RTD : 28-23 + 27.25 units
8 December
Great o
pportunity to make large dollaz here .
Moorilla Hobart International. Hobart, Australia
Start time : 3:00AM (EST)
vs
Jelena Dokic Flavia Pennetta
My pick is
Flavia Pennetta to win 1.38 bet placed at various bookies ( gamebookers , betfair , betandwin , 5dimes ) 100 UNITS
Yes you got it right I am betting 100 units on this match and no this is not 100 $ and not 1.000 $ either .
For a large bet like this I will have to write some arguments here to explain why I am so sure about this match .
One can argue that Flavia is a clay court specialist and is not much of a player on hard courts .
Her stats on hard courts is pretty solid . From end of September and in October 2007 she made 2 semis and won a tournament in Bangkok beating Shahar Peer and Venus Williams on road to that victory which should mean something . All tournaments were played on hard courts .
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</TD><TD class=font14c noWrap>W-L</TD><TD class=font14c width=5></TD><TD class=font14c noWrap>W%</TD><TD class=font14c width=5></TD><TD class=font14c noWrap align=right>
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</TD><TD class=font14c width=5></TD></TR><TR><TD class=matchStyle width=5></TD><TD class=matchStyle>Last 1-50 Matches</TD><TD class=matchStyle width=5></TD><TD class=matchDateStyle noWrap>29-21</TD><TD class=matchStyle width=5></TD><TD class=matchStyle>58.00%</TD><TD class=matchStyle width=5></TD><TD class=matchDateStyle align=right>4.12</TD><TD class=matchStyle width=5></TD><TD class=matchStyle align=right>0.39</TD><TD class=matchStyle width=5></TD></TR><TR><TD class=matchStyle width=5></TD><TD class=matchStyle>Matches since Jan 7 2007</TD><TD class=matchStyle width=5></TD><TD class=matchDateStyle noWrap>17-11</TD><TD class=matchStyle width=5></TD><TD class=matchStyle>60.71%</TD><TD class=matchStyle width=5></TD><TD class=matchDateStyle align=right>3.98</TD><TD class=matchStyle width=5></TD><TD class=matchStyle></TD><TD class=matchStyle width=5></TD></TR><TR><TD class=matchStyle width=5></TD><TD class=matchStyle>All Matches on Record (since Jan 01 2000)
</TD><TD class=matchStyle width=5></TD><TD class=matchDateStyle noWrap>59-52</TD><TD class=matchStyle width=5></TD><TD class=matchStyle>53.15%</TD><TD class=matchStyle width=5></TD><TD class=matchDateStyle align=right>2.71</TD><TD class=matchStyle width=5></TD><TD class=matchStyle></TD><TD class=matchStyle width=5></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Today Flavia has to play the hottie from Australia Jelena Dokic who has played 2 matches in 3 years before this tournaments coming back from a retirement . She looked solid in Qualifying rounds however yesterday she showed signs of tiredness against Martina Muller from Germany who has nothing to do on hard courts . Jelena won first set 6:4 not facing a single breakpoint and not even one game going to deuce on her own serve . Second set however was a real nightmare for Jelena which she lost 6-0 . Third set didnt start well for her either being broken on her first serve and giving the german 2:0 lead on her own serve . Dokic gave everything she had and broke Martinas serve for 1-2* after that she won every game in third set for 6-4 0-6 6-2 win over a clay court player from Germany who had 4-12 record on hard courts last season .
Here is some interesting information I have for you .
HOBART, Australia (AFP) - Australian Jelena Dokic claimed her first significant tour victory in almost three years, beating Germany's Martina Muller in the first round at the Hobart International here Monday.
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Dokic, the former world number four, beat 54th-ranked Muller 6-4, 0-6, 6-2 and could face a potential dilemma less than a week from the start of next week's Australian Open.
Dokic is on the comeback trail after more than two years out with injury and off-court problems.
But Tennis Australia officials declined to offer Dokic a wildcard into the main draw of the first grand slam tournament of the year, with women's qualifying to start on Thursday.
Dokic is scheduled to play Italian Flavia Pennetta here on Tuesday and if she wins she must decide between continuing to play in Hobart or heading to Melbourne to try and grab a place in the Australian Open.
After the match Dokic put the lapse down to tiredness. “I was getting tired in the match, it was a little bit hot out there and I’ve only played three matches.
“For me, coming off two years lay-off, it’s physically and mentally hard to keep going each day and that’s why I lost the second set.”
BEFORE THAT MATCH YESTERDAY
JELENA Dokic has been forced to reassess her goals for the 2008 season after her second successive win over a top 100 player.
She won through to the main draw of the Hobart International tennis tournament with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Russian Yaroslava Shvedova yesterday.
Shvedova ended the 2007 season with a world ranking of No. 89.
Dokic will now play her first main draw for two years when she takes on Germany's Martina Muller today.
Dokic said she surprised herself with how well she had been playing.
"It was not my plan to get this far," she said.
"I think I have played well in all my matches and stepped it up when I needed to."
Dokic said her original aim this year was to crack the world top 50, but she may need to reassess that goal.
"My first goal was to be in the top 50, which is not easy, but we will have to wait and see now," she said.
"I am not really focusing on this tournament and still just taking it one match at a time."
Yesterday's match was played in windy conditions, which made serving difficult for both players.
Dokic landed 55 per cent of her serves in play, compared with 49 per cent for Shvedova.
Both players served five aces, while Dokic also had eight double-faults compared with her opponent's five.
Dokic said she was thrilled with the way her hard fitness work over the past few months was starting to pay off.
"My fitness is getting better through playing matches and that's what I need to do," she said.
FINAL THOUGHTS :
PLACE THIS WAGER AT A BOOKIE WHERE MATCH DOESNT HAVE TO BE COMPLETED FOR ALL BETS TO STAND IN CASE DOKIC RETIRES AFTER THE FIRST SET .
Feel free to post your opinion about this match here or if you tailed this pick . Good luck guys and lets make that dollars betting on tennis .