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[TheBrainiac]

One early pick for tomorrow because this line might go up .

31 January

Movistar Open. Vina Del Mar, Chile

Carlos Berlocq vs Luis Horna ( Total games )

My pick is Over 21.5 games

5 units to win 4.25 units at gamebookers



Preview from TennisInsight

Both players served to a pretty high standard in the first round, Horna dropped just 6 points behind his first delivery and won 77% of his total service points. Berlocq won 81% behind his first serve and forced 12 break point opportunities against Devilder. The quality of the second serves will go a long way to determining the result of this match, Horna won the only previous encounter between the pair last year which despite the fact it was straight sets was pretty close ( 22 games total ). This looks as though it could be the same.

 

[TheBrainiac]

31 January

2 Matches parlay

Rik De Voest vs Kristof Vliegen

My pick is Kristof Vliegen to win

+

David Marrero vs Fabio Fognini

My pick is Fabio Fognini to win


Odds : 1.89

5 units to win 4.45 units at gamebookers + 5dimes


Looks good on paper , both should win their matches .
Interesting limits gamebookers have today , cant bet more than 246 $ on this parlay :nohead:



PS : Interesting match for Mahut yesterday against the polish young gun in a tournament that takes place in POLAND ...
Mahut with 3 double faults in a row against this guy sounds ........


:monsters-

 

[TheBrainiac]

Finally both plays cashed today , LOL

Horna vs Berlocq over 21.5 games is in with 7:6 2:3

 

[ibetontennis]

31 January

2 Matches parlay

Rik De Voest vs Kristof Vliegen

My pick is Kristof Vliegen to win

+

David Marrero vs Fabio Fognini

My pick is Fabio Fognini to win


Odds : 1.89

5 units to win 4.45 units at gamebookers + 5dimes


Looks good on paper , both should win their matches .
Interesting limits gamebookers have today , cant bet more than 246 $ on this parlay :nohead:



PS : Interesting match for Mahut yesterday against the polish young gun in a tournament that takes place in POLAND ...
Mahut with 3 double faults in a row against this guy sounds ........


:monsters-

sounds very fishy... i pretty much know all the top polish players in person, but never even heard of this guy before now. guess he's too young for my generation. looks like mahut just showed up for appearance money. prob bet against himself too. theres no way he'd normally lose to a guy thats outside of 1400 atp.

 

[TheBrainiac]

15 DF , twice 3 in a row ahahahahahhaa

 

[Hope1]

One early pick for tomorrow because this line might go up .

31 January

Movistar Open. Vina Del Mar, Chile

Carlos Berlocq vs Luis Horna ( Total games )

My pick is Over 21.5 games

5 units to win 4.25 units at gamebookers



Preview from TennisInsight

Both players served to a pretty high standard in the first round, Horna dropped just 6 points behind his first delivery and won 77% of his total service points. Berlocq won 81% behind his first serve and forced 12 break point opportunities against Devilder. The quality of the second serves will go a long way to determining the result of this match, Horna won the only previous encounter between the pair last year which despite the fact it was straight sets was pretty close ( 22 games total ). This looks as though it could be the same.

well done Brainiac

:toast:

 

[TheBrainiac]

Finally got time to update my record , I was broke after that losses in Henin vs Sharapova and Nadal vs Tsonga so I had to take out money out of my poker bankroll to place huge wager on Djoker in finals against Tsonga , glad it went well otherwise I could forget sports betting .
I actually picked two winners in a row now ... WOW !


RTD : 52-49 + 115.2 units

 

[TheBrainiac]

1 February

2 Matches parlay once again

KGHM Dialog Polish Open. Wroclaw, Poland

Start time : 11:45AM (EST)

Simone Bolelli vs Sergiy Stakhovsky

My pick is Simone Bolelli to win

+

Movistar Open Doubles. Vina Del Mar, Chile

Start time : 2:00PM (EST)

F.Fognini/D.Hartfield vs N.Lapentti/J.Murray

My pick is N.Lapentti/J.Murray to win


2 units to win 2.04 units at 5dimes


Dont see anything great on the card today , will have a closer look into the matches from Vina Del Mar .

