Tennis Picks 2016 (August 5th)

On Thursday the draw for the Olympic Games tennis tournament was made and it was an interesting one with some real stand out matches in the First Round of the 64 Single player tournament.

The one that will garner most of the headlines has to be Novak Djokovic taking on Juan Martin Del Potro in a rematch of the Bronze Medal match from four years ago. That is one tough start for the World Number 1 who would love to join Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray in earning a Singles Gold Medal at the Olympic Games and Novak Djokovic will be confident of going all the way if he can get past a difficult First Round opponent.

Andy Murray should be happy with his draw as he looks to defend the Gold Medal he won four years ago in London and also make history as the first male player to win two Singles Gold Medals.

Serena Williams will also be looking to become the first female player to achieve that record and in the modern game it will be difficult for anyone to match that achievement going forward.

I will analyse the full Olympic draw in the Saturday post which will also include First Round picks from the matches that will open the tournament.


On Friday we will have the four Atlanta Quarter Finals and the Florianopolis Final played and I will have picks from those matches on this thread.

I am out on Thursday evening so I will not be able to add those picks until Friday, but that is still plenty of time before those matches will be scheduled to be played.


Irina-Camelia Begu - 1.5 games v Timea Babos: I did get my prediction wrong yesterday in feeling that Monica Puig would get the better of Irina-Camelia Begu in their Semi Final, but I did always feel the winner of that match would likely win this tournament in Florianopolis.

The Friday Final is a little strange but both players will be making their way to the Olympic Games tournament which starts on Saturday and I don't think tennis players will be that bothered what day they have to play the Final.

Both players are in good form heading into the Final, but I do think the edge has to go to Irina-Camelia Begu simply because Timea Babos is making too many mistakes behind her serve. Being broken five times in a match like she has in her last two matches is not going to cut it against Begu in this Final, while Babos has also been guilty of poor shot selections from the tennis I have seen this week.

I am a fan of what Babos can do on the court, but she will have to be at her very best to win this one and I think Begu has played very well herself this week. I can see a few breaks of serve for both players, but ultimately Begu being a little more solid in that aspect of her game and that can see her edge past Babos in three sets while covering this small number.


Fernando Verdasco + 2.5 games v Nick Kyrgios: These players had a competitive three set match at the Canadian Masters last year in Montreal and now Nick Kyrgios and Fernando Verdasco meet for a place in the Atlanta Semi Finals.

I actually though the layers might have this as a pick 'em contest in which case I would have left it alone, but I am not sure Fernando Verdasco should be as big an underdog as he is. The Spaniard has had a good summer and been playing well, while his game is very suited to a slightly faster hard court.

Of course Nick Kyrgios' game is going to be huge on this type of surface, but I am not convinced he is either fully healthy or fully focused on his tennis right now. I am not ashamed to say I am a fan of Kyrgios, but I also know he is going to be someone who has these hot and cold periods depending on his mood.

It was only last week that Kyrgios admitted that he hadn't been practicing his tennis as much as he should be and his defeat against Denis Shapovalov last week in Toronto showed that. Someone like Verdasco has the big game to frustrate the Australian if he is still not fully at the races and I am going to back the veteran to keep this one competitive even if he is not able to pull the upset as my gut is telling me he will.


Reilly Opelka + 3.5 games v Donald Young: Reilly Opelka had the biggest win of his career to date in the last Round when beating Kevin Anderson and the young American is looking to back that up by getting to his first ATP Semi Final. I do worry about backing players after a major win, especially when it comes in upset fashion and when the winning player is not used to winning matches of that magnitude, but Opelka has had a couple of days to move on from that.

The 'New John Isner' is how Opelka has been described and you can see why as he is of similar stature and bases his game around a big serve. While that will be an improving weapon as he fills out, Opelka still gets plenty of joy from that shot and will be hoping to use that to full effect against Donald Young who is likely to get more balls in play than Kevin Anderson.

The latter had success against the Opelka serve too, but it was the return game which impressed me the most as Opelka broke the big South African serve four times and fashioned eighteen break points. That should be followed up against Young in this one, and I do think Opelka can keep this competitive.

Young got out of jail in the last Round and continues to struggle covering this number of games even in winning matches. His poor record in Atlanta has to be taken into account and Young will give Opelka chances to break serve which is important when you consider how many games he is being asked to cover. With the Opelka serve, I am backing the new young gun of American tennis to beat the former Young gun.


