ATP - Vienna, Stockholm & Moscow (10/9 - 10/15)

[coreyschucky]

BA-CA Tennis Trophy - Vienna, Austria - Indoors, Hard

http://www.ba-ca-tennistrophy.at/

If Stockholm Open - Stockholm, Sweden - Indoors, Hard

http://www.stockholmopen.se/

ATP Kremlin Cup - Moscow, Russia - Indoors, Carpet

http://www.kremlincup.ru/index-eng.html


Good Luck to All!!!!

[Horatio]

as an underdog to Paradorn...am tempted. Any thought C Note?:gulp:

ALSO: liking Wawrinka over Cilic...

[coreyschucky]

Just a note. We are coming up to the end of the season there is major fighting to finish in this season's top 8 to enter the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai in November.

Players guaranteed to Qualify:

1. Roger Federer
2. Rafael Nadal
3. Ivan Ljubicic
4. David Nalbandian
5. Nikolay Davydenko
6. Andy Roddick

Battle for Final 2 Spots:

7. Tommy Robredo 2245
8. James Blake 2240
9. Marcos Baghdatis 2066
10. Fernando Gonzalez 1850
11. Tomas Berdych 1830
12. Radek Stepanek 1785

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by Horatio
as an underdog to Paradorn...am tempted. Any thought C Note?:gulp:

ALSO: liking Wawrinka over Cilic...

Tempted but going to leave it alone. That match will certainly have 1 break in it and end probably with 1 or 2 TB's. I like Wawrinka as well.

[coreyschucky]

Probably going to have more but I'm starting with these.

Monday

Stockholm

10* Robin Soderling (-535) Over Christophe Rochus - 12:30 PM

Vienna

10* Fernando Gonzalez (-455) Over Gilles Simon - 8:00 AM
10* Dominik Hrbaty (-320) Over Simone Bolelli - 10:45 AM
1* Florian Mayer (-580) Over Alessio Di Mauro - 2:00 PM

Moscow

2* Temuraz Gabashvili (-101) Over Gilles Muller - 10:00 AM


Good Luck to All!!!!

[coreyschucky]

Monday

Stockholm

10* Olivier Rochus (-260) Over Vincent Spadea - 8:00 AM

Vienna

10* Stanislas Wawrinka (-240) Over Marin Cilic - 8:30 AM


Good Luck to All!!!!

[vazman05]

corey-im having problems logging into 5dimes, both at home and here on campus...whats there backup site..thanks!!

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by vazman05
corey-im having problems logging into 5dimes, both at home and here on campus...whats there backup site..thanks!!

main site is having problems

www.propbet.com

[coreyschucky]

Monday

Stockholm

10* Oliver Marach (-210) Over Rainer Eitzinger - 10:15 AM


Good Luck to All!!!!

[coreyschucky]

Rochus won 6-3, 6-4!!!!
Wawrinka won 6-4, 6-1!!!!
Gonzalez won 7-6, 6-4!!!!
Marach won 2-6, 7-5, 7-6!!!!
Gabashvili won 7-6, 6-3!!!!
Soderling won 6-1, 6-2!!!!
Hrbaty won 6-2, 6-4!!!!
Mayer won 6-2, 6-0!!!!

Vienna, Stockholm & Moscow: 8-0 (+63 units)


Good Luck to All!!!!

[paco-g]

Nice start to the week! keep it up!

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by paco-g
Nice start to the week! keep it up!

Thanks paco...Will try to...Will be around till Thursday so hopefully I'll be able to squeeze out a nice little profit.

[coreyschucky]

Tuesday

Challenger Series: Rennes, France

10* Jerome Haehnel (-188) Over Torsten Popp - 6:00 AM\

Challenger Series: Barcelona, Spain

10* Federico Luzzi (-300) Over Toni Baldellou - 5:15 AM
10* Giorgio Galimberti (-170) Over Juan Albert Viloca - 6:45 AM


Good Luck to All!!!!

[coreyschucky]

I'm probably going to go nuts during the Ljubo match but I gotta think he has alot of motivation. He has not qualified yet for the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai and he's got alot of points to defend here as he won the tournament last year. Ljubo is in need of some major confidence and I hope he gets it. I might have one or two more tomorrow morning.

Tuesday

Moscow

10* Fernando Verdasco (-180) Over Daniele Bracciali - 5:15 AM
10* Jiri Novak (-240) Over Robin Vik - 9:15 AM
2* Igor Kunitsyn (-120) Over Rainer Schuettler - 4:00 AM

Stockholm

10* Feliciano Lopez (-255) Over Juan Monaco - 7:00 AM
5* Kristof Vliegen (-111) Over Nicolas Massu - 7:00 AM

Vienna

20* Ivan Ljubicic (-422) Over Agustin Calleri - 11:15 AM
10* Stefan Koubek (-210) Over Denis Gremelmayr - 9:45 AM




Good Luck to All!!!!

