The Australian Open draw was made on Friday morning in Melbourne Park and the big news is obviously the fact that Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are Seeded to meet in the Semi Final after competing in the last two Men's Grand Slam Finals at Wimbledon and the US Open.
To be honest, I think this part of the season is not the most favourable for Roger Federer who has clearly put his biggest stock in the summer months with the last two Grand Slams as well as the Rio Olympics occupying his thoughts. Of course Federer goes into any Slam with a real belief he can win, even the French Open, but I do think the latter two Slams are much more favourable for his game.
The Women's draw looks wide open with the injuries that have affected the top players in the World Rankings, while Serena Williams would have hoped for a much more straight forward match than facing Camila Giorgi in the First Round.
One other match that caught my eye was Venus Williams versus Johanna Konta in the First Round as I really thought the British player could have a big 2016 season to follow up the form she showed in the latter half of 2015. That is a very difficult draw for her though and I am not sure Konta has shown enough in the first couple of weeks of 2016 to think she is in line for a big run as she had at the US Open.
This week the picks have had a good time, but Friday proved to be one of the poorer days of the week with the two Semi Finals in Auckland going the other way as I thought they would. David Ferrer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won their first sets by the same 63 scoreline that put them in a strong position before losing the remaining two sets to be knocked out of the tournament.
Eugenie Bouchard - 3.5 games v Alize Cornet: This has already been a very big week for Eugenie Bouchard who is looking to bounce back from a poor 2015 season by the standards she has set for herself. Wins over the likes of Camila Giorgi and Dominika Cibulkova show that the confidence is improving, something that was noticed at the US Open, and Bouchard will be desperate to win her first title since 2014 and only her second on the Tour.
That is hard to accept for a player that has been tipped to go to the top of the World Rankings in the women's game and Bouchard herself has not been completely happy with her performances. Despite the win over the talented and tough Cibulkova, Bouchard has admitted that she wants to play better than she has shown.
I think she will have every chance to add the Hobart title to her trophy cabinet against Alize Cornet who has had a solid week herself and had a walkover in the Quarter Final. The Frenchwoman has slipped down the World Rankings herself and this has been an important week for her confidence too, but Cornet has not had to play the level of talent that Bouchard has and this is the toughest match she will have played.
Cornet can frustrate Bouchard and she is capable of knocking off any player on her day. However, I think Bouchard has shown enough this week to get through the challenge Cornet has presented and I believe she will battle through for a confidence boosting 64, 64 win.
Jack Sock - 1.5 games v Roberto Bautista Agut: This is perhaps not the Final that anyone really expected on Saturday in Auckland after both of these players surprised me with wins over David Ferrer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the top two Seeds in the Semi Finals. Out of the two, I think Jack Sock has the chance to win his second title and prevent Roberto Bautista Agut winning his third.
It should be quite a good match to watch as both players look like they can match up well against one another.
Jack Sock has the power and the serve to give Bautista Agut an issue, but the Spaniard will feel he can use his better movement and superior backhand wing to extract errors from the American. However, my feeling is that Sock is able to bring his forehand into play for long enough to win enough rallies to come through and win this Final and add to his two wins over Bautista Agut in 2015.
It was the protection of his serve that helped Sock win both matches, although they were very close and I think it will be the serve that helps him win again. If his serve is working, Sock knows he will get his chances on the return to break serve and I expect that will help him win a tight match 76, 64.
Grigor Dimitrov - 3.5 games v Victor Troicki: I think the favourites can make it a clean sweep of wins in the Finals to be played on Saturday and I like their chances to all cover the spreads that have been asked of them. Grigor Dimitrov is looking to recover from a disappointing 2015 season by putting this title away and giving him some momentum to take into the Australian Open which begins in a couple of days.
2015 was arguably a better year for Victor Troicki than it was for Dimitrov as he recovered his World Ranking following an enforced lay off from the Tour thanks to failing a drug test. In actual fact he simply asked to miss a day due to feeling unwell before doing the test a day later, but that didn't matter and he was forced off the Tour.
Both have had to battle the weather as well as their opponents to get through to this Final and I think Dimitrov may have an edge when it comes to physical well-being. Troicki had to battle through the distance in his Quarter Final and Semi Final which was played on Friday, while Dimitrov just had to put the finishing touches to his own Quarter Final win before winning his Semi Final with room to spare.
