First Round US Open Tennis

Moves · Aug 29, 2005

I always stay away from lines over -200 because those fat favs lose all the time. I try to find value in small favs and dogs. Heres what I like early in Round One:

Melzer (+134)
C. Rochus (-131)
Tursunov (-149)
Acasuso (+102)
Philippoussis (-137)
Monfils (-176)
Chela (-163)
Wawrinka (-147)
Saulnier (-200)
Schuettler (-173)
Karlovic (-168)
Kuerten (+214)

If you want some fat favs that look good that I wont bet because of the lines:

Stepanek (-220)
Davydenko (-450)
Hrbaty (-350)
Ancic (-385)
Massu (-236)
Berdych (-340)
T. Johansson (-335)

Moves · Aug 30, 2005

Got to add this match to the last day of round one:

Popp (-122) Over Phau

Phau has taken the place of Safin who pulled out with a bad knee. Popp is 4-0 career against Phau with a recent hard court win in D.C. This looks too good to be true. Popp's serve should overpower Phau. Looks like a great value here.