[coreyschucky]

Fucking Verdasco.

Verdasco lost 7-6, 4-6 (Verdasco retired)
Kunitsyn won 6-3, 6-2!!!!
Lopez match VOID (Monaco retired at 1-2)
Vliegen won 6-2, 6-4!!!!
Koubek won 6-1, 6-0!!!!
Novak lost 4-6, 3-6
Luzzi won 6-1, 6-1!!!!
Haehnel lost 6-7, 5-7
Galimberti lost 5-7, 0-6

Vienna, Stockholm & Moscow: 11-2 (+41 units) with 1 still pending
Challenger Series: 1-2 (-25.8 units)


Good Luck to All!!!!

[coreyschucky]

Tuesday

Vienna

5* Sebastian Grosjean (-480) Over Lukasz Kubot - 11:30 AM
3* Marcos Baghdatis (-525) Over Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo - 12:45 PM


Good Luck to All!!!!

[coreyschucky]

Added 10 more units to Ljubo but this is at -370...I divided the two prices.

Tuesday

Stockholm

3* Joachim Johansson (-138) Over Davide Sanguinetti - 2:30 PM


Good Luck to All!!!!

[Horatio]

cashes!!!! Yesssss:prtytme: :prtytme:

ALSO: in Moscow, this report to keep in mind :

Marat Safin also won easily on the new carpet at the Olympic Indoor Stadium, beating Nicolas Mahut of France 6-3, 6-4.

"It's a fast surface," said Safin, who had 12 aces. "The one who serves better will win the tournament."

[coreyschucky]

Shitty day.

Grosjean lost 4-6, 3-6
Johansson won 6-4, 6-4!!!!
Ljubicic won 7-6, 6-2!!!!
Baghdatis won 6-3, 3-6, 6-4!!!!

Vienna, Stockholm & Moscow: 14-3 (+43 units)
Challenger Series: 1-2 (-25.8 units)


Good Luck to All!!!!

[coreyschucky]

:cross: my fingers about today. I have a really good feeling about Wednesday's plays. Just to note I played against Srichaphan cause right now he has to qualify for Madrid and qualifying starts in a couple of days. As far as I know Johansson isn't in yet and although I played Vliegen I think he's assured of a MD spot due to withdrawals. Despite this match being in Johansson's home country more is on the line for Blake as he needs a deep run to continue holding onto his TMC spot in Shanghai. Remember all these factors are really starting to come in bigtime now. I haven't played anything for Vienna yet. Those will probably come in the morning.

Monday

Stockholm

10* Kristof Vliegen (-185) Over Frank Dancevic - 7:00 AM
10* Olivier Rochus (-150) Over Paradorn Srichaphan - 8:15 AM
10* Simon Greul (-230) Over Ervin Eleskovic - 8:15 AM
10* James Blake (-330) Over Thomas Johansson - 12:30 PM

Moscow

10* Evgeny Korolev (-358) Over Denis Istomin - 11:45 AM
1* Max Mirnyi (-275) Over Kevin Kim - 5:45 AM

Challenger Series: Rennes, France

10* Thierry Ascione (-230) Over Konstantinos Economidis - 6:00 AM


Good Luck to All!!!!

[Horatio]

good point on who needs these more in order to qualify for the year end tourney. Unfortunately, I am not sure that Blake reacts well to pressure. I may skip his match. The list you put up earlier is a good thing to keep in mind...
GL:gulp:

[coreyschucky]

Actually it was a bit wrong. The only two to qualify so far were Federer and Nadal. The others still have a shot. As for Blake I think it's more that Johansson has barely played due to his eye injury and that he probably will have to qualify for Madrid next week. Blake needs to make the QF's here to continue to keep up his good ranking. Next week will be difficult for him so he needs to get as many pts this week as he can.

[coreyschucky]

Here's the list...Keep in mind as players withdraw they get replaced by guys on the list.