Stakhovsky looked good so far , not dropping a set but he also had to play 5 matches here already and his opponent is much fresher because he only had to play twice , both straight sets wins . Bolelli is the better player here with less time on the court so far and I am gonna try it for limited 2 units at 5dimes , maybe I would bet more on this parlay but 5dimes limits dont let me to do so .

H2H 1 : 0 Bolelli

<TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD>45/2007 CH Bratislava(SVK)</TD><TD class=srf_i_hard>I_Hard</TD><TD>Simone Bolelli</TD><TD>Sergiy Stakhovsky</TD><TD>6-4 6-2</TD><TD>Second</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


Doubles match :

Hartfield <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=230 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Doubles Record:
</TD><TD vAlign=center>2 - 10</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Fognini <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=230 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Doubles Record:
</TD><TD vAlign=center>1 - 3</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>



J.Murray<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=230 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Doubles Record:
</TD><TD vAlign=center>38 - 33</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

N.Lapentti <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=230 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Doubles Record:
</TD><TD vAlign=center>142 - 147</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


Murray is very good doubles player + Lapentti is decent player with a lot of experience . On the other hand we have two decent clay players but horrible and unexperienced doubles players who had to play a pair of singles players in the previous round where they won in a close match .
Anything other than a 2 set win for Jamie and Nicolas would really surprise me here .

 

[TheBrainiac]

FED CUP CHINA vs FRANCE


<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=740 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width=200><TABLE class=contentobject cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=ContentTitleBox width=35> </TD><TD class=ContentTitleBox width=165>China, P.R.</TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 6px; PADDING-LEFT: 6px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 6px; PADDING-TOP: 6px" align=right colSpan=2>Official Team Nominations</TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 4px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; PADDING-TOP: 4px" align=right width=145>Na LI</TD><TD style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px" align=middle width=55> </TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 4px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; PADDING-TOP: 4px" align=right width=145>Shuai PENG</TD><TD style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px" align=middle width=55> </TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 4px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; PADDING-TOP: 4px" align=right width=145>Jie ZHENG</TD><TD style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px" align=middle width=55> </TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 4px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; PADDING-TOP: 4px" align=right width=145>Zi YAN</TD><TD style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px" align=middle width=55> </TD></TR><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 4px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; PADDING-TOP: 4px" align=right colSpan=2>Team Captain
Hong-Wei JIANG</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD width=30></TD><TD vAlign=top align=middle width=328><TABLE class=contentobject cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=ContentTitleBox align=middle>World Group 2008
1st Round</TD></TR><TR><TD class=content align=middle>Beijing International Tennis Centre, Beijing, China, P.R.
Stadium Capacity: 3000
02 February - 03 February 2008
Day 1: 15.00 (07.00 GMT)
Day 2: 14.00 (06.00 GMT)
Surface: Hard (Rebound Ace) - Indoors
Ball Type: Dunlop Fort All Court
</TD></TR><TR><TD class=content style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px" align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<TABLE class=contentobject cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=content style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">China P.R. and France will meet for only the second time following a First Round encounter in 1992, which saw France defeat their rivals 2-1 in Frankfurt.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

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Georges GOVEN </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P>
My pick is CHINA to advance

10 units to win 6.6 units at betfair
+
10 units to win 6 units at betfair



First of all I have to say that it is a huge advantage to play it home for chinese girls who will have full support of their crowd who are waiting for Olympic games in 2008 and Na Li said before that she is very proud to represent her country and her dream is also to take part in the Olympics .

Now lets have a look at the matches that will be played on indoor hard .

