Easy money -Australian Open Day 1

1.Jarko Nieminen -Frank Dancevic 1@1.14 (4-2*)
@33u won 3-2

2.P. Capdeville -B. Klein 1@1.06 (6-4 7-5 4-4 a-40*)
@37u won 3-0

3. Clement v Schuettler 2@1.08 (4-6 2-6 7-6 1*-4)
@39u won 3-1

4.Serra v Mayer 1@1.14 (6-3 7-6 5-5 15-15*)
@43u won 3-0

Jose Acasuso -Nicolas Mahut

Jose Acasuso -Nicolas Mahut :Acasuso@2.16 pinnacle

A lot of matches in the first round at the Australian Open , but not so pleased by the odds offered by the bookmakers. Both Acasuso and Mahut had started badly the new season, but I trust Acasuso to have the edge in this game . Has a powerful service and a mindblowing forehand, hitting a lot of winners. Mahut on the other hand is more traditional, enjoying service volley play, but still making a lot of unfforced errors.Already met one time in 2006 , Acasuso winning the first set 7-5 , but Mahut withdraw in the second. Mahut doesn't have a good history here at the Australian Open loosing 6 of his 8 mathes here over the time.Mahut is 4-11 on hard last season , while Acasuso is 6-7. Acasuso has a good tie break record on this surface , 5-2 last season. This could be a close match, a long one, but I trust Acasuso to win in the end.

Acasuso @2.16 pinnacle

Other leans on Pujol + 6@1.85 gamebookers and tsonga over 33.5 games@1.73 bet365

Florent Serra - Florian Mayer

Florent Serra - Florian Mayer : Serra @2.30 sportingbet

Great odds for Serra, as Mayer is the favourite just because he had a good last week , defeating Chela and Querrey. h2h is 2-1 for Serra , but all matches were played on clay. I saw their 2006 match , at Bucharest, and Serra clearly dominated winning 6-3 7-6. Even though both like more playing on clay, they can be classified as decent hard court players. Mayer allowed 10 break points in his last match , winning only 61% of his first serve points. Serra will have something to say about this and will take advantage of his weak second serve. This is a 50-50 match and I choose the more constant player in 2007 , and in my opinion the more talented.

Serra@2.3 sportingbet

"Easy Money" on Australian Open

"Easy Money 2" on Australian Open

*Starting balance: 33u
*Objective: 100u
*Bookmaker :Betfair
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Juan Monaco - Philip Kohlschreiber

Juan Monaco - Philip Kohlschreiber : Monaco 2-0@3 ladbrokes

From the start I should say that those of you who seek to be more safe, should choose Monaco simple victory. I did not see tonight's match , but I observed them through the week .
The surface seems to be rather slow for normal hard court , which is in Monaco's advantage . Even if the had a demanding match against Llondra, who's service made him a lot of problems , today's game suits his style of play .Philip does not have a great service, not like Llondra , and still is to inconstant. Lost a set against Cilic , and faced 5 break points agaisnt Mayer and another 5 against Russel. Some say fitness could be a factor here, but Monaco is , from my poit of view one of the fittest players on tour, with a great disponibility for effort. The key of taday's match is his first serve percentage, needing more than tonight's 60% .Philip 's serve will give plenty of break opportunities , and he will eventually take advantaje.

This pick is a little bit courageous, and I encourage you to play only the simple victory to be more precautious. Hope for another Kitzbuhel 2 set victory, and the odds please me , so I choose
Monaco 2-0@3 ladbrokes

P.S : This is my 101th post on this blog :p

Dimitry Tursunov -Sebastian Grosjean

Dimitry Tursunov -Sebastian Grosjean :Tursunov 2-0@2.50 sportingbet

A normal bet on Tursunov to win should be more safe, but the odds offered from sportingbet are pleasing me , since bet365 for example offer only 2.1 .Tursunov is playing better and better, saw him last week against Davydenko , was strong at service , but did not manage to concentrate enough at the big points.
Defeated Gasquet in 3 sets, and hot Wawrinka in 2 6-3 sets.
Grosjean , at 29 years , is getting only mediocre results lately . Lost to Spadea last week , and lost a set to Luczak. Despite this he managed an impressive win against Verdasco . Interesting is the fact that he was here in the qualies , but withdraw from his game , because he was first on the alternate list.
Have met 2 times before, one win for each , the most recent one for Tursunov 4-6 6-4 6-3 on hard in 2006. Tursunov should prouve to be to powerfull for Grosjean , and should easyly win. For those of you more cautious the 1.67 for Tursunov 'swin should be enough.
Tursunov 2-0@2.50 sportingbet