Qualy Entry List for Madrid:

1 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 24 - Lost already this week
2 Srichaphan, Paradorn THA 41
3 Johansson, Thomas SWE 42
4 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 44
5 Simon, Gilles FRA 46 - Lost already this week
6 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 47
7 Benneteau, Julien FRA 48
8 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 49
9 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 50
10 Martin, Alberto ESP 51
11 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 52
12 Clement, Arnaud FRA 54
13 Fish, Mardy USA 55 - Lost already this week
14 Horna, Luis PER 56
15 Mirnyi, Max BLR 58
16 Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 60 - Lost already this week
17 Serra, Florent FRA 61
18 Gicquel, Marc FRA 62
19 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 63
20 Bracciali, Daniele ITA 65

[Horatio]

GONZO over Moya. Am I overlooking something. 3-2 lifetime, but Gonzo has more on the line and has a better game for this surface it would seem to me. ...-210...also Haas over Hrbaty -20.6 ..I guess both are a bit tighter than one would believe on first glance.Haas has a lousy recent record against the Dominator but sheesh, not sure why. (Unfortunately, indoors helps with that wild high toss Dominator uses.:gulp:

[coreyschucky]

I like Gonzo and that's one I'll probably be playing. haas scares me a bit. he made the match with fischer today alot tougher then it should be. i can easily see 3 sets there. i haven't seen the line on roddick but i would imagine it's somewhere around -300 and i think he'll dispose of chucho.

[Horatio]

Haas is a DNP type player for me.He and Safin always get me, lured by their talent, then burned by their heads. Maybe cancel out that one. He is not worth the aggravation.If Roddick is reasonably priced, I am going with him as well. :gulp:

[coreyschucky]

Bjorkman is doing one of the ATP blogs this week and after yesterday's match he said he didn't really feel to well and that he might have caught a cold from his wife and child. Plus he said he did not think the surface speed favored him.

Wednesday

Stockholm

10* Robin Soderling (-380) Over Jonas Bjorkman - 10:30 AM


Good Luck to All!!!!

[Horatio]

May bite on Blake. See where Roddick is priced outta my range (-580)...GL:gulp:

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by Horatio
May bite on Blake. See where Roddick is priced outta my range (-580)...GL:gulp:

I agree that price is outrageous on Roddick. No need to play that there. Only adding Gonzalez. Was tempted on Melzer but I'll leave that be.

[Horatio]

was tempted by Melzer but too much cash in play to make another bet on him.Apparently others were tempted as well as the line went down. I will kick myself if he wins but so it goes. Haas apparently went down in 3 (6-0 in the third, what a joke that is).Thanks for talking me outta playing him!:gulp:

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by Horatio
was tempted by Melzer but too much cash in play to make another bet on him.Apparently others were tempted as well as the line went down. I will kick myself if he wins but so it goes. Haas apparently went down in 3 (6-0 in the third, what a joke that is).Thanks for talking me outta playing him!:gulp:

Horatio - did you see what happened with Lee this morning. Facing a guy ranked in the 500's Kravchuk opened as the fave and moved to like -250. Supposedly he took a HUGE dive in that match. He was purposely making errors and was barely moving on the court. What a shame.

[coreyschucky]

Wednesday

Vienna

10* Fernando Gonzalez (-250) Over Carlos Moya - 1:45 PM


Good Luck to All!!!!

[coreyschucky]

Vliegen won 3-6, 6-3, 6-4!!!!
Mirnyi won 6-0 (Kim retired)!!!!
Ascione won 6-3, 7-6!!!!
Greul won 6-4, 6-2!!!!
Rochus won 6-2, 6-7, 6-2!!!!
Soderling won 6-0, 6-2!!!!
Blake won 6-3, 6-2!!!!
Korolev won 7-6, 6-7, 6-3!!!!
Gonzalez won 6-3, 6-4!!!!

Vienna, Stockholm & Moscow: 22-3 (+114 units)
Challenger Series: 2-2 (-15.8 units)


Good Luck to All!!!!

[vazman05]

its been great tailing ya this week corey!!! keep it up man!:yeah: :gulp:

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by vazman05
its been great tailing ya this week corey!!! keep it up man!:yeah: :gulp:

Thanks hopefully it'll continue today

[vazman05]

corey-any read on the nadal match?? i think i am going to make a play on nadal, but i am kinda second guessing myself...any opinion or leans??

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by vazman05
corey-any read on the nadal match?? i think i am going to make a play on nadal, but i am kinda second guessing myself...any opinion or leans??

JJ's serve is just flat out amazing. Besides that he doesn't have much game. Nadal should beat him but honestly I'm scared of that match. Line is not high and Nadal is heading home next week so I wouldn't be shocked to see JJ beat him. Still Nadal handled Phillippoussis awhile back which is a very similar player to PimPim. Nadal will probably win in 2 close sets. If one set goes to a TB I think JJ will take it.

[recovering77]

Yea I was wondering about the Nadal match myself. I've got a couple of units on a Lubicic Nadal Parlay.

