Llodra v Seppi: Llodra leads the head to heads 3-0, however they were all on hard courts. He is poor on clay and has lost his last 5 matches on the dirt. Seppi won the title in Serbia last week and reached the quarter finals the week before. That means he has played a lot [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Daily match picks category.
Madrid Open 2012, Monday
So we get our first look at the new blue clay surface in Madrid. How does this change things? Well I had to find a new colour for the background…. Domingues Lino v Cetkovska: They have played twice before, both time on clay. Cetkovska won them both. Cetkovska is the better player here but [...]
Sunday 6th May – The Finals
BMW Open Cilic v Kohlschreiber: Kohlschreiber leads the head to heads 4-3. In their last 6 matches the winner has alternated. Cilic won their last match which was in March last year on an indoor hard court. They have played twice on clay and won a match each. Cilic’s win came at this venue in [...]
May 4th 2012
Haas v Baghdatis: Former world number 2 Tommy Haas knocked out Tsonga 6-1, 6-4 in the last round. In round 1 he beat Berrer in straight sets for the loss of just 2 games. He’s obviously thriving in front of his home crowd and turning the clock back a little. Baghdatis has had a little [...]
May 3rd 2012
Istomin v J Sousa Sousa plays almost exclusively on clay and spends a lot of his time on the Challenger tour. Last month he won a title and had another quarter final appearance. Istomin had a good win over Mathieu in the last round after 3 first round exits on the clay. Istomin used to [...]
Members homepage
A couple of new things on the home page. Firstly there’s a video showing the settings I use on the Geeks Toy. This also shows what the TradeShark Hedge tool does. Secondly there is an announcement about the members chatroom that I would ask all members to read.
May 2nd 2012
Dodig v Seppi: They have played just once before which was in October 2010 on a hard court. Seppi won that match in 3 sets. Dodig’s last few matches on clay haven’t been impressive. He has a great deal of ability and its frustrating when he doesn’t deliver consistently. He did take Verdasco to 3 [...]
May 1st 2012
Zheng v Makarova: They have never played. Both are playing their first match for over a month and also the first on clay for a while. Zheng did well in Miami and beat Kerber in straight sets. She reached the third round where she was beaten by Cibulkova. She reached the 4th round of the [...]
Monday 30th April 2012
Govortsova v Suarez Navarro: The head to heads are 1-1 with Govortsova winning their only previous clay court match at the French open 2010. Suarez Navarro has been in decent form and reached the semi finals in Barcelona earlier this month. Govortsova reached the quarter finals in that event but then lost very weakly the [...]
Tips service – April results
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