Wimbledon

[alec]

Balance: -10.4 (All bets 10 units, unless specified otherwise)

BJORKMAN-Burgsmuller 1.5 Intertops

Bjorkman is a very good grass court player. His results in Halle and Nottingham indicate that he is in an OK form now (but not in his best one probably).

Burgsmuller did well in Halle too and I don't see this match as an easy one for Bjorkman. But I believe that experience of playing at Grand Slam level may also be a factor in this match and Bjorkman has a clear advantage in that component. So I think 1.5 is worth a try.

NOVAK-Vicente 1.56 Direcbet

It looks like neither player played on grass after French Open. I go with Novak simply because I believe that he is a better player on fast courts and he was in a good form two weeks ago, while Vicente looked to be out of form.

WOODBRIDGE-Draper 1.62 Direcbet

Both players went through the qualification, where Draper had a very hard time in the last round against Sa.

I think that Woodbridge has significant advantage on grass. Also, I doubt that Draper is back to his best form after a long pause in his career.

Sluiter-HRBATY 2.6 Olympic

I think that 2.6 represent value here. Sluiter may be a better player on grass and Hrbaty's record on grass in general and in Wimbledon in particular is simply miserable, but I can't agree that the odds for this match are correct.

Hrbaty had a very close match with Escude earlier this week. And Escude did very well earlier in Halle. So I think that it proves that Hrbaty can play on grass and can do it now.

The last and probably the most important reason for me to bet on Hrbaty is that he is in general a player of a much higher class and it matters in such a tournament.

[alec]

Balance: -3.6

Canas-GAUDIO 4.1 Olympic

I think that Canas's results last week are seriously overrated. I can't really understand why Canas is such a huge favorite in this match.

[alec]

Balance: -10.6

I will go with two favorites today.

BJORKMAN-Chang 1.42 Direcbet
PRINOSIL-Sanguinetti 1.43 Direcbet

Both Bjorkman and Prinosil are good on grass and both seem to be in a good form at the moment.

Both Chang and Sanguinetti had hard matches in the first round against not too good on grass Vanek and Portas.

I think that the odds are good enough.

[alec]

Sorry, balance is -13.6, not -10.6.

[alec]

Balance: -5.1

Canas-CARLSEN 2.65 Olympic

Carlsen is just returning into the game after an injury, so he is probably not at his best now.

Still I believe that 2.65 represent value.

Carlsen used to be good on fast courts, while Canas despite his recent success on grass is a pure claycourter.

MIRNYI-Santoro 2.2 Olympic

I think that if there is a favorite in this match, it is Mirnyi, not Santoro.

I believe that Arthurs is a much tougher opponent on grass than Santoro.

VINCIGUERRA-El Aynaoui 1.53 Direcbet

El Aynaoui has just baraly got through against Kempes, while Vinciguerra confidently defeated Squillarri. I think that El Aynaoui should be not harder for Vinciguerra to beat than Squillari was.

[turkoman1963]

excellent capping.

I'm in real trouble on a seven parlay as I've got six home but Pioline is my seventh pick and he looks tired. Luckily, play suspended tied 5-5 in the 5th but I can't believe Pioline is going to lose to this russian!

[alec]

Balance: -35.1

0-3 yesterday. Today I will make two bets.

RUSEDSKI-Ferrero 1.4 Direcbet 20 units

I think Rusedski will be too much for Ferrero on grass. Ferrero had a lot of trouble defeating Stoltenberg and Rusedki seems to be OK right now. It is grass after all.

Martin-LARSSON 2.4 Olympic

I don't think that Martin has too much of advantage in this match. He didn't play before Wimbledon and his results in the tournament don't impress so far. Larsson is a good grass player, so I think that the chances of both players are pretty close. 2.4 look OK.

[alec]

Balance -37.1

No luck with underdogs so far. Let's try again.

Grosjean-ESCUDE 2.35 Olympic

Not the best price on the market, but the best one available to me.

I don't really see why Grosjean is considered a favorite in this match. Escude did better during two previous weeks. Their grass records are about the same. Escude game suits grass better than Grosjean's one.

Anyway, even if Grosjean is a favorite here, 2.35 are a good value.

[alec]

Balance: -23.6

I'll make a couple of bets today.

ENQVIST-Canas 1.53 Olympic

It will be the third time I bet against Canas in this tournament. I feel good about my first two bets Gaudio @4.0 and Carlsen @ 2.6. Also, I am glad that I didn't bet on Kafelnikov.

I think the odds are very good. I don't think that Enqvist is too good on grass, but in my opinion he is a couple of levels higher than Canas on fast surfaces.

Rusedski-IVANISEVIC 2.5 Intertops

Somehow Ivanisevic managed to get in form for this tournament (or during this tournament). He has an 8-0 h2h record with Rusedski, which suggests certain mental advantage. I believe that 2.5 are good enough.

[Railbird]

I got GI at +170 at Camelot

Sampras and Hewitt are both going down before Semis.

Richard Williams has the girls ready,and Serena will beat Venus this year.

[nehpets]

I saw the ivanisevic/roddick match and goran was on fire.
rusedski didn't have as much competition against ferrero

[nehpets]

Ivanisevic 3 sets to 0.
Dominant
Nice

[el tiburon]

Major upset today on the grass courts! Sampras is no more the King!!!

[Railbird]

If Sampras was a king he would have won a French,Im glad to see him go down in another heap of shit,this way I dont have to look at his connecting eyebrows again this week.

[alec]

Balance: -3.3

AGASSI-Rafter 1.61 Olympic

I don't think that Rafter is in his best form now. He didn't do too well on grass before Wimbledon and I am not impressed from what I've seen so far in this tournament.

I think Agassi will have an advantage today.

[Railbird]

Its going to be tough but Pat can do it.

[Railbird]

It was tough and Pat did do it,congratulations to a true Champion.

[el tiburon]

Railbird, that eyebrow comment is so true and funny LOL, but he does have a hot babe!

[alec]

Balance: -13.3

Henman - IVANISEVIC 4.0 Direcbet

To put it short: it's going to be tough but Goran can do it.