1st Round knockemouts - U.S. Open

[Jimboski]

Here's what I come up with for the 1st round. Put enough time into this so limited comments.

Monday (rain, rain, stay away):

MOYA +150

SHIAVONE -410 : vs. Oprandi? .. oh yeah!

CASTANO -165: She's actually improving in her "old" age.

SPREM +148 : Actually more of a fade on Mirza who is slipping quite a bit lately.

JOHANSSEN +130 (vs. Grosjean): One mo doggie daddy winnah for me, Thomas (Tomas?), OK ?. Very nice underdog here.

GENEPRI - 270: When I started doing some more capping EARLIER Sun. nite, I alway put Dimes on the screen to see the odds. He was listed. By the time I was done and ready to go for it - I had to log back in cause the page timed out of course. And sho enough - he ain't listed. What the hell is going on? Tried again about 15 min. later and he (and a couple others) STILL ain't listed anymore. But, some new faces are listed. This has happened to me at Dimes before. Hopefully, he'll magically appear back on the board Mon. morning. Agravating, but really no big deal at these pidley odds.

MASSU -230

AGASSI -280: Putting this one last on the list. Who knows how he feels? He will be giving it his all and only needs a fraction of his old self to pull it out. Mostly a play her that says," I can't imagine reading in Tues. paper that AGASSI gets knocked out in First Round". Probably best to use with one of the bigger favorites to boost the payoff.

*editing this to add the following - BTW, my low odds equalizer (you know, add a play to make it a two teamer parlay, to boost the payoff on some of the extremely low odds) is JAPAN to win the Little League game that will be played today because it was rained out yesterday. In fact, I already used it with Agassi early Sunday.


Good luck with these.

 

[Jimboski]

Can U believe this Sheeet???

Can U believe this Sheeet???

I've been waiting and waiting for this guy ever since I first saw him play around mid July. Don't care if he lost his last (vs. Hebaty) - tellin ya - he CAN play!!

So the wait is up, just saw him on the board and look who the hell he draws in the first round. Hey, I don't care, i'm on him;

ROBERT KENDRICK +625 vs. Andy Murrey.

Oh, bye the way he's faced some good ones in his VERY short tennis pro career (looks like about 8 matches totak, don't think he started playing ATP style last yr.) and fared quite well. BUT, in the match before his last (with Hrbaty) he faced Murrey. The score?... he (Kendrick) LOST and, get this, the score was 0-6, 0-6. :shrug: Can't figure that one out, maybe it was a walkover? Again, there ain't no way he's gonna win (or lose) this match without me on him.

 

[Anders]

Okay, this time you have to be chitting us, right?
Kendrick is 26 years old! He turned pro 6 years ago!
He's 187-148 in his pro career, 41-23 since Aug 8 2005, and 40-30 in 70 - that's 70! ATP outings...
My guess is you are playing this on the strength of him taking Nadal to 5 sets at Wimbledon, when Rafa was still very much finding his feet on grass... come on buddy, this is pretty disappointing...if you're going to pretend you know what you're talking about, so dome frigging homework...
:nono:

 

[kickserv]

Anders........I myself played Kendrick 6 years ago when he had already turned pro....he is far from a "new kid".......oh and I also played him at school.....he is a far cry from a "rookie" I am not sure what Jimboski is talking about :shrug:

 

[Jimboski]

Appreciate you're monitoring my thread so closely, but I'd rather just keep the "blah, blah, blah" down. Sooo... this is the last time I reply to the Peanut Gallery. (doesn't apply to kickserv though. Heck IF you were able to play a pro. I AM impressed. Really. I played a lot of tennis and was told I shouda have taken lessons and see how far I coulda gone. Didn't do it and really don't regret it. I still have some tophies - you know, like Company events, local tournies. Couldn't have held a match to a decent college player though.).

From now on if you need help with your picks just come in to see who I'm picking and beat it. i ain't gonna be wasting time with losing cappers or "know it alls. Thems types usually gots chips on their shoulders or inferiority complexes and I can't help you with those things. I'l just be skipping over any replies from them and just go on to the next reply in my thread. BTW, I've never even visited Anders' thread except for one time, when I just started with Mad Jack's site, and I saw enough --> a long list - ALL DOGS. That's pathetic.

Rookie?... . "new kid" ??? A 26 year old rookie??