Listen ot this though, so I'm browsing through tennis lines on 5 dimes, and I see Bjorkman line, the other guy is like -400, then I'm like didn't I just see a score of 5-0 on this web site for that match? I check another site to make sure, but this match is currently going on right now, and Bjorkman just lost the first set 6-0. So I quickly slipped in a 5 unit play on the other Soderling. Hopefully this is not a setup, cuz as soon as the first set ended, the line was taken off the site. Also, Bjorkman is about to take the first game of the second set.

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by recovering77
Yea I was wondering about the Nadal match myself. I've got a couple of units on a Lubicic Nadal Parlay.

Listen ot this though, so I'm browsing through tennis lines on 5 dimes, and I see Bjorkman line, the other guy is like -400, then I'm like didn't I just see a score of 5-0 on this web site for that match? I check another site to make sure, but this match is currently going on right now, and Bjorkman just lost the first set 6-0. So I quickly slipped in a 5 unit play on the other Soderling. Hopefully this is not a setup, cuz as soon as the first set ended, the line was taken off the site. Also, Bjorkman is about to take the first game of the second set.

Bjorkman is sick. He caught a cold from his son and wife. He said so in his ATP blog. Plus this surface doesn't suit him. The match went off earlier then expected so 5dimes got caught with there pants down. i have to believe they'll void those wagers. As for the Nadal match it'll be tough. JJ is not easy to break with that huge serve plus he's playing at home. Saying that I think nadal takes it in a tough match. Good Luck!!!!

[recovering77]

Theres sometihng fishy going on today man. I see Kuznetsova as only a -375 favorite, and she gets bitch slapped in straight sets against someone I've never heard of. On 5 dimes, the Nadal matchg has gone from -400 to -395.

My worst nightmare is that I'm risking 5 units with no chance of a return. What if I lose? I don't think they'd refund my money.

[vazman05]

looking at the live scores right now...whats going on with Dmitry Tursunov ....i never even herd of the guy hes going up against LOL...you would think he would wanna take this game as its being played in his homeland of Russia, but its not going that way...

[coreyschucky]

***Warning*** If anyone bet Olivier Rochus this morning on 5Dimes check your account. They've listed the wager as a loss despite the fact that Rochus won. Do check your account and bring it to there attention. I just got off the phone with them and they are going to look into it.

[vazman05]

Originally posted by coreyschucky
***Warning*** If anyone bet Olivier Rochus this morning on 5Dimes check your account. They've listed the wager as a loss despite the fact that Rochus won. Do check your account and bring it to there attention. I just got off the phone with them and they are going to look into it.

my wager on rochus was graded as a WIN...thnx for the heads up though corey!

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by recovering77
Theres sometihng fishy going on today man. I see Kuznetsova as only a -375 favorite, and she gets bitch slapped in straight sets against someone I've never heard of. On 5 dimes, the Nadal matchg has gone from -400 to -395.

My worst nightmare is that I'm risking 5 units with no chance of a return. What if I lose? I don't think they'd refund my money.

Be careful in the Moscow tourney. There have been strange results and rumours of match fixing have come up. Kuzy's loss wasn't to a no name. Kuzy has played alot lately and that could have attributed to her loss. Don't worry about Soderling he's going to win the match. I have extreme confidence that he'll finish bjorkman here this set. As for the Nadal match a 5 dollar price difference isn't much. That means someone bet $100 on Johansson. If the line was to drop around -350 then you know there is money coming in on JoJo.

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by vazman05
looking at the live scores right now...whats going on with Dmitry Tursunov ....i never even herd of the guy hes going up against LOL...you would think he would wanna take this game as its being played in his homeland of Russia, but its not going that way...

Stakhovsky is a good indoor player and Tursunov has played too much tennis lately. Strange results happening in Moscow which makes me think there are some fixed matches there. Stakhovsky though is a decent player and I'm not that suprised there.

[vazman05]

soderling up 3-2 in the 2nd set!! looking good...5dimes hasnt voided my wagres yet either!:thumbs:

[recovering77]

I would never bet big on Tursunov. He is one of the most inconsistent tennis players I have followed for the past few months. He can go far into a tournament, or he can struggle as a -1000-1200 favorite. Then he'll be down 3-0 in the third set of a match, and somehow come back to win, heart attack city with that guy.

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by recovering77
I would never bet big on Tursunov. He is one of the most inconsistent tennis players I have followed for the past few months. He can go far into a tournament, or he can struggle as a -1000-1200 favorite. Then he'll be down 3-0 in the third set of a match, and somehow come back to win, heart attack city with that guy.

Problem with Tursunov he's played ALOT of tennis lately. The guy has as much heart as any player on tour and he's certainly one of my faves. I think he happens to be the more consistent players on tour generally getting deep in almost every tourney he plays in. Like i said before his problem and why he plays alot of 3 setters is the last few months he's played alot of tennis.