These two players met last week in Brisbane and Dimitrov won a three set match which was close for the first couple of sets. I think he is the better player and his physical fitness looks like it will be in a superior position to Troicki's in this Final and I think it might be a little 'easier' than last week as he wins this one 64, 64.
MY PICKS: Eugenie Bouchard - 3.5 Games @ 1.91 Ladbrokes (2 Units)
Jack Sock - 1.5 Games @ 1.80 Betfair Sportsbook (2 Units)
Grigor Dimitrov - 3.5 Games @ 2.00 Paddy Power (2 Units)
Weekly Update: 8-4, + 5.92 Units (24 Units Staked, + 24.67% Yield)
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Friday, 15 January 2016
Tennis Picks 2016 (January 16th)
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Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Tennis Picks 2016 (January 14th)
The Australian Open Qualifiers began on Wednesday and it was a good day for the likes of Dan Evans and James Ward who won their first match on the road to the main draw.
Getting into the main draw of a Grand Slam through the Qualifiers is some tough work and there is still plenty for both Evans and Ward to do if they are to make it. However, they have to be happy with straight sets win, particularly Evans who beat the Number 1 Seeded player in the Qualifiers, and getting a little more rest in the legs could be a key for the next few days in what are usually tough conditions in Melbourne.
It wasn't just a good day for some of the Qualifiers in action, but also for the picks I made on Wednesday which have improved the weekly totals. A good positive start to the 2016 season was what I was looking for after the end of 2015 and hopefully that can be built upon through the rest of the month at the first Grand Slam of the year.
Not giving too much back is the key for the rest of this week which sees the tournaments concluded on Saturday, while the draw for the Australian Open main draw is now just a couple of days away from being revealed.
The idea at this moment is that the outright picks will go live on Sunday morning, but I am hopeful that it will be earlier than that and I can then pop out the Day 1 Picks at some point on Sunday afternoon.
Things can change though and I do have a busy weekend so hopefully I can get those out before my own times set.
Eugenie Bouchard v Camila Giorgi: If you had told me at the beginning of 2015 that in twelve months time Eugenie Bouchard would enter a tournament where she would be unseeded and face Camila Giorgi as the Number 2 Seed, I would never have believed you. However, the Canadian went through the most difficult year of her career to date with injuries and a loss of form affecting her game, but 2016 has opened with some signs that Bouchard will make a significant move back up the World Rankings.
I was never as high on Bouchard as some of the 'experts' out there, but even I know that her current World Number 48 Ranking is far below where she should be. It was a tough season for Bouchard as she dealt with a lot of criticism for the first time and really struggled under the weight of expectation that had been heaped on her shoulders as the heir apparent to Maria Sharapova at the top of the women's game.
Bouchard is still young and I expect her to come again, while a second consecutive Quarter Final run in preparation for the Australian Open will build some confidence. I expect Bouchard to go even further as she faces the erratic Camila Giorgi who can be unplayable at times, but struggles with her consistency as she has little margin for error in the way she plays the game.
At times I have looked at Giorgi as more than capable of reaching the top 20 of the World Rankings, while others may feel she has the potential to go even higher. Her issue is reining in her game when beginning to makes some errors, but that has not been something Giorgi has been able to do on the court.
While I can see her have more than a couple of moments in the match, I am looking for Bouchard to just batten down the hatches when that happens and eventually gain control of the match. It wouldn't surprise me if this goes the distance, but I think Bouchard goes a step further than in Shenzhen last week and wins this match to move into the Semi Final.
Grigor Dimitrov - 2.5 games v Alexandr Dolgopolov: A second consecutive Quarter Final to open the 2016 season would certainly have been something that Grigor Dimitrov will appreciate as he looks to erase what was a disappointing 2015 year for him. Last week it took Roger Federer to end his run, albeit in a tight match, but Dimitrov should have a much better opportunity to move forward against Alexandr Dolgopolov.
You can't take anything away from the talent that Dolgopolov clearly has- he can hit almost any shot he likes, but that also means his decision making can let him down, while Dolgopolov is as erratic as they come.
