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Tuesday 30th June
Amelie Maursemo had lots of chances yesterday against Dinara Safina. The French girl won the first set, was a break up at the start of the second and was 3-0 ahead in the third before eventually losing it 6-4. That would have been a nice winner to start the week but alas Safina just had enough to fall over the line.
Looking to today's action, the women's QF's, we have Victoria Azarenka up against Serena Williams. This is the acid test for the Belarussian but she has a definite chance of beating the No.2 seed. A win today and she's got a great shot at the final.
Surprise package Sabine Lisicki (2/1) might well give Safina something to think about but both Venus Williams and Elena Dementieva should oblige in their matches.
Monday 29th June
Wimbledon 4th Round - Match Bet
Amelie Mauresmo to beat Dinara Safina @ 6/4 Coral (11/8 general)
A calculated risk. Mauresmo has the grass court pedigree, a head-to-head advantage of 4:2 against Safina and whilst she isn't at the top of here game these days, it's fair to say that Safina hasn't looked entirely bombproof this past week. The Russian could win at a canter but Mauresmo is by far the best opponent she's faced so far and Safina hasn't won any of her three matches to date with any great authority.
In general, last week we looked at a lot of winners. Seppi W4/1 and Dulko W4/1 stand out as the prime examples. Despite having great outright betting success this year, with numerous winners and a good level of profit, our match betting has been very disappointing. Not in terms of analysis but in bet selection. Apologies, in this respect, for not giving you the service, and success, you quite clearly deserve.
Saturday 27th June
Interesting matches on the men's side of the draw appear to be Nikolay Davydenko against Tomas Berdych. The Russian leads their head-to-heads 8:0 but is the 11/10 underdog today (Berdych does have a better grass court record though) and Radek Stepanek (11/10) against David Ferrer might also cause a shock. We'd just favour Gilles Simon (5/6) against Victor Hanescu as well but the Frenchman's form of late has been rather moderate.
As for the women, Agnieska Radwanska (5/6) looks the best bet of the day against Na Li.
Friday 26th June
The possibilities are many and various today. On the men's side of the draw there are the likes of Tommy Robredo (8/11) against Dudi Sela - the Spaniard is a much better players than Sela and is no slouch on grass - Andreas Seppi (10/11) looks more reliable than Igor Andreev and Marin Cilic (5/4) against Tommy Haas.
As for the women, Elena Vesnina (5/6) looks like she could account for Dominika Cibulkova and Ai Sugiyama (9/4) might be the big underdog of the day to oblige against Daniela Hantuchova.
Thursday 25th June
Looking at this afternoon's matches and, more importantly, the odds available, there's not too much to get excited about. On the men's side of the draw the vast majority of matches look good opportunities for the favourites to progress with few underdogs appearing to have any real chance of success. For sure, there might be the odd surprise but nothing strongly recommends itself for now.
On the women's side - where we pointed out Gisela Dulko W4/1 yesterday against Maria Sharapova - there's little also. Taking a form line through all the British players to date, Kirsten Flipkens (11/10) is the best bet of the day against Elena Baltacha.
Wednesday 24th June
After talking all around a few winners on Monday, we certainly dodged a few bullets yesterday. So, overall, have we missed out to any great degree by not having a match bet thus far at Wimbledon? Well, Andreas Seppi winning at 4/1 aside, probably not.
Today's matches are none too exciting - solely due to the bookmakers. Seppi (4/6) could very well follow up against Marc Gicquel but his price is hardly one to retire on, Mardy Fish (8/11) likewise is a possibility against Janko Tipsarevic but the odds for the American are just as unappealing. Same goes for Karol Beck, the closest thing to a match bet today. Just 1/1 to beat Nicolas Almagro offers no value at all even though the Spaniard looks very beatable on this surface.
As for the women, Jie Zheng (5/6) is a marginal preference over Daniela Hantuchova (who Laura Robson pushed so close in R1), Sania Mirza (8/11) should get the better of Sorana Cirstea. Gisela Dulko (4/1) is the big priced fancy of the day against Maria Sharapova.