Soderling with MP:thumbs:

[recovering77]

Soderling wins, nice, if the wager holds, then I'm gonna hedge a little bit against Nadal. I'm just really scared right now.

[vazman05]

soderling comes through...still waiting for 5dimes to payout...

[Horatio]

Originally posted by coreyschucky
Horatio - did you see what happened with Lee this morning. Facing a guy ranked in the 500's Kravchuk opened as the fave and moved to like -250. Supposedly he took a HUGE dive in that match. He was purposely making errors and was barely moving on the court. What a shame.

Sorry to say, I did see the result and had a hard time digesting it, as I had a unit on the assclown. Tennis may be as corrupt as boxing....:bang: :bang:

[recovering77]

I' still waiting for the payout as well.I think the scores were reported wrong on the Rochus match. ATPtour.com freezes the score at 0-0 in the third set, then livescore.com says its 5-2 Srichiphan. Then 15 mins later its 6-2 rochus.

c'mon ferrero, a non heavy favorite has to win sometime.

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by recovering77
I' still waiting for the payout as well.I think the scores were reported wrong on the Rochus match. ATPtour.com freezes the score at 0-0 in the third set, then livescore.com says its 5-2 Srichiphan. Then 15 mins later its 6-2 rochus.

c'mon ferrero, a non heavy favorite has to win sometime.

I got paid out on Rochus already. What happened in the 3rd set there was a bad connection at the umpires desk and he wasn't able to update the scores. Scores were updated on the Bet and Win site which had live betting on it. The final scoreline was 6-2, 6-7, 6-2 for Rochus.

[vazman05]

just got paid out for all my soderling wagers...none were voided....:yeah:

[recovering77]

just got paidddddd. =)

[coreyschucky]

Wow guys..Congrats on getting that easy win!!!!:thumbs:

[recovering77]

see ya tursonov, with I woulda thrown a lil money on the ML agaisnt him.

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by recovering77
see ya tursonov, with I woulda thrown a lil money on the ML agaisnt him.

It's actually better for Dmitry as he can concentrate on Madrid which is much more important for the rankings.

[Horatio]

Would you mind going over the logic of who needs to do what regarding the point standings?? In other words,who needs to LOSE in order to enhance their position as you state regarding Tursunov... recap what the deal is if you don't mind, as it will be critical about placing bets in the coming days.

Thanks

:gulp:

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by Horatio
Would you mind going over the logic of who needs to do what regarding the point standings?? In other words,who needs to LOSE in order to enhance their position as you state regarding Tursunov... recap what the deal is if you don't mind, as it will be critical about placing bets in the coming days.

Thanks

:gulp:

Rank Name Points "5th Best"
1 Federer 1374 0
2 Nadal 825 0
3 Ljubicic 436 8
4 Roddick 434 8
5 Davydenko 418 24
6 Blake J 396 31
7 Robredo 395 8
8 Nalbandian 370 0

9 Baghdatis 369 3
10 Ancic 348 12
11 Haas 318 20
12 Ferrer 285 4
13 Gonzalez 280 8
14 Stepanek 268 3
15 Berdych 265 5
16 Hewitt 263 8
17 Nieminen 250 15
18 Djokovic 248 3
19 Murray 244 8
20 Ferrero 215 1

Pretty much up to 13 has a legit shot I think for the top 8 but other then that nobody else. Ferrer and Gonzalez are both longshots.

[coreyschucky]

one more for the sweep today...c'mon gonzalez!!!!:thumbs:

[Horatio]

The factor I have been lax in figuring is te defending of points by particular players in particular tournaments. ie, i Tursunov has more at stake due to defending points in an upcoming tourney than he does in one he is currently playing in, naturally he is more likely, not necessarily to tank a match, just not be terribly upset if his losing it makes for more preparation for the more important (to him) tourney...hard to keep track of for me at least, but real important.

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by Horatio
The factor I have been lax in figuring is te defending of points by particular players in particular tournaments. ie, i Tursunov has more at stake due to defending points in an upcoming tourney than he does in one he is currently playing in, naturally he is more likely, not necessarily to tank a match, just not be terribly upset if his losing it makes for more preparation for the more important (to him) tourney...hard to keep track of for me at least, but real important.

Exactly like Blake has no pts to defend this week but I do believe with a good performance he can gain some pts to help him keep his ranking and maybe move up. I'm not totally up on the rankings but I think the most evident thing is do players have to qualify for an upcoming tourney and do they pts to defend from the previous season. It isn't an exact science but it's certainly something to look at. I have to go over it again but let's see who has to play in qualifying this weekend for next weeks tourney and how they've faired this week.