The Ukrainian is back up to World Number 36 in the Rankings, but his form fluctuates all the time even if he has had a couple of decent looking wins this week. If Dolgopolov is 'on', he can be very, very difficult to play even for the very best players in the world, but far too often he doesn't reach the levels he has shown fleetingly and I think Dimitrov is too good for him in this Quarter Final.
A difference between these players is that Dolgopolov never seems too far away from throwing in an absolute shocker of a service game. That has been an issue for Dimitrov at times too, but Dolgopolov's slashing style and sometimes questionable decision making when it comes to shot selection has given the Bulgarian the slight edge in previous matches between them.
I believe that will be the case again as Dimitrov battles to a 63, 46, 64 win.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - 3.5 games v Fabio Fognini: The layers were expecting a very tight match between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Philipp Kohlschreiber in the Second Round in Auckland, but the Frenchman showed he is ready for a big 2016 season. I certainly expected it to be closer than it was as Tsonga was dominant behind serve and earned enough joy from the Kohlschreiber delivery to come through in relative ease over two sets.
Now he moves into the Quarter Final where he faces the enigmatic Italian Fabio Fognini who can equally frustrate viewers as well as he can have them drop their jaws in awe of the tennis he produces. There have been some very good matches played by Fognini over the last couple of seasons and he has had considerable success on the Doubles circuit with Simone Bolelli too, but far too often he flatters to deceive.
Tsonga won't mind the match up as he has won all three previous matches and has a serve that can pick up cheap points when they are needed. On the other hand, Fognini is never too far from a meltdown behind his own serve which is much more difficult to redeem on the hard and grass courts compared with the clay courts where Fognini is at his most comfortable.
You can't always predict what you are going to get from the Tsonga return as that remains a big weakness in his game, but when the Frenchman has his eye in he can be tough to stop. Tsonga looked solid enough in his performance against Kohlschreiber to think he can put the Fognini delivery under pressure and I think that will result in a similar win for Tsonga as he had in the Second Round and also a place in the Semi Final.
MY PICKS: Eugenie Bouchard @ 1.91 Ladbrokes (2 Units)
Grigor Dimitrov - 2.5 Games @ 1.73 Bet Fred (2 Units)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - 3.5 Games @ 1.80 Bet Fred (2 Units)
Weekly Update: 6-1, + 8.64 Units (14 Units Staked, + 61.71% Yield)
Getting into the main draw of a Grand Slam through the Qualifiers is some tough work and there is still plenty for both Evans and Ward to do if they are to make it. However, they have to be happy with straight sets win, particularly Evans who beat the Number 1 Seeded player in the Qualifiers, and getting a little more rest in the legs could be a key for the next few days in what are usually tough conditions in Melbourne.
It wasn't just a good day for some of the Qualifiers in action, but also for the picks I made on Wednesday which have improved the weekly totals. A good positive start to the 2016 season was what I was looking for after the end of 2015 and hopefully that can be built upon through the rest of the month at the first Grand Slam of the year.
Not giving too much back is the key for the rest of this week which sees the tournaments concluded on Saturday, while the draw for the Australian Open main draw is now just a couple of days away from being revealed.
The idea at this moment is that the outright picks will go live on Sunday morning, but I am hopeful that it will be earlier than that and I can then pop out the Day 1 Picks at some point on Sunday afternoon.
Things can change though and I do have a busy weekend so hopefully I can get those out before my own times set.
Eugenie Bouchard v Camila Giorgi: If you had told me at the beginning of 2015 that in twelve months time Eugenie Bouchard would enter a tournament where she would be unseeded and face Camila Giorgi as the Number 2 Seed, I would never have believed you. However, the Canadian went through the most difficult year of her career to date with injuries and a loss of form affecting her game, but 2016 has opened with some signs that Bouchard will make a significant move back up the World Rankings.
I was never as high on Bouchard as some of the 'experts' out there, but even I know that her current World Number 48 Ranking is far below where she should be. It was a tough season for Bouchard as she dealt with a lot of criticism for the first time and really struggled under the weight of expectation that had been heaped on her shoulders as the heir apparent to Maria Sharapova at the top of the women's game.
Bouchard is still young and I expect her to come again, while a second consecutive Quarter Final run in preparation for the Australian Open will build some confidence. I expect Bouchard to go even further as she faces the erratic Camila Giorgi who can be unplayable at times, but struggles with her consistency as she has little margin for error in the way she plays the game.