Juan Monaco - Michael Llodra

Juan Monaco - Michael Llodra :Monaco -1 game handicap @1.83 sportingbet

I will continue to bet against Llodra because I think he is overestimated. Followed yesterday's match against Lee and he was very solid on serve in the first set, but not special at all in the second.At 4-4 and 30-0 Lee lost 3 points in a row and finished the game with a double fault , giving the victory to Llodra.
An interesting observation is that Llodra has withdrawn from the doubles match with a shoulder injury. This could be true , or could be only a strategy to stay away from unnecesarry effort.
Monaco has done well in the past against left hand players , being 8-2 last season. Also he showed great form against Johansson , winning in two easy sets.
Both had 2 games last night, with Monaco staying only 2 hours and 15 minutes on the field.
Monaco has impressed me last season on hard against Djokovic , showing a lot a of improvement, and although he is still considered being a better clay player, has rised his game a lot on this surface.

I will go against the player with 9 games in the last 7 days, and choose Monaco to win with -1 game handicap @1.83 at sportingbet

Andy Murray -Marat Safin

Andy Murray -Marat Safin : Murray 2-0@1.75 centrebet

Not much to say about Safin in the last years, he has become a top 50 almost mediocre player. Murray on the other hand is rising his potential year by year, and I predict he will finish in to 8 this season. Had an injury last season that kept him away for 2 months , but has completely recovered and is now ready to win. Watched his game against hot Wawrinka 3 days ago and he was great. His service was always strong, always there when he needed it.Andy showed he has grown up in the last period and seems to think better every ball.He always waited for Stan's mistake and always knew how to transform defensive into offensive.Has a great forehand but still makes a lot of unfforced errors.
This tournament is only demonstrative , but Murray always performed well in this type or tournaments, even defeating Murray last year here, in two sets.
Don't know how Safin prepared for the new season , but I think he doesn't stand a chance in front of the rising star Murray.

Murray 2-0@1.75 centrebet 8/10

Michael Llondra - Hyung Taik Lee

Michael Llondra - Hyung Taik Lee : Lee@2 sportingbet

Odds changed for this game since yesterday , Llondra being now considered the favourite. I think he is a little bit overrated , since his Adelaide victory means only a great win against Nieminen, and a win agasint Simon. He deserves his merit , but I still think the odds are set to low for him , putting to much importance to his late succes.
Lee has done a great job in the past agaisnt service volley players like Llondra, and has also a positive record agasint left hand players on hard court. I always appreciated Lee because we is hard working and never gives up. Has a strong service , and is decent in long rallies.
They have mever met again.

I'll stick to my intuition and will choose Lee to win this @2 at sportingbet

Carlos Moya - Stefan Koubek

Carlos Moya - Stefan Koubek :Koubek +3.5 game handicap @1.85 gamebookers

Moya had an extremely demanding game against Nadal 2 days ago 7-6 6-7 6-7 , and this could be a disadvantage on this side. It's true he had 3 match points agaisnt the allmighty Nadal , but he proved "broken " against Youzhny loosing 6-0 6-1.
Koubek lost in two sets against Ljubicic last week, in the first round , and had plenty of time to recover and prepare this game.

They have met 6 times, 3-3 head to head score, with the last 2 meetings won by Koubek , both of hard court.Even though he has a good overall record against lefties 33-17, he was 1-3 last season, defeating only Verdasco one time.

Moya lost one set last week against Koudriavtsev , who isn't even in top 250.
I think the almost 4 hours encounter agaisnt Nadal , along with his age shoud give Koubek the advantage.

I will not choose the victory , but will be more carefull , Koubek +3.5 game handicap@1.85 gamebokers

Mardy Fish -Gilles Simon

Mardy Fish - Gilles Simon :Fish 2-0@ 2.50 stanjames

First pick from Sydney. We have Fish , who's game is very well suited to hard, and Simon who can be described as a claycourter.

Fish already played 4 single games this season at Hopman, only loosing hard to Djokovic in a 3 set thriller 6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(4) .Is 15-9 on hard courts last season , and 6-3 here at Sydney. Has a a trong service , that helps him win easy points, and should make the difference.

Simon lost in the first round at Adelaide 7-3 6-3 in front of Llondra . Only managed to reach the second round at a tournament on hard court 2 times in this last 10 tournaments he participated in.He is 7-9 on hard court last season. His poor performances on hard courts are comming from the fact that he has a weak service , his game beeing more suited for clay where he is more solid from the baseline, and is strong in long rallies.

If everything goes normal , Fish should win easily, only being concerned if he will drop a set.
The odds are very good, so I choose

Fish 2-0@2.50 stanjames