Update: They started priced at 2.00. Blockx served first. The first 3 games were holds with no break points. Hanfmann served at 1-2 and went 15