4 January
Mondial Australian Doubles
Start time : 9:45PM (EST)
D.Safina/A.Szavay vs Z.Yan/J.Zheng
My pick is
D.Safina/A.Szavay + 110 at 5dimes 2.5 units
Lets make it 0-4 in doubles
hno: Maybe picking an underdog will bring me some luck this time .
Safina and Szavay by far better players on the court in this match . Their opponents are no joke when it comes to 2 vs 2 matches . They played together for many years and have a great record .
<TABLE class=WL_Table><TBODY><TR class=WL_Tr_Header><TD colSpan=2>YEAR</TD><TD>TOTAL</TD><TD>CLAY</TD><TD>HARD</TD><TD>IHARD</TD><TD>CARPET</TD><TD>GRASS</TD><TD>ACRYLIC</TD></TR><TR class=tr_inter><TD colSpan=9></TD></TR><TR class=WL_ML2><TD class=WL_Td_Year>2008</TD><TD class=WL_Td_ML>Major events</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>2-0</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>0-0</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>2-0</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>0-0</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>0-0</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>0-0</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>0-0</TD></TR><TR class=tr_inter><TD colSpan=9></TD></TR><TR class=WL_ML2><TD class=WL_Td_Year>2007</TD><TD class=WL_Td_ML>Major events</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Good>18-7</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Good>8-3</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Good>8-3</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>0-0</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>2-1</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>0-0</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>0-0</TD></TR><TR class=tr_inter><TD colSpan=9></TD></TR><TR class=WL_ML2><TD class=WL_Td_Year>2006</TD><TD class=WL_Td_ML>Major events</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Good>48-13</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Good>12-2</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Good>24-9</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>2-2</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>0-0</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Good>10-0</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>0-0</TD></TR><TR class=tr_inter><TD colSpan=9></TD></TR><TR class=WL_ML2><TD class=WL_Td_Year>2005</TD><TD class=WL_Td_ML>Major events</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Good>28-14</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>4-5</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Good>24-9</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>0-0</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>0-0</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>0-0</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>0-0</TD></TR><TR class=tr_inter><TD colSpan=9></TD></TR><TR class=WL_ML2><TD class=WL_Td_Year>2004</TD><TD class=WL_Td_ML>Major events</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>21-17</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Bad>3-6</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Good>14-9</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>0-0</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>0-0</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Good>4-2</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>0-0</TD></TR><TR class=tr_inter><TD colSpan=9></TD></TR><TR class=WL_ML2><TD class=WL_Td_Year>2003</TD><TD class=WL_Td_ML>Major events</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>9-11</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Good>4-2</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Bad>3-8</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>2-1</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>0-0</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>0-0</TD><TD class=WL_Td_Normal>0-0</TD></TR><TR class=WL_Tr_Header><TD colSpan=2>
TOTAL</TD><TD>
126-62
</TD><TD>
31-18
(26%)</TD><TD>
75-38
(60%)</TD><TD>
4-3
(4%)</TD><TD>
2-1
(2%)</TD><TD>
14-2
(9%)</TD><TD>
0-0
(0%)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Safina has
140-76 doubles record and her partner Agnes Szavay
66-38 .
Why I pick Safina and Szavay to win against such great double ?
I watched Dinara and Agnes play the best team in the world C.Black and L.Huber in the previous round and they looked great together absolutely dominating their opponents winning that match 6-3 6-1 .