John Isner-Taylor Fritz over 23.5 games: This is a lot of games for John Isner and Taylor Fritz to combine up and cover especially if we see a straight sets win for either player. However I think the younger American, Fritz, has shown he can stay with big servers on the hard courts and I wouldn't be surprised if this match sees a couple of tie-breakers to produce a winning Semi Finalist.

When Fritz played Ivo Karlovic a couple of weeks ago, he struggled to get any kind of real read on the Croatian's big serve and will face a similar battle on Friday in this Quarter Final. That does mean he will be under pressure on the scoreboard knowing one break of serve is likely to be costly, but he restricted what Karlovic was able to do with his own serve.

You can't doubt that John Isner is a better player than Karlovic, but not by a huge distance and his backhand remains weak. Isner is also not at the same confidence level as Karlovic who has a lot wins over the summer compared with Isner who has earlier than expected losses in Washington and Toronto.

It has to be noted that Isner seems to enjoy the conditions in Atlanta having won the last three tournaments here and favoured to go on and make it four in a row. However he is not at his very best at the moment and that will give Taylor Fritz his chance in this one although I am simply looking for both players to serve well enough to force at least two long opening sets which can see them combine to get over this total.

MY PICKS: Irina-Camelia Begu - 1.5 Games @ 2.00 Ladbrokes (2 Units)
Fernando Verdasco + 2.5 Games @ 2.00 Bet Fred (2 Units)
Reilly Opelka + 3.5 Games @ 1.91 Bet Fred (2 Units)
John Isner-Taylor Fritz Over 23.5 Games @ 1.91 Paddy Power (2 Units)

Weekly Update: 9-3, + 12.02 Units (24 Units Staked, + 50.08% Yield)

Tennis Picks 2016 (August 4th)

While only the hard core tennis fans will be really interested in the tournaments being played on the Tour this week, most others might be anticipating the draw for the Olympic Games which will be made on Thursday.

The actual tennis tournament will begin on Saturday and go on for nine days through to a week on Sunday although the latest player to pull out of the event was Stan Wawrinka who has a back issue that needs rest. While the Olympic Games is important, Wawrinka made the right decision with two big Ranking events played in August, the latter being the start of the US Open in New York City.

The Swiss team will be missing Wawrinka, Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic while Martina Hingis has been left without a Mixed Doubles partner just days before the tournament was to begin.

I am guessing most players just want to get the tournament going now after the negative headlines regarding the players that won't be in Rio, but one returning player is Rafael Nadal who has announced that he will play in the Olympic Games. I hope that turns out to be the right decision with a sore wrist an issue, especially as any setback would likely see Nadal join Federer in sitting out the remainder of 2016.

After a poor opening couple of days, Wednesday has proved to be a more positive day of picks and I am looking for Thursday to back that up. That would give me some further momentum to take into a very big month of tennis if I can produce another winning week to back up a positive July and keep things ticking over in the direction I want.

Horacio Zeballos - 1.5 games v Tobias Kamke: The tournament in Atlanta is going to give some of the lower Ranked players a chance to earn some important points and both Horacio Zeballos and Tobias Kamke have to be looking at this event in that way. Neither player has a really strong record on the hard courts, but it is Zeballos who is already in a position to Qualify for the US Open directly.

That is because Zeballos has played more tournaments at the main Tour level compared with Kamke who is outside the top 100 in the World Rankings. Like his opponent, Kamke has been spending a lot more time on the clay courts than the hard courts this season but he has already lost here in Atlanta this week and only got into the main draw as a Lucky Loser.

Kamke did beat Sergiy Stakhovsky in the First Round in two tie-breakers which should give him confidence, but Zeballos had a really strong performance in his own win over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. If the Argentinian is serving as well as he was a couple of days ago, Kamke is going to have a difficult time getting into position to break serve and that is why I give Zeballos the edge in this Second Round match.

There are some clear limitations to the Zeballos game, but he should have his own chances to break serve against a vulnerable shot that Kamke possesses. I wouldn't be surprised if we do three sets in this one as I am not convinced Zeballos can reach the same level he did in the First Round, but he should eventually come through 46, 64, 63.

Fernando Verdasco - 3.5 games v Julien Benneteau: Only a Protected Ranking has given Julien Benneteau a way into this draw in Atlanta, but there is a lot of work ahead of him to improve his Number 406 World Ranking. The veteran Frenchman has been hit by the injury bug over the last couple of years which has hurt him, but there is still some fire that is burning in his belly to get back to the upper level of the Tour.

