Thanks for the contributions everyone. You may have noticed that I have not played one woman's match so far in the tournament. Ladies tennis is so predictable that it's not wise to lay -2000 on either of the Williams sisters and fewer matches are priced up with the lesser players.
IX_Bender, I have over 20 books that I use so I am able to shop around for the best lines. I am also able to back or lay players on the person 2 person sites.
Here are my quick thoughts and plays for the quarter finals today at Wimbedon.
Sebastien Grosjean to beat Tim Henman 1 point at +105
The British dream lives on, but Henman performance against Nalbandian on Monday was nothing to write home about. The Brit comes into this having defeated just one player in the top-100 while Grosjean has backed up his recent performance at Queen's with wins over Enqvist, big-servers Arthurs and Moodie and French Open winner Ferrero. Henman leads the head-to-head 3-2, Grosjean notched up a win over Henman at Queen's three weeks ago. He's serving very well at present and has looked sharper from the back of the court. He is yet to play a match on Centre Court and has the crowd to deal with, but on current form, the wrong man is favourite.
Alexander Popp to beat M Philippoussis 0.5 points at +400
It was a stunning serving display that saw Philippoussis edge Agassi in their five-setter on Monday. He boomed down a record-equaling 46 aces, yet converted only three from a massive 21 break-point opportunities on the Agassi serve. Alexander Popp took care of Olivier Rochus to reach the quarters for the second time in as many attempts. Yes I know the Scud is serving well and he's playing some career best tennis this year, but his price today is very short. He has suffered let-downs after big wins in the past and it would come as no surprise to see him make hard work of this one.
Jonas Bjorkman to beat Andy Roddick 0.5 points @ +450
Roddick won an impressive 24 of 29 of his net approaches in his win over Srichaphan in the last round, he'll be tested today by Bjorkman. The Swede has made it to the last eight at Wimbledon for the first time but he certainly has the game to trouble the hard-hitting American. Make no mistake the Swede is capable, as evidenced by a straight sets win at Nottingham last year.
Sjeng Schalken to beat Roger Federer 0.5 points @ +200
Both players come into this with some rather serious injury concerns. Schalken reportedly had an MRI scan on a foot injury yesterday and while there were no breaks, he must be in some doubt today. Federer meanwhile, had extensive on-court treatment to his lower back and was only in second gear when getting past Lopez on Monday. He indicated that he was still feeling pain during his post-match interviews. Federer has already defeated Schalken three times this year but their one and only meeting on grass last year at Hertogenbosch was won by the Dutchman. Schalken has only dropped 2 of his last 38 service games so if he's fit, he would appear to be right in this.
Thanks to "O.T.P." for use of some of this write up.
IX_Bender, I have over 20 books that I use so I am able to shop around for the best lines. I am also able to back or lay players on the person 2 person sites.
Here are my quick thoughts and plays for the quarter finals today at Wimbedon.
Sebastien Grosjean to beat Tim Henman 1 point at +105
The British dream lives on, but Henman performance against Nalbandian on Monday was nothing to write home about. The Brit comes into this having defeated just one player in the top-100 while Grosjean has backed up his recent performance at Queen's with wins over Enqvist, big-servers Arthurs and Moodie and French Open winner Ferrero. Henman leads the head-to-head 3-2, Grosjean notched up a win over Henman at Queen's three weeks ago. He's serving very well at present and has looked sharper from the back of the court. He is yet to play a match on Centre Court and has the crowd to deal with, but on current form, the wrong man is favourite.
Alexander Popp to beat M Philippoussis 0.5 points at +400
It was a stunning serving display that saw Philippoussis edge Agassi in their five-setter on Monday. He boomed down a record-equaling 46 aces, yet converted only three from a massive 21 break-point opportunities on the Agassi serve. Alexander Popp took care of Olivier Rochus to reach the quarters for the second time in as many attempts. Yes I know the Scud is serving well and he's playing some career best tennis this year, but his price today is very short. He has suffered let-downs after big wins in the past and it would come as no surprise to see him make hard work of this one.
Jonas Bjorkman to beat Andy Roddick 0.5 points @ +450
Roddick won an impressive 24 of 29 of his net approaches in his win over Srichaphan in the last round, he'll be tested today by Bjorkman. The Swede has made it to the last eight at Wimbledon for the first time but he certainly has the game to trouble the hard-hitting American. Make no mistake the Swede is capable, as evidenced by a straight sets win at Nottingham last year.
Sjeng Schalken to beat Roger Federer 0.5 points @ +200
Both players come into this with some rather serious injury concerns. Schalken reportedly had an MRI scan on a foot injury yesterday and while there were no breaks, he must be in some doubt today. Federer meanwhile, had extensive on-court treatment to his lower back and was only in second gear when getting past Lopez on Monday. He indicated that he was still feeling pain during his post-match interviews. Federer has already defeated Schalken three times this year but their one and only meeting on grass last year at Hertogenbosch was won by the Dutchman. Schalken has only dropped 2 of his last 38 service games so if he's fit, he would appear to be right in this.
Thanks to "O.T.P." for use of some of this write up.
