January 18th – Australian Open Tennis
As always we will be providing bets on the tennis majors during the year starting with the Australian Open.
In the overall men’s market nothing really stood out for me at this stage but as we get deeper into the tournament we may see more action. I’m normally a fan of jumping on one of the big roughies in the hope that they go deep into the tournament and preferably one or two of the big guns get knocked out too. This year I like the look of the way Richard Gasquet is playing and I will be getting on him a few times if the odds present themselves.
On the women’s side of the draw things are very tight with a number of big contenders looking good coming into form early in the season. Add to that the comebacks of Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters that seem to be getting straight back into things. The player who has looked great for a number of years but has blown more opportunities than most is Elena Dementieva who won last week in Sydney. Dementieva is currently $12 at the moment and I think that may be a bit short considering if most of the big guns survive the first week she will still be the same price coming into the quarter finals. We’ll leave it all alone for now.
Our Bets so far are:
BERNARD TOMIC to beat Guillermo Rufin at $1.65 (Sports Managed Fund 10% Bet) **Massive odds considering that Rufin is playing his first ever tournament on the ATP tour whilst Tomic has been here before and performed very well under pressure.
MARC GICQUEL to beat Simone Bolleli at $1.47 (Sports Managed Fund 10% Bet) **Gicquel has been in great form of late reaching the quarter finals of the Heineken Open last weekend and seems well worth the short quote.
EKATERINA MAKAROVA to beat Virginnie Razzano at $3.70 (Sports Managed Fund 3% Bet) **Razzano is playing pretty ordinary at the moment and I think is a big chance of being the first seeded player knocked out on the women’s side of the draw. With rankings of Makarova (60) and Razzano (18) there is not much between these two at all.
SARA ERRANI to beat Klara Zakapalova at $1.36 (Sports Managed Fund 15% Bet) **Definitely the best bet of the early rounds as Errani is in super form reaching the semi-finals in Hobart last week claiming some big names along the way. Zakapalova was also beaten 1-6, 1-6 in her last match which was also against Errani.
**On a side note Betfair is offering a promotion at the moment where if you do a $20 multi with 5 legs or more and you only fail by 1 leg then you get your stake back. Not bad i think!
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