This might not be the match up that Benneteau would have wanted as Fernando Verdasco used to get the better of him when the former was in his prime. These players met four times between 2006 and 2013 and Fernando Verdasco won all four while dropping a single set.

You can point out that Verdasco is not the same player as when they last met in 2013, but this summer has been strong for him. He reached the Final in Bastad on the clay courts and Verdasco was dominant in his First Round win over Dusan Lajovic, far more comfortable than the final score might suggest.

If Verdasco is serving as well as he was, he will put Benneteau under pressure although I do have a healthy respect for the Frenchman. The faster surface should suit Verdasco and I think he can just get the better of Benneteau over the course of this match thanks to having a few more break points against a player still trying to find their consistency on a return to the Tour.


Timea Babos - 3.5 games v Ana Bogdan: It does seem strange to be writing about a Semi Final in a tennis tournament for a Thursday, but that is the case in Florianopolis where the organisers want to conclude the event before the Olympic Games tennis tournament begins on Saturday.

The first Semi Final is between Ana Bogdan and Timea Babos and the latter is a significant favourite in the match. I can't argue with that and I do think Babos can get the better of Bogdan on a hard court with the momentum she has built up through the week.

Bogdan spends the majority of her time playing clay court events and this is only the second hard court event she has played this week. However the Romanian has to be respected having played some solid tennis in Stanford before heading to Florianopolis where she beat the Number 1 Seed Jelena Jankovic and is yet to drop a set this week.

However this isn't a player that has had a lot of success at this level on this surface and Babos has played well enough to think she will have her successes in this one. She has a solid serve, even if it wasn't at its best on Wednesday, and Babos has enjoyed some really strong runs on the hard courts at the main Tour level over the last twelve months.

She can battle past Bogdan in this one with a 64, 64 scoreline taking Babos through to the Friday Final.


Monica Puig - 1.5 games v Irina-Camelia Begu: The second Semi Final in Florianopolis at least has a real look of a WTA Semi Final at this level. Both Monica Puig and Irina-Camelia Begu have been in fine form through this week against opponents that have been overmatched, but my lean is towards the favourite.

Out of the two players, Monica Puig has looked much more steady and she has been serving well. Puig has only been broken twice this week and has won at least 69% of the points behind serve in each match which should mean she can put some pressure on Begu in this match.

That pressure will increase if Begu is perhaps not serving as well as she could. Begu has been broken six times this week and twice has lost 41% of the points behind serve and Puig has the game to keep that going and create chances to break serve in this match.

It was Begu who won a very close match against Puig when they played on the clay courts in Charleston, but I do think the latter is a stronger hard court player. It has been feast or famine for Begu on the hard courts in 2016, but Puig has shown a little more consistency while I do think her serving has been in a superior place this week which can give her the edge in this match.

I wouldn't be surprised if it is close, but I am looking for Puig to produce the goods at the big moments and work her way to a 63, 36, 64 win.

MY PICKS: Horacio Zeballos - 1.5 Games @ 2.00 Bet Fred (2 Units)

Fernando Verdasco - 3.5 Games @ 1.91 Sporting Bet (2 Units)
Timea Babos - 3.5 Games @ 1.80 William Hill (2 Units)
Monica Puig - 1.5 Games @ 1.91 Bet365 (2 Units)

Weekly Update: 6-2, + 8.60 Units (16 Units Staked, + 53.75% Yield)

Tennis Picks 2016 (August 3rd)

We might only be in the middle of the week, but the tournament in Florianopolis has already reached the Quarter Final stage as they look to get that event done before the Olympic Games begin on Saturday.

The other event are taking a more recognisable course during their week as we will see half of the Second Round matches played in Atlanta and Nanchang on Wednesday and the other half on Thursday which means the final three days of the tournaments are left for the Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Final.

I am not that interested in the Nanchang event with the lack of real quality in the field, while any picks from the matches that have not been set in Atlanta and Florianopolis will have to be added on Wednesday if they do make appeal.

For now I will concentrate on picks from the three ATP Second Round matches set in Atlanta for Wednesday.


Reilly Opelka + 3.5 games v Kevin Anderson: Backing a former Junior Wimbledon Champion whose career has been stalled thanks to injuries might be dangerous when not getting that many games against someone as solid as Kevin Anderson. However Reilly Opelka is a big man with a big serve and while there is still room for improvement in his game, that serve alone could make him a dangerous player in years to come.