I wrote, "VERY short tennis pro career". I didn't see any matches for him in 2005. And even before that, he played very few matches and never really went on a full year tour, not even close. I checked further for last year and yep I did find a record for him - TWO stinkin matches. I just don't think his previous records (03-05) are indications of what he'll do THIS YR.

Guess I shoulda wrote,"Very limited pro tennis career". Sorry bout that. That's what I was trying to say/write.

I like Anders justification for the criticism of his match with Nadal, didn't get his "feet under himself" on grass yet. :mj07:
Nadal trying to get his feet under himself on grass --> :mj07:

Nadal has his feet under him on ALL surfaces right from the get go. Dontcha wonder how Kendrick got his feet under himself with all the rust and limited recent grass experience before that match? I WATCHED that match and was extremely impressed with the way he played. Put down those dang Tennis Texts (study) books and just open your eyes and I think you'll improve your capping.

Hey, if ya don't like Kendrick - just don't playem. That's all. Will I be surprised if he wins it... only a little. Am I going to lake a little shot on him at those odds? ... . .You Betcha

Now, let's git out there and git dat cash, damit!

 

[frank s.]

Well, I don't know jack about tennis, but it seems the puppies ain't winning very much, and the chalk, big prices notwithstanding, are coming out on top.

 

[Anders]

From now on if you need help with your picks just come in to see who I'm picking and beat it. i ain't gonna be wasting time with losing cappers or "know it alls.

Losing huh? You obviously haven't looked at my threads closely then, as u admit.
Btw, ever thought about keeping a record to show us just what a big winner you are, or is there a reason you don't post your results?

BTW, I've never even visited Anders' thread except for one time, when I just started with Mad Jack's site, and I saw enough --> a long list - ALL DOGS. That's pathetic.

Yeah, truly pathetic that it's made me a decent profit for the last 2 1/2 years - I just don't know how I live with myself...
Just for the record, here's last yr week by week, 90% "pathetic" dog plays too...

Season to Date: 191-249 +66.64 units

Week One: 6-6 +3.95 units
Week Two: 7-3 +10.79 units
Week Three: 8-10 +1.41 units
Week Four: 5-3 +5.95 units
week Five: 7-5 +8.85 units
Week Six: 6-5 +4.43 units
Week Seven: 6-12 -3.20 units
Week Eight: 5-8 -2.29 units
Week Nine: 13-8 +6.40 units
Week 10: 5-5 + 1.82 units
Week 11: 6-6 +0.02 units
Week 12: 6-8 +0.04 units
Week 13: 2-3 +0.91 units
Week 14: 13-16 +16.70 units
Week 15: 8-8 +17.73 units
Week 16: 3-12 -17.52 units
Week 17: 10-23 -4.34 units
Week 18: 12-11 +7.27 units
Week 19: 7-10 +1.43 units
Week 20: 6-4 +5.55 units
Week 21: 1-9 -10.27 units
Week 22: 5-3 +7.79 units
week 23: 1-7 -10.42 units
Week 24: 20-14 +23.87 units
Week 25: 3-6 -1.34 units
Week 26: 1-0 +2.25 units
Week 27: 5-6 +1.47 units
Week 28: 0-6 -6.00 units
Week 29: 4-6 + 1.08 units
Week 30: 1-8 -6.59 units
Week 31: 4-7 -0.91 units
Week 32: 2-7 -3.30 units
Week 33: 1-2 +0.04 units
Week 34: 2-1 +3.03 units

I wrote, "VERY short tennis pro career". I didn't see any matches for him in 2005. And even before that, he played very few matches and never really went on a full year tour, not even close. I checked further for last year and yep I did find a record for him - TWO stinkin matches. I just don't think his previous records (03-05) are indications of what he'll do THIS YR.

Come on, now that's pathetic, at least have the balls to admit u had no clues what u were talking about. If you're gambling tennis and don't have any idea on anyone ranked outside the world's top 50 then you are going to get beaten...

Nadal has his feet under him on ALL surfaces right from the get go.

So when Nadal himself admitted his inexperience/small expectations prior to Wimbledon and his surprise at his efforts there after that didn't surprise you?

Hey, if ya don't like Kendrick - just don't playem.

Never said I didn't like the play, there may even be some value at that price, I only pointed out that the info you gave with it was totally erroneous. If you can't admit that then I'm wasting my breath...