[coreyschucky]

Qualy Entry List for Madrid:

1 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 24 - Lost already this week
2 Srichaphan, Paradorn THA 41 - Lost already this week
3 Johansson, Thomas SWE 42 - Lost already this week
4 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 44
5 Simon, Gilles FRA 46 - Lost already this week
6 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 47 - Lost already this week
7 Benneteau, Julien FRA 48
8 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 49
9 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 50
10 Martin, Alberto ESP 51 - Not playing this week
11 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 52 - Lost already this week
12 Clement, Arnaud FRA 54
13 Fish, Mardy USA 55 - Lost already this week
14 Horna, Luis PER 56 - Not playing this week
15 Mirnyi, Max BLR 58
16 Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 60 - Lost already this week
17 Serra, Florent FRA 61 - Not playing this week
18 Gicquel, Marc FRA 62
19 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 63
20 Bracciali, Daniele ITA 65

[Horatio]

to see who has what at stake in the particular tourney???Does the ATP site provide it??? I should know this stuff by now, but....:bang:

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by Horatio
to see who has what at stake in the particular tourney???Does the ATP site provide it??? I should know this stuff by now, but....:bang:

No they don't provide that info. But if you visit the other forum you know which one generally they keep the info posted in there general message section at the top with who has what at stake for each week.

[coreyschucky]

SWEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!

Great day today 9-0!!!!:thumbs:

[recovering77]

Nadal is sucking right now, wtf is going on?

[Horatio]

has a hell of a serve..not watching but it would cause probs for anyone. Rafa will figure it out I suspect...

Thanks C Note...I got it and will spend some time dealing with it. The announcers routinely mention it, I always wondered where the info was for guys like me...:thumbs:

HELL OF A DAY FOR YA CNOTE!!:prtytme: :prtytme: :prtytme:

[paco-g]

Good work corey, did not get a chance to follow but you killed it today!

[Horatio]

did NOT figure out JoJo's blasting serve apparently...down in straight sets!!:gulp:

[coreyschucky]

Thursday

Stockholm

10* Jarkko Nieminen (-180) Over Marc Gicquel - 7:00 AM
10* David Ferrer (-185) Over Feliciano Lopez - 8:15 AM

Vienna

1* Marcos Baghdatis (-265) Over Stefan Koubek - 1:15 PM

Moscow

10* Fabrice Santoro (-425) Over Konstantin Kravchuk - 5:00 AM
10* Janko Tipsarevic (-145) Over Robin Vik - 5:15 AM
10* Max Mirnyi (-175) Over Julien Benneteau - 6:45 AM


Good Luck to All!!!!

[EdwardHaney]

Good job today! I have Ferrer circled for tomorrow I'll be joining you on that one. Good luck the rest of the week.

[Horatio]

after a 9-0 day, should I fade ya?? LOL!!:gulp:

[emericj]

wow...great job Corey!!!!

[recovering77]

who do you like more chuckey? Ferrer or Niemenan? I'm about to go big on niemenan

[recovering77]

how bout I take niemenan first, and if it looks bad I'll double it on ferrer.

[coreyschucky]

Recovering - sorry i wasn't around. I like Ferrer more. Nieminen was a play on that Gicquel has to play qualifying this weekend for Madrid so I felt he would lose today.

[coreyschucky]

Thursday

Vienna

20* Andy Roddick (-195) Over Richard Gasquet - 11:45 AM

Gasquet struggles with power players. Roddick had a very nice win in his first match while Gasquet struggled a bit against Falla.


Good Luck to All!!!!

[coreyschucky]

Santoro won 6-1, 6-1!!!!
Tipsarevic won 6-4, 6-4!!!!
Nieminen won 6-3, 6-2!!!!
Ferrer lost 6-3, 3-6, 2-6
Mirnyi won 6-2, 2-6, 7-6!!!!

Vienna, Stockholm & Moscow: 26-4 (+135.5 units) with 2 still pending
Challenger Series: 2-2 (-15.8 units)


Good Luck to All!!!!

[recovering77]

I dunno man, Roddick is my favorite player that sucks. This guy is just like Tursunov, you never know which guy is gonna show up. He can also not even scare any of the bigger names either.

P.S. The more I thought about this match, the more I thought it was gonna be another Nadal day. Well hopefully it will be like last last tournament where there was one dya of allllll upsets, then the next day every single favorite won.

Niemenans opponent is pretty old, and I've never heard of him either. I was just betting on his age, cuz old folk can't move well anymore.

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by recovering77
I dunno man, Roddick is my favorite player that sucks. This guy is just like Tursunov, you never know which guy is gonna show up. He can also not even scare any of the bigger names either.

Gasquet is winless against top-10 players this year. He's not great against power players and even an out of form Roddick would give Gaquet fits. Roddick happens to be playing very well right now which is evident in his comfortable win over Acasuso yesterday.

