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Presto · Sep 21, 2006

altice, seeing anything Wed. overnight?

Zheng vs Davenport. Zheng is +300.

Petrova vs Danillidou. Dan is +335

I tried downloading the bracket but couldn't make sense of the thing. I don't know if it was outdated or what. I see Davenport played yesterday and struggled through 3 sets. I am leaning towards Zheng but would appreciate some input.

cheers

altice · Sep 21, 2006

Sorry Presto. Just saw this now. I was on Petrova and Zheng for the record on your 2 matches that you asked for. Danilidou is worthless (like Kirilenko) and only reason line was under -500 IMO is probably cause people have made a ton of money fading her. Zheng really fought hard in 2nd set and took it to a tiebreaker and lost but she was right there with Lindsay in the 2nd set. I had the worst 2 days back to back on Monday and Tuesday of the year so not sure you want to follow my plays. LOL. I did have a decent day today finally but the 2 dogs I thought were real live today didn't come in so that was disappointing. Petrova has really been struggling, but I saw her at the US Open play Golovin and I believe she's turning it around. She lost to Golovin who ended up giving Sharapova the hardest time but she was really dictating the match to Golovin, but she made a TON of unforced errors like over 50 I think!. I expect her to be undervalued for the next little while. Pretty sure people will bet Jankovic big tonight based on what's perceived to be current form. I probably will not touch that match but will be watching to see if Petrova has turned the corner. Her results have been absolutely pathetic the last 2 to 3 months but I think she will be back and back pretty soon.

Presto · Sep 23, 2006

altice, thanks for giving your thoughts and input on those two matches. I ended up playing Zheng the other night because the price was just too good to pass up. I still believe Zheng would win more than 100 out of 300 matches. Someone also informed me that Davenport doesn't like to lose and will fake an injury if she thinks she can't win. Just something I'll have to consider in the future.

Friday AM
Jankovic takes three sets to get by the dully noted Petrova last night, while Mauresmo beats Davenport in two. History tells me Mauresmo is the play based on her 3-0 record vs. Jankovic.

Mauresmo -185 (oly)
3.7/2