At times I have looked at Giorgi as more than capable of reaching the top 20 of the World Rankings, while others may feel she has the potential to go even higher. Her issue is reining in her game when beginning to makes some errors, but that has not been something Giorgi has been able to do on the court.
While I can see her have more than a couple of moments in the match, I am looking for Bouchard to just batten down the hatches when that happens and eventually gain control of the match. It wouldn't surprise me if this goes the distance, but I think Bouchard goes a step further than in Shenzhen last week and wins this match to move into the Semi Final.
Grigor Dimitrov - 2.5 games v Alexandr Dolgopolov: A second consecutive Quarter Final to open the 2016 season would certainly have been something that Grigor Dimitrov will appreciate as he looks to erase what was a disappointing 2015 year for him. Last week it took Roger Federer to end his run, albeit in a tight match, but Dimitrov should have a much better opportunity to move forward against Alexandr Dolgopolov.
You can't take anything away from the talent that Dolgopolov clearly has- he can hit almost any shot he likes, but that also means his decision making can let him down, while Dolgopolov is as erratic as they come.
The Ukrainian is back up to World Number 36 in the Rankings, but his form fluctuates all the time even if he has had a couple of decent looking wins this week. If Dolgopolov is 'on', he can be very, very difficult to play even for the very best players in the world, but far too often he doesn't reach the levels he has shown fleetingly and I think Dimitrov is too good for him in this Quarter Final.
A difference between these players is that Dolgopolov never seems too far away from throwing in an absolute shocker of a service game. That has been an issue for Dimitrov at times too, but Dolgopolov's slashing style and sometimes questionable decision making when it comes to shot selection has given the Bulgarian the slight edge in previous matches between them.
I believe that will be the case again as Dimitrov battles to a 63, 46, 64 win.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - 3.5 games v Fabio Fognini: The layers were expecting a very tight match between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Philipp Kohlschreiber in the Second Round in Auckland, but the Frenchman showed he is ready for a big 2016 season. I certainly expected it to be closer than it was as Tsonga was dominant behind serve and earned enough joy from the Kohlschreiber delivery to come through in relative ease over two sets.
Now he moves into the Quarter Final where he faces the enigmatic Italian Fabio Fognini who can equally frustrate viewers as well as he can have them drop their jaws in awe of the tennis he produces. There have been some very good matches played by Fognini over the last couple of seasons and he has had considerable success on the Doubles circuit with Simone Bolelli too, but far too often he flatters to deceive.
Tsonga won't mind the match up as he has won all three previous matches and has a serve that can pick up cheap points when they are needed. On the other hand, Fognini is never too far from a meltdown behind his own serve which is much more difficult to redeem on the hard and grass courts compared with the clay courts where Fognini is at his most comfortable.
You can't always predict what you are going to get from the Tsonga return as that remains a big weakness in his game, but when the Frenchman has his eye in he can be tough to stop. Tsonga looked solid enough in his performance against Kohlschreiber to think he can put the Fognini delivery under pressure and I think that will result in a similar win for Tsonga as he had in the Second Round and also a place in the Semi Final.
MY PICKS: Eugenie Bouchard @ 1.91 Ladbrokes (2 Units)
Grigor Dimitrov - 2.5 Games @ 1.73 Bet Fred (2 Units)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - 3.5 Games @ 1.80 Bet Fred (2 Units)
Weekly Update: 6-1, + 8.64 Units (14 Units Staked, + 61.71% Yield)
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Tuesday, 7 January 2014
Tennis Picks 2014 (January 8th)
My biggest problem with the Tour at the beginning of a new season is trying to find a way to watch the matches, particularly with the early tournaments that are not necessarily covered very well. That means I have only see bits and pieces of the action so far this week, but at least I can get up a little earlier these days and watch whatever I have recorded during my sleep.
That will be the case for the early matches next week at the Australian Open too, although hopefully the majority of the courts will be covered by Eurosport so I shouldn't miss too much of the action. Of course, it does mean that the 'big' players are shown more than the competitive matches without the ability to switch on the other courts until I get up, but that's the way it goes I suppose.
Yesterday proved to be a mixed bag of results which has ended with a slight loss for the day. Hopefully these early struggles will be replaced soon enough by a good run of form, but I was least happy to see Philipp Kohlschreiber make it through to the Second Round in Auckland.