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by Horatio
after a 9-0 day, should I fade ya?? LOL!!:gulp:

That's your choice...lol but I'm going to sweep the board again today. maybe drop 1 but i think another sweep is in the cards. we'll see:cool:

[recovering77]

yay, niemenan won! straight set winnnna. Too bad I didn't get a chance to hedge my Ferrer bet in time.

I usually do a straight bet pretty large on somebody, but I'll throw in a small parlay on the underdog and some heavy favs so in case I lose, I know I have a guaranteed + juice winner.

hopefully this is just a favorite day.

How do you feel about the Clement and Baghdatis matches? I'm loving the play against Baghdatis cuz I don't think he has much to play for just as Nadal yesterday. Clement is not the most dominant player, so I might consider a smallplay against him.

[coreyschucky]

Clement should win but Stakhovsky's serve bothers me in that match. As for Baggy I think he'll win cause Koubek although playing well lately isn't that good of a player. I went really small evident by the 1 unit on baggy. Although Baggy doesn't have much to play for you have to remember he's in the thick of the Tennis masters cup race in which right now he's not in the top 8 and he needs to get deep in every tournament including Vienna which has more pts.

[recovering77]

eww both Mirnyi and Ferrer won their first sets pretty respectively, then both get broken on their first serve second set. too good to be trueeee

[recovering77]

wow, domination, hopefully they both pull it out for the third set, especially Ferrer!

[recovering77]

damn kicking myself for not hedging.

got a unit on the matkowski match to break even.

[coreyschucky]

Yep Ferrer fell apart after the 1st.

[recovering77]

got any plays for later chucky? I might throw one in before I leave.

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by recovering77
got any plays for later chucky? I might throw one in before I leave.

Just Roddick. I'm not playing anything else i have a bunch on him. I heading out to go visit my gilfriend at school so that is probably my last tennis play for the week. I might play one or two but I don't know if i'll have time to post them.

[coreyschucky]

TENNIS MASTERS CUP

October 9, 2006
Masters Cup Spotlight: Seven of Top 10 in Action This Week
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This Week: Vienna, Stockholm, Moscow
Seven of the Top 10 players in the INDESIT ATP 2006 Race standings take the courts at one of three European tournaments this week in an attempt to secure Tennis Masters Cup bids. Six singles spots remain for the prestigious Tennis Masters Cup, to be held at Shanghai’s Qi Zhong Stadium from November 12-19, and less than 90 points separate No. 3 Ivan Ljubicic from No. 10 Mario Ancic in the Race standings.

At the BA-CA Tennis Trophy in Vienna, all eight seeds are among the Top 20 in the INDESIT ATP 2006 Race, led by Ivan Ljubicic (3rd), Andy Roddick (4th), defending Tennis Masters Cup champion David Nalbandian (8th) and Marcos Baghdatis (9th). Roddick trails Ljubicic by two points for third place and both players will need to reach the quarterfinals in order to improve their season point totals. Baghdatis stands just one point behind Nalbandian, who is playing in his first ATP tournament since the US Open. Nalbandian is 25 points shy of No. 7 Tommy Robredo, who is off this week. Nalbandian will need to reach the final to pass the Spaniard.

Novak Djokovic also will look to improve his Tennis Masters Cup bid this week in Vienna, coming in on the heels of the title win at the Open de Moselle in Metz that pushed him up two positions to No. 18 in the Race. The 19-year-old Serb trails No. 8 Nalbandian by 122 points in the Race standings, but has won 18 of his past 22 matches in a run that also includes a runner-up finish in Umag.

Rafael Nadal, who already has clinched a spot in the Tennis Masters Cup, makes his first ATP tournament appearance since the US Open and enters as the top seed at the If Stockholm Open. Defending champion and Stockholm second seed James Blake moved up three spots to No. 6 in the Race standings after capturing the Bangkok title two weeks ago, and will look to keep the players behind him at bay. Blake will net 14 Race points by defending his title this week.

Meanwhile, Nikolay Davydenko could potentially overtake Roddick at No. 4 in the Race standings this week by winning the Kremlin Cup title. Davydenko, who comes back after taking two weeks off for the first time this season, won the Moscow tournament in 2004.

The remaining Top 10 players in the Race standings – Roger Federer, Robredo and Ancic – return to ATP action next week in Madrid. Next week’s winner at the Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid will add 100 Race points to his season total.

Federer made a successful tournament debut at the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships last week by capturing his circuit-best ninth title of the season. In the process, Federer broke his own record for most INDESIT ATP Race points in a season with 1,374 points. Also in Tokyo, Robredo and Ancic each added to their Race totals by reaching the Tokyo quarterfinals. Robredo now stands one point shy of Blake, while Ancic trails No. 8 Nalbandian by 22 points.

