January 19th – Australian Open
A great first round of bets for us in the Australian Open with BERNARD TOMIC, MARC, GICQUEL, EKATERINA MAKAROVA and SARA ERRANI all winning giving us a perfect 4 from 4 and a solid 25% increase to our Sports Managed Fund. All won in straight sets and Makarova looked solid knocking out the 18th Seed in Virginnie Razzano.
For our next wave of bets I like
PETRA KVITOVA to beat Jill Craybas at $1.61 (Sports Managed Fund 10% Bet) **This is Kvitova’s first tournament for the year which is my only concern. Kvitova finished the year impressively in 2009 and took down some big names. Although Craybas has had 2 tournaments warm-up before this she has been wiped out in the 1st round both times.
NICHOLAS ALAMAGRO to beat Xavier Malisse at $2.08 (Sports Managed Fund 5% Bet) **Alamagro has always done well for us in the majors and I fail to see how Malisse is the favourite since he spent the end of 2009 on the Challenger Tour.
POTITO STARACE to beat Stephane Robert at $1.68 (Sports Managed Fund 10% Bet) **While Starace has not been setting the world on fire he has been playing much harder opposition than Robert who again has been spending the majority of his time on the Challenger Tour.
RICHARD GASQUET to beat Mikhail Youzhny at $1.84 (Sports Managed Fund 10% Bet) **A tough opener for Gasquet but as I said in my opening email he is my smokie to go deep into the tournament so I feel obliged to back him here. This will be a big test to see whether he is fatigued from reaching the final last week in Sydney. Meanwhile Youzhny had a great finish to the year and on his day can match it with the top players in the world. He does have a habit of just not turning up sometimes though.
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