Sam Stosur - 4.5 games v Kristina Mladenovic: Backing Sam Stosur in Australia has proved to be a poor choice over the last few years for her fans but this looks a match up that she should still be able to take advantage of and move through to the Quarter Finals in Hobart.
I don't what it is about being back home, but it hasn't sat well with Stosur who lost 3 of her 4 matches in this portion of the season last year, while she has begun this year with 3 straight losses at the Hopman Cup in Singles action.
The serve is still her strength though and I think that is a key difference between her and the up and coming Kristina Mladenovic.
Mladenovic is moving up the Rankings on the WTA Tour and has shown her ability when pushing Maria Sharapova in a loss at Wimbledon, while the hard courts are also her favourite surface. However, she has found herself coming up a little short when it comes to the best players on the Tour as she builds experience and I think Stosur will have opportunities to break the serve as long as she can relieve the pressure with easy holds of serve.
The form in Australia is one concern for Stosur backers, while Mladenovic is capable of serving very well, but I still believe the home favourite comes through with a 64, 63 win.
Sara Errani - 4.5 games v Tsvetana Pironkova: On first glance, this could look like a big spread for Sara Errani to cover, but she is playing the erratic Tsvetana Pironkova who has played plenty of tennis already this week as she has come through the qualifiers.
I can see why Pironkova has dropped out of the top 100 in the World Rankings as she had a terrible year in 2013 and I still don't believe she is consistent enough to see off someone like Sara Errani that makes life so difficult for her opponents.
Errani will look to force Pironkova to play closer to the lines and that can lead to mistakes, although I do think the latter also has the power to at least cause some trouble when it comes to the Italian holding serve. That is the aspect that worries me a little in this one, but Errani has played well so far this week and I do think she can come through with a 62, 64 win.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands v Madison Keys: If you take away the image of a girl playing in a wild range of clothing, Bethanie Mattek-Sands is actually a pretty decent Singles player that has shown signs of improving over the last twelve months.
I think she can get the better of her compatriot, Madison Keys, in this Quarter Final where the layers are very unsure as to who will win. Mattek-Sands has the ability to at least pressure the Keys serve, the youngster's big weapon, and that could give her the chance to beat her here.
If Mattek-Sands can continue winning points on the Keys serve in the manner she has in the last two matches between these two, she will give herself every chance to win this match, but she has to continue serving well.
Coming through the qualifiers can be tough as the tennis does catch up with you with this tournament being played through quickly to get it done before the Australian Open begins, but Mattek-Sands has shown enough to think she can deal with it. She reached the Semi Finals in Stuttgart from that situation last year and I think she can at least match that performance with a tight win in this one.
Bernard Tomic - 4.5 games v Blaz Kavcic: I was very surprised to see Blaz Kavcic come through his match with Jarkko Nieminen yesterday in straight sets, but he will have to serve better if he is to beat Bernard Tomic here.
In a career that has yet to really take off, Bernard Tomic did win the title in Sydney twelve months ago and got off to a flyer in the defence of that title with a comprehensive win over Marcel Granollers.
Tomic has a decent serve, although I think there is room for improvement considering how tall he is, and has the grind it out style that can cause plenty of problems for those players outside of the top 100. He will have to deal with a confident Kavcic who has now won 4 matches in a row here after coming through the qualifiers, but it is a big ask for the Slovenian in front of a crowd that will be firmly behind Tomic.
The spread is perhaps a tad high considering the brittle nature of Tomic's game at times, but I think the home support will focus him enough to come through 63, 64.
MY PICKS: Sam Stosur - 4.5 Games @ 2.05 Pinnacle (2 Units)
Sara Errani - 4.5 Games @ 1.95 Pinnacle (2 Units)
Bethanie Mattek-Sands @ 1.90 Pinnacle (2 Units)
Bernard Tomic - 4.5 Games @ 2.00 Pinnacle (2 Units)
Weekly Update: 2-3, - 0.42 Units (7 Units Staked, - 6% Yield)
That will be the case for the early matches next week at the Australian Open too, although hopefully the majority of the courts will be covered by Eurosport so I shouldn't miss too much of the action. Of course, it does mean that the 'big' players are shown more than the competitive matches without the ability to switch on the other courts until I get up, but that's the way it goes I suppose.
