Tennis Picks August 6th

While a lot of the players on the ATP and WTA Tours have been focused on the London Olympics, some others have already began their hard court swing in North America and today is the beginning of the first of the two major Masters events ahead of the US Open.

The Men travel to Toronto while the Women will be beginning their tournament in Montreal tomorrow- there are expected to be a number of players that are going to pull out of these events following the ending of the Olympic event over this weekend.

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer are already top 10 players on the ATP Tour that will not be playing in Canada this week, while the WTA have held back the start of the event in Montreal to a Tuesday in the hope that it will persuade the big stars to make the effort to play.

With the uncertainty surrounding how serious the players will take the event, I think we may see a surprise winner of the Toronto Masters, usually a level of event that is dominated by the top four players on the ATP Tour. That uncertainty has also meant there are not many layers willing to put up prices on the winner of this event so I will hold off on that this week and stick with the picks on a daily basis.

Jeremy Chardy - 3.5 games v Donald Young: Jeremy Chardy has been playing some decent tennis in recent weeks, although he was beaten early last week in Washington, and I do think he is still going to be too strong for Donald Young whose confidence has to be shot to bits.

Young has lost FIFTEEN straight matches on the Main Tour and at least four of those losses have come when he was set as the favourite.

The American did not play in Canada last year, but he did reach the Semi Finals in Washington in 2011, but the form is just not there at the moment and I don't know how much fight he will have if he falls behind in this one.

With Chardy having a bounce back year from a poor 2011, I think he is going to be a little too strong in this one.

Victor Troicki - 3.5 games v Alex Bogomolov: Another player that has really struggled throughout 2012 is Alex Bogomolov as he has a hard time reaching the heights he achieved in 2011.

Victor Troicki has not exactly been setting the World alight with his own performances this year, but he did reach the Third Round in Canada last year. He isn't the most trustworthy considering his form so far in 2012, but his opponent has been in a worse run and you have to think the World Number 30 will be a little too strong.

Troicki does lead the head to to head 2-1, but those matches have all been tight so this is a slightly risky pick. However, the odds against offer looks a little too tempting to ignore as far as I am concerned.

MY PICKS: Jeremy Chardy - 3.5 games @ 1.84 Pinnacle (2 Units)

Victor Troicki - 3.5 games @ 2.01 Pinnacle (2 Units)