<TABLE class=contentobject cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=TableCellOdd align=middle colSpan=4>R1 - N.LI (CHN) v A.CORNET (FRA)</TD></TR><TR><TD class=TableCellEven align=middle colSpan=4>R2 - S.PENG (CHN) v V.RAZZANO (FRA)</TD></TR><TR><TD class=TableCellOdd align=middle colSpan=4>R3 - N.LI (CHN) v V.RAZZANO (FRA)</TD></TR><TR><TD class=TableCellEven align=middle colSpan=4>R4 - S.PENG (CHN) v A.CORNET (FRA)</TD></TR><TR><TD class=TableCellOdd align=middle colSpan=4>R5 - Z.YAN / J.ZHENG (CHN) v N.DECHY / V.RAZZANO (FRA)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


In the first match there is a very little to no chance for the young french girl to take the win against experienced Na Li . Cornet is more suited for clay courts and shouldnt give much trouble to the local favourite .

1:0 China

I give the advantage to the french Razzano in the second match however I wouldnt be surprised if Peng does get a 2 : 0 lead here for China . I mean after all she beat Ana Ivanovic in Hong Kong in the begin of this season even tho we can say Ana wasnt fully motivated but we also cant take anything away from Peng and give her props .

1 : 1 but 2 : 0 wouldnt be a surprise


Na Li already played against Razzano in Wimbledon 2006 and had no chance at all in 6:2 6:0 loss . We cant take much of this match because it took place around 2 years ago on a different surface however we can see that Na Li knows how to beat this player . Razzano is decent player on hardcourts but I rate Na Li class above her . Na Li is very talented player and her game is suited for fast courts where she holds 112 : 37 record on hardcourts .

2:1 China

Fourth match is close to call but I have a feeling that young french talent wont be able to pull a win here against Peng who has more weapons on courts like that .

3 : 1 China in the worst case 2 : 2


A big advantage for local team in doubles match . Chinese team is very experienced with many matches they played together . They hold a 135 : 64 record when played together and have to go against Dechy and Razzano who never teamed up before . Razzano is nothing special when it comes to doubles matches and does have a negative record . Dechy is good when she plays with Dinara Safina but thats about it .Clear win for local team .

4:1 CHINA

 

[Hope1]

yep, big advantage with the doubles. Peng looks lost to start her year--is her fued with The Chinese Tennis Federation behind her? This tie could be what kickstarts her year..........loads of pressure on Razzano

gl

:toast:

 

[Hope1]

PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPENG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:toast:

 

[TheBrainiac]

Indeed , 2 : 0 lead China

 

[eve]

What do you think of this parlay Brainiac?
Pennetta/harkleroad +121
I really like it. Your expertise will be appreciated.

 

[TheBrainiac]

Should be $$$ . Davenport plays first for the USA and will get easy win so no pressure on Harkleroad who is making her debut today . Malek has nothing to do on the courts that arent red dirt . Pennetta should be able to get the win too .

 

[eve]

cheers man!
0.75 unit for me thank you

 

[TheBrainiac]

Katerina Bondarenko to beat Yanina Wickmayer is like 99.999 % bank , Ukraine vs Belgium

 

[Hope1]

nah, cmon now. She's the fav to win but by no means is the likes of Katerina a '99.99%' bank . Vaidisova today is 'bank'. Yanina is not useless, and is playing on her surface of choice here, clay. She beat Yan in previous Davis Cup. Katerina should win, and in an interview stated she feels more comforable as the second match--I suppose, she'll be more relaxed out there. The Bondarenko twins are very unreliable, in both singles and doubles, imo. They come home as AO doubles Champions!!!!!!

eve--that Pennetta match is very dangerous

 

[TheBrainiac]

yea there will be probably like 1 person cheering for Belgium today in the stands and everybody else for Bondarenko sisters , I hope girls from Belgium dont do *Safina* there

:nohead:

 

[TheBrainiac]

Yanina is 3-6 on clay according to matchstats :think2:

 

[Hope1]

Safina and Petrova have to stop hanging around each other

:nohead:

who do you like to win Vina?......i cant get anything right in that tournament