Tuesday 23rd June
After yesterday's analysis - which included Andreas Seppi W4/1, Shahar Peer W5/6, Sania Mirza W8/13 - there is the temptation to wade in and put every consideration on the account today but we have to remain a little more selective than that!
Today we'd point out Ivan Navarro (6/5) against Victor Hanescu (if he can beat David Ferrer last week he can beat the Romanian here), plus former boy's champion Grigor Dimitrov (4/6) against Igor Kunitsyn. We also think Jeremy Chardy (9/1) can give Andy Roddick a better match than the odds suggest.
As for the women, Shuai Peng (4/5) against Alexa Glatch and Petra Kvitova (1/1) against Maria Kirilenko were the other bets considered on the day.
Monday 22nd June
A watching brief for us on Day 1 of Wimbledon. Several bets have been considered but there's nothing tremendously strong, or at a big enough price, to tempt us into action today.
On the men's side of the draw the likes of Xavier Malisse (1/1) against Rainer Schuettler, Evgeny Korolev (2/1) against Igor Andreev and even Andreas Seppi (4/1) taking on James Blake have been looked at.
On the women's side, Shahar Peer (5/6) against Camerin, Vsena Mansieva (4/5) against Bacsinsky and Sania Mirza (8/13) against Groenefeld were all considered.
Sunday 21st June
Outright bets for Wimbledon only available to members.
In the men's singles Federer at odds-on for us is a bit skinny. The cards fell right for him at the French (like they did at last year's US Open) and he seems plenty short enough going into this event. Yes, the pressure is off him now and there's no Nadal but his general record these past 18 months makes him far from 4/6 material.
As for the women's singles: despite their dominance of SW19 for the best part of a decade we are far from confident about the Williams' sisters this year. Their form and focus is always debatable these days and their physical power (which gave them such an advantage in years gone by) is no longer so pronounced. Yes, they may roll through the opening rounds but the women's game has more depth these days and they can't get away with 'all force, no finesse' tennis. We're happy to oppose them at combined odds of 1/1 that either Serena or Venus wins.
Saturday 20th June
With the draws being made for Wimbledon yesterday we'll be going through both the men's and women's tournaments tomorrow morning at 10.30am.
Nothing today on the finals from either Eastbourne or s'Hertogenbosch. Both events this week have shown how the formbook can be given a severe shake-up in the week prior to a Grand Slam with players like Dancevic, Becker and Sluiter all making finals.
Naturally we'll hope for rather more reliable performances next week at SW19 and we'll set the ball rolling tomorrow morning.
Friday 19th June
Ivan Ljubicic retired from the match with Fabrice Santoro during the second set. You'll either find the bet void (as the match didn't run its full course) or Santoro will be named the winner, and you'll be paid out, as at least one set was played. It just depends upon your bookmaker's individual rules.
Tough matches today in the SF's with a number of players in action who rarely get this far in events. Santoro (4/6) should account for Dancevic in Eastbourne but the Garcia-Lopez v Tursunov match is a tough one to pick. Benjamin Becker (5/6) and Ivan Navarro (5/6) would be the two picks in Holland - just!
Wimbledon draw takes place today and we'll have some initial thoughts on it for you first thing tomorrow morning.
Thursday 18th June
Aegon International (Eastbourne) QF - Match Bet
Fabrice Santoro to beat Ivan Ljubicic @ 11/8 generally
Not easy to see why Ljubicic is as short as 8/15 to win this match. These guys have played 8 times before and it's 4:4 (all hard). Does that make Ljubicic a better player? Furthermore, Santoro has much better form on the surface having won two tournments on the surface and the Frenchman posesses an overall winning record on grass, which Ljubicic doesn't. All-round, Ljubicic is better on serve and Santoro on return. Should be a close match but Santoro is the value of the two at the price.
