but Federer should really win this comfortably.

Looking at the set betting, the choice is between 3-0 (8/13) and 3-1 (11/4) with a slight preference for the latter at the much bigger price although if he starts strongly Federer could have Haas out of there in double-quick time.

Andy Murray (2/7) v Andy Roddick comes next. Our man for the title, despite a 6:2 lead over the American, does look plenty short enough today. On this surface Roddick has a definite chance to push the Scot all the way, if not claim the win. So whilst the outright odds suggest an easy win for the favourite, this is no formality. The key is Roddick's serve, if Murray can make inroads into this then the rest of his game is better than A-Rod's and he'll win. If not, it'll be another Wawrinka-style battle.

The total number of sets market offers four at 6/4, which allows for either player winning, and might be the best option. On the handicaps, and allowing for the odd tie-break, Roddick +4.5 (5/6) appears to be the call.

Thursday 2nd July

Very hard to see beyond a Williams win double today in the women's SF's at Wimbledon. It's best priced at around 4/9.

Serena Williams (1/5) v Elena Dementieva leads their series 5:3, with all five wins coming in straight sets including the SF of the Australian Open in January. Venus Williams (2/9) v Dinara Safina leads 2:1 in previous matches, with both the American's wins coming in straight sets. Safina did beat her on clay in Rome in May.

Even the double on the pair to win 2-0 apiece only pays around 11/8. But neither girl has dropped a set so far in the tournament, neither suffer from any nerves at all (unlike both their opponents) and both, together, are also playing well in the doubles tournament. So, despite a couple of injury niggles it's hard to make a good case out for either sister not winning in straight sets - and that is probably the best bet of the day.

Other than that you could look at the total number of games market for each match, Serena/Dementieva under 21.5 games is 5/6, Venus is at the same mark also. Both of these, given the evidence above, must have a decent shout.

Andy Murray won easily enough yesterday to set up a SF with Andy Roddick. The Scot is around 1/3 to win that match.

Wednesday 1st July

Difficult to see a surpise happening in the men's QF's at Wimbledon today. Despite having a huge serve to counter, Roger Federer always seems to have enough to beat Ivo Karlovic (8:1 on head-to-heads). The only angle might be on the set betting but with Federer 10/11 to win in straight sets and only 11/4 to win 3-1 (the better option) it's hardly overflowing with value.

Novak Djokovic is taken to overturn the form of his recent Gerry Weber final loss to Tommy Haas. Here the set betting looks the best option but, again, odds of 11/4 for a 3-1 win by the Serb are hardly generous.

Lleyton Hewitt against Andy Roddick is the interesting game. The American should win this but Hewitt leads their series 6:5. The Aussie won't be phased by A-Rod and has no pressure on him. Hewitt is a best price of 12/5.

Finally, Andy Murray should have too much for Juan Carlos Ferrero, as he recently did at Queen's.