It won't be often that Anderson has to look up at an opponent, but that is the case in this Second Round match and the courts are playing fast enough to make Opelka a danger to the Seeded player. I do think the Opelka return game has plenty of room for improvement, but Anderson is also a limited returner and the chances of seeing tie-breakers and few break point chance can make this number of games very appealing.

Anderson played well in Toronto last week which might be a sign of a change in his performances in 2016, but he has been inconsistent through the season. While he will also have plenty of success behind the serve, the Opelka wing span might be able to get enough balls back in play to fashion mistakes, although the key to this match in respect of this spread is how well Anderson returns.

His own size will mean he will likely get more balls back in play than Opelka is perhaps going to be accustomed to, and that can cause problems. However this is a big serve that will take Anderson out of his comfort zone and the price on the handicap makes this appealing to back the young American with the head start.


Tim Smyczek + 3.5 games v Donald Young: This might be the closest tournament at home for Donald Young but he hasn't made use of that in the past with his First Round win being only his second ever win in the tournament. He is the favourite to move through to the Quarter Final, but Tim Smyczek will have something to say about that.

Smyczek had to come from a set down to beat Tiago Monteiro in the last Round, but the American did say he was feeling good about his game. He has not been in the best form of late and Smyczek has taken two heavy losses in Washington and Toronto before heading to Atlanta in a field in which he can make hay if building up some steam.

There won't be anything that the other player has not seen before with this being the sixteenth time that Young and Smyczek will face one another. Eight of the previous fifteen have been won by Young, although it is Smyczek that has won four in a row including in both matches played in 2016 and I can see this one being another tight match between them.

That makes this number of games appealing at odds against especially when you consider it is Smyczek who has been getting the better of their recent matches. Even though Young has been in better form of the two players in recent weeks, none of his three wins on the hard courts would have seen him cover this number. Add in the poor record in Atlanta overall and Smyczek can turn this into a competitive match and I will take the games.


John Isner - 3.5 games v Adrian Mannarino: This has not been a productive time of the season as John Isner would have been hoping, but he can begin to turn things back around if he can win the title in Atlanta. He has won the title here in each of the last three seasons and Isner is looking to make it four in a row as he gets his tournament up and running against Adrian Mannarino.

Backing Isner to cover this number has not been productive for me over the last couple of weeks on the hard courts, but he has had his chances to break serve early enough to get into a position to cover. Isner created plenty of chances against the Adrian Mannarino serve when these players met in Indian Wells back in March and I think he will have the majority of chances in this one too.

It does have to be said that Isner has covered this number in two of his five wins over Mannarino and the latter can have a dangerous lefty serve which needs to be respected. However it does have to be said that the Frenchman has struggled on the hard court so far this summer and he will be under immense scoreboard pressure against Isner.

There is no doubting it is a big number when you consider the limited return game Isner possesses, but he has created seventeen break points in the last two matches against the Frenchman. If Isner can take his chances better than he did in his defeat to Ryan Harrison in Toronto last week, I do think he is capable of recording a 64, 64 win in this one.


Taylor Fritz - 3.5 games v Bjorn Fratangelo: There has been a lack of real American threats in the mens draws of recent tennis seasons ever since Andy Roddick retired and the likes of Mardy Fish, Sam Querrey and John Isner failed to fill that gap as effectively as fans would have liked. Now a new generation of American players are moving onto the Tour with some of those featuring here in Atlanta.

The leading name has to be Taylor Fritz who had a strong Junior career and has made a solid start to life on the ATP Tour through 2016. There is nothing wrong with having a losing record on the Tour in your first year and Fritz can say he has already pushed the likes of Roger Federer in matches and he has reached the Final in a tournament in Memphis.

The hard courts will be his favoured surface which is no surprise considering the nation of his birth and Fritz should be looking at Atlanta as a big chance to secure top Ranking points in what is a weak field compared to what he will see the rest of the summer.

Fritz had an easy win in the First Round, but it will be tougher against Bjorn Fratangelo although he hasn't been able to turn into a consistent performer at this level. While Fratangelo had a solid win on Tuesday evening, he has not had the best set of results on the hard courts this summer and has had a couple of poor losses in that time including last week against Andrew Whittington.

