It was a difficult start to the week, but I have stuck with what has been working for much of the 2018 and 2019 seasons and things have turned around. A strong Thursday means this is likely to be another positive week to put into the books, although I don't want to spend any time patting myself on the back and instead focus on continuing to pick the winners.
On Friday we are down to the Semi Final matches at the tournaments in Dubai and Acapulco while the Sao Paulo event has got to the Quarter Final Round. All of those matches are scheduled to played on the one day and I will add any Picks from markets that have yet to be put together to this thread during the day.
Before that you can read my Picks that have been made from the Tennis to come as well as the update to the weekly totals with all of the selections from Thursday completed much earlier than I thought they would be.
Gael Monfils - 1.5 games v Stefanos Tsitsipas: The first Semi Final to be played at the ATP Dubai tournament is a rematch of a Quarter Final that was played at ATP Sofia earlier this month. On that occasion it was Gael Monfils who got the better of Stefanos Tsitsipas to earn a measure of revenge for a defeat to the young Greek superstar at the back end of 2018 on the hard courts in Shanghai.
Both players have been in very good form in February and that makes this a fascinating Semi Final. Both Monfils and Tsitsipas have won titles this month on the indoor hard courts, but they have backed up good performances throughout the 2019 season by continuing that form in the move to outdoor hard court tennis.
The next month is a big chance for Monfils and Tsitsipas to also build some huge World Ranking points with the opportunity to play for the title here in front of them before tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami.
It has to be said the layers are finding it hard to separate the two players because they have both been serving very well and backing that up with solid returning. Out of the two players Tsitsipas is perhaps overachieving a lot more than Monfils when it comes to the performance on the return of serve and he had a much tougher Quarter Final to get through which could lead to potential fatigue after winning the title in Marseille last week.
However it does feel like it will be potentially a very close match as Tsitsipas will be able to put his big serves together to keep Monfils at bay. In their two previous matches there really hasn't been a lot between them, but the key has been the way the Frenchman has been able to just get the better of the returning game compared with Tsitsipas and I think that will be the case in Dubai too.
A three set match would not surprise me, but I think Gael Monfils will just get the better of Stefanos Tsitsipas and he can cover the number in this Semi Final.
MY PICKS: Gael Monfils - 1.5 Games @ 2.00 Bet Fred (2 Units)
Alexander Zverev - 4.5 Games @ 2.10 Paddy Power (2 Units)
Weekly Update: 18-12, + 7.94 Units (60 Units Staked, + 13.23% Yield)
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