Yesterday proved to be a mixed bag of results which has ended with a slight loss for the day. Hopefully these early struggles will be replaced soon enough by a good run of form, but I was least happy to see Philipp Kohlschreiber make it through to the Second Round in Auckland.
Sam Stosur - 4.5 games v Kristina Mladenovic: Backing Sam Stosur in Australia has proved to be a poor choice over the last few years for her fans but this looks a match up that she should still be able to take advantage of and move through to the Quarter Finals in Hobart.
I don't what it is about being back home, but it hasn't sat well with Stosur who lost 3 of her 4 matches in this portion of the season last year, while she has begun this year with 3 straight losses at the Hopman Cup in Singles action.
The serve is still her strength though and I think that is a key difference between her and the up and coming Kristina Mladenovic.
Mladenovic is moving up the Rankings on the WTA Tour and has shown her ability when pushing Maria Sharapova in a loss at Wimbledon, while the hard courts are also her favourite surface. However, she has found herself coming up a little short when it comes to the best players on the Tour as she builds experience and I think Stosur will have opportunities to break the serve as long as she can relieve the pressure with easy holds of serve.
The form in Australia is one concern for Stosur backers, while Mladenovic is capable of serving very well, but I still believe the home favourite comes through with a 64, 63 win.
Sara Errani - 4.5 games v Tsvetana Pironkova: On first glance, this could look like a big spread for Sara Errani to cover, but she is playing the erratic Tsvetana Pironkova who has played plenty of tennis already this week as she has come through the qualifiers.
I can see why Pironkova has dropped out of the top 100 in the World Rankings as she had a terrible year in 2013 and I still don't believe she is consistent enough to see off someone like Sara Errani that makes life so difficult for her opponents.
Errani will look to force Pironkova to play closer to the lines and that can lead to mistakes, although I do think the latter also has the power to at least cause some trouble when it comes to the Italian holding serve. That is the aspect that worries me a little in this one, but Errani has played well so far this week and I do think she can come through with a 62, 64 win.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands v Madison Keys: If you take away the image of a girl playing in a wild range of clothing, Bethanie Mattek-Sands is actually a pretty decent Singles player that has shown signs of improving over the last twelve months.
I think she can get the better of her compatriot, Madison Keys, in this Quarter Final where the layers are very unsure as to who will win. Mattek-Sands has the ability to at least pressure the Keys serve, the youngster's big weapon, and that could give her the chance to beat her here.
If Mattek-Sands can continue winning points on the Keys serve in the manner she has in the last two matches between these two, she will give herself every chance to win this match, but she has to continue serving well.
Coming through the qualifiers can be tough as the tennis does catch up with you with this tournament being played through quickly to get it done before the Australian Open begins, but Mattek-Sands has shown enough to think she can deal with it. She reached the Semi Finals in Stuttgart from that situation last year and I think she can at least match that performance with a tight win in this one.
Bernard Tomic - 4.5 games v Blaz Kavcic: I was very surprised to see Blaz Kavcic come through his match with Jarkko Nieminen yesterday in straight sets, but he will have to serve better if he is to beat Bernard Tomic here.
In a career that has yet to really take off, Bernard Tomic did win the title in Sydney twelve months ago and got off to a flyer in the defence of that title with a comprehensive win over Marcel Granollers.
Tomic has a decent serve, although I think there is room for improvement considering how tall he is, and has the grind it out style that can cause plenty of problems for those players outside of the top 100. He will have to deal with a confident Kavcic who has now won 4 matches in a row here after coming through the qualifiers, but it is a big ask for the Slovenian in front of a crowd that will be firmly behind Tomic.
The spread is perhaps a tad high considering the brittle nature of Tomic's game at times, but I think the home support will focus him enough to come through 63, 64.
MY PICKS: Sam Stosur - 4.5 Games @ 2.05 Pinnacle (2 Units)
Sara Errani - 4.5 Games @ 1.95 Pinnacle (2 Units)
Bethanie Mattek-Sands @ 1.90 Pinnacle (2 Units)
Bernard Tomic - 4.5 Games @ 2.00 Pinnacle (2 Units)
Weekly Update: 2-3, - 0.42 Units (7 Units Staked, - 6% Yield)
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