Both players will rely on their serve to put them in a position to win this match, but I think Fritz has the edge when it comes to the returning game. That should provide him the difference maker in the big moments of the match and I like the younger player to move through to the Quarter Final behind a 64, 64 win.


Irina-Camelia Begu - 3.5 games v Nao Hibino: The third Quarter Final in Florianopolis on Wednesday will be played between Irina-Camelia Begu and Nao Hibino and I do think the former is perhaps not rated as strongly as I thought she would be.

It is Begu who has had the tougher run through the weak draw having dropped the first set she played in Brazil, but she has bounced back by winning her next four sets comprehensively. There have been plenty of early losses on the hard courts for an inconsistent player like Begu, but the difference has been clear once she gets a couple of wins in an event under her belt as she uses the momentum very well.

Begu could not have asked for a better Quarter Final against an opponent who has struggled at this level through the season. Take away the two wins Hibino has had earlier this week and she would be 5-9 on the hard courts this season while her defeats tend to be one sided and that is a concern for the young Japanese player.

Looking back through her hard court losses, Hibino would have come within this number once in her last twenty-two hard court defeats. Hibino's serve is vulnerable and Begu should have the edge off the ground which is likely to lead to a 63, 64 kind of win for the higher Ranked player and a move through to the Semi Final.

MY PICKS: Reilly Opelka + 3.5 Games @ 2.50 Bet Fred (2 Units)
Tim Smyczek + 3.5 Games @ 2.00 Sky Bet (2 Units)
John Isner - 3.5 Games @ 2.00 Paddy Power (2 Units)
Taylor Fritz - 3.5 Games @ 2.00 Bet365 (2 Units)
Irina-Camelia Begu - 3.5 Games @ 2.00 Paddy Power (2 Units)

Weekly Update: 1-2, - 2.40 Units (6 Units Staked, - 40% Yield)

Tennis Picks 2016 (August 2nd)

I didn't make any tennis picks from the Monday offerings because I simply didn't find any value from the limited matches on offer.

On Tuesday the remaining First Round matches in Atlanta will be completed, while the tournament in Florianopolis will move onto the Second Round as they look to get that event completed before the Olympic Games tennis begins on Saturday.

After a solid month of July, I am looking for another good week of picks to put into the books and keep the momentum rolling as we move further into August.


Guillermo Garcia-Lopez - 2.5 games v Horacio Zeballos: Last year was a rarity for Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in recent seasons on the Tour as he finished 2015 with a winning record. That is the only winning record he has had in the last five years on the Tour, but the Spaniard is in a position to make it back to back years with a winning record for the first time since 2010.

Recent weeks have been difficult for Garcia-Lopez who will be hoping a move to the hard courts can help him change his form. It hasn't been the best surface for him in recent years and he has a losing record on the hard courts since 2010, but there is enough to like about his game against Horacio Zeballos who hasn't had much joy on this surface.

The latter hasn't played a lot of hard court tennis in recent years and is coming off the clay courts to take in this tournament in Atlanta. Horacio Zeballos is dangerous thanks to the lefty serve which can be difficult for players to read, but he can struggle with the consistency and speed coming through the courts.

I will admit it is hard to fully trust Garcia-Lopez considering the relatively weak serve and poor form he has been in. The hard courts are also not his favourite surface, but he does enjoy more success on these courts than Zeballos and I think that can be a key in a very tight match that can see Garcia-Lopez edge through 76, 64.


Sergiy Stakhovsky - 1.5 games v Ivan Dodig: The withdrawals from the Olympic Games meant there were late invitations for other players who had missed the cut. One of those was Sergiy Stakhovsky but he decided he won't make changes to his schedule and will play in Atlanta for important Ranking points rather than accept the chance to play in Rio de Janeiro.

The only way it will be seen by him and his team in being the right decision is if Stakhovsky can have a decent week in his first tournament back on the hard courts. It won't come easy as he will be faced by Ivan Dodig in the First Round, although the latter has lost six of his last seven matches including on the hard courts this summer.

That means Dodig has lost his last six matches on the hard courts and it is hard to stem that poor trend if the Croatian is not quite at full health. Dodig did play Borna Coric tough last week in Toronto, and his serve can be a dangerous weapon when firing at full potential.

Both players will look for their serve-volley game to dominate the other and it looks like it will be a close match between them. Like Dodig, Stakhovsky doesn't have a strong record on the hard courts at the main Tour level, but he has won a Challenger title on the surface in 2016 and I think he will have a slight edge from a fitness level to come through 64, 67, 63.