Full Race Explanation and Remaining Points


RACE TO SHANGHAI


Pos. Player Points * This Week Next Tournament
1. Roger Federer 1,374 # - Madrid
2. Rafael Nadal 825 # Stockholm Madrid
3. Ivan Ljubicic 436 Vienna Madrid
4. Andy Roddick 434 Vienna Madrid
5. Nikolay Davydenko 418 Moscow Madrid
6. James Blake 396 Stockholm Madrid
7. Tommy Robredo 395 - Madrid
8. David Nalbandian 375 Vienna Madrid
9. Marcos Baghdatis 369 Vienna Madrid
10. Mario Ancic 348 - Madrid
11. Tommy Haas 318 Vienna Madrid
12. David Ferrer 285 Stockholm Madrid
13. Fernando Gonzalez 280 Vienna Madrid
14. Radek Stepanek 268 Vienna Madrid
15. Tomas Berdych 264 Stockholm Madrid
16. Lleyton Hewitt 263 Vienna Madrid
17. Jarkko Nieminen 250 Stockholm Madrid
18. Novak Djokovic 248 Vienna Madrid
19. Andy Murray 244 - Madrid
20. Juan Carlos Ferrero 215 Vienna Madrid

* As of October 10, 2006
# Qualified for Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai.

[coreyschucky]

The INDESIT ATP Race is a calendar-year points race that determines which eight players qualify for the Tennis Masters Cup. At the Tennis Masters Cup players are divided into two round-robin groups based in part on their Race position. Four players ultimately emerge from the round-robin stage to contest the knockout semifinals, with the semifinal winners advancing to the final.

Each player begins the season with zero points and accumulates points based on his performance at 18 tournaments during the year: four Grand Slams and nine ATP Masters Series events plus his five best results at other ATP tournaments.

At Grand Slams and ATP Masters Series tournaments, all results count, even if a player eligible for the main draw loses in the first round or withdraws from the event. So in the countdown to Tennis Masters Cup, performances at the two remaining ATP Masters Series events in Madrid and Paris will count.

However, performances at other ATP events (the International Series) will only count towards a player's Race position if the points earned exceed the points earned from a player's best fifth performance in the International Series in 2006.

For example, at the China Open in Beijing, Nikolay Davydenko earned eight Race points by reaching the quarterfinals. But because his best fifth result (Bastad final in July) was 24 points, Davydenko's Race total did not increase.

Marcos Baghdatis earned 35 Race points for winning the China Open. Because his best fifth result at that time was just one point (Auckland first round loss) his Race total increased by 34 points.

Click here to see how the Top 20 players in the INDESIT ATP Race earned their points in 2006. Please refer to the table below to view the INDESIT ATP Race points available for the rest of the year.

Click here to find out more about how Ranking & Race work.

[recovering77]

in a nutshell chucky? I'm about to go to school myself.

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by recovering77
in a nutshell chucky? I'm about to go to school myself.

if you looked before the two posts i just made i said the last and only play i have left is roddick. i don't like anything else today.

[recovering77]

wtf? what happened? Theres no third set in doubles? omg!

[coreyschucky]

Originally posted by recovering77
wtf? what happened? Theres no third set in doubles? omg!

There hasn't been a 3rd set in doubles all season with the exception of the majors. They adopted a new rule this season in order to increase activity by singles players. There are also no ad games in the first two sets either.

[coreyschucky]

I just wanted to wish everyone Good Luck....Going away for the weekend in just a little bit. Best of luck to everyone and see you all again Sunday!!!!:thumbs:

P.S. GOOOOOO Roddick...Finish off an amazing week!!!!:thumbs:

[Horatio]

and I ponied up heavier due to your hot streak bro. NICE!!!:yeah: :yeah: :prtytme: :prtytme:

Thanks for the great information above as well:very very important to factor in the coming days.Have a GREAT weekend bro!!!!!:thumbs: :thumbs:

[recovering77]

I knew that Baghdatis match was fixed! I watched every point live online. Baghdatis was dominating the first set. He was up 5-0 and won it 6-1, then the other guy takes the next 2.

Well thanks for the Roddick pick dude, that and Baghdatis made me back 3 units, and I'm right where I was at after the Niemenan match, just what I wanted.

Have fun wit ur girl.

[Horatio]

the reports of him having to have treatment for cramps in the alst match made me stay away from him.He seems to have conditioning issues, with cramping in particular.

[paco-g]

Now that was capping a good week!

Keep it up! I have to say your analysis of the matches is superb. Nicely done.