Fernando Verdasco - 4.5 games v Dusan Lajovic: Both Fernando Verdasco and Dusan Lajovic have had some solid results since the end of Wimbledon, but those have come on the clay courts in Europe and now they play one another on the North American hard courts.

I can see both players coming into the match with confidence, but there is a clear difference in the results each has produced on the hard courts. Over the last three seasons, Dusan Lajovic is just 7-17 on the hard courts at the main Tour level and just 12-8 in either Challenger or Qualifiers level.

That isn't to say that Fernando Verdasco has been dominating on the hard courts, but he is 26-25 over the same period as the Lajovic results with all of those matches at the main Tour level. While it was Lajovic that won their previous match on a clay court, the hard courts should give Verdasco the edge with his power being able to hit through the courts and taking away some of the defensive work the Serbian can produce.

This is still a lot of games for Verdasco to cover, especially when you look at the results and see that the Spaniard struggles with this number on the hard courts. However I have seen Lajovic have a hard time staying with opponents once they pick up his serve, which is not the biggest, and Verdasco can have enough joy to find a 63, 64 win out of this one.


Monica Puig - 5.5 games v Olga Savchuk: The way Monica Puig plays her tennis means she is always liable to producing games filled with errors. There is plenty of aggression to like from the Puig game, but being slightly out of sync means a host of errors occur which will give her opponents confidence to upset her.

It will be a huge upset if Olga Savchuk is able to get the better of Puig when they meet on the hard courts of Florianopolis on Tuesday. This is a player that hasn't shown much form in recent weeks with plenty of losses behind her, while Savchuk has taken some heavy losses on the hard courts as players break down her game.

Savchuk would be 1-9 in her last ten losses on the hard courts when it comes to getting within this number and she is just 1-6 overall on this surface in Qualifiers or lower level tournament than the main Tour through 2016. The Ukrainian has taken some heavy losses to players that are not of the same level of Puig, although the latter is just 2-3 on the Tour since her surprising run to the Eastbourne Semi Finals.

However Puig has had the majority of her wins on the hard courts and she was an impressive winner in the First Round. As long as Puig is serving well, she should have her chances in this one to break serve consistently and I think she will eventually wear down a player that doesn't face opponents of this level too often. After a battle in the first set, I look for Puig to move through the gears and see off Savchuk 64, 62.

MY PICKS: Guillermo Garcia-Lopez - 2.5 Games @ 1.80 Sky Bet (2 Units)
Sergiy Stakhovsky - 1.5 Games @ 2.00 Bet Fred (2 Units)
Fernando Verdasco - 4.5 Games @ 1.91 Bet365 (2 Units)
Monica Puig - 5.5 Games @ 1.80 Betfair Sportsbook (2 Units)

Tennis Picks 2016 (August 1st)

The Canadian Masters is in the books and put a strong July to a close having made a big dent in the season totals. The 2016 season has been a difficult one for my tennis picks, but July has helped to trim the deficit by almost 50% and that is the kind of momentum I am looking to take into August when we have two major tournaments at the Olympic Games and Cincinnati before the final Grand Slam of the season begins at the US Open on Monday 29th August.

The Olympic Games tennis tournament begins next Saturday, but there are still Tour events being played through this week with events in Nanchang, Florianopolis and Atlanta. The middle event is being played in Brazil and will actually come to a close on Friday so nothing interferes with the Olympic Games being held in Rio de Janeiro, although the other two events will end as they usually do at the weekend.

Finding picks this week from the tournaments which are weaker fields than they would be in a non-Olympic season is going to be difficult. On Monday I really couldn't find anything from the tournaments being played and this post is just updating the season totals after last week.

Perhaps there will be picks from tomorrow if I find anything that appeals, but Monday is going to be a 'rest day' with nothing that leaps off the page.

Season 2016: - 22 Units (1281 Units Staked, - 1.72% Yield)
Season 2015: - 21.81 Units (1812 Units Staked, - 1% Yield)
Season 2014: + 45.05 Units (1586.5 Units Staked, + 2.84% Yield)

Season 2013: + 21.74 Units (1251.5 Units Staked, + 1.73% Yield)

Season 2012: + 49.21 Units (855 Units Staked, + 5.76% Yield)

Season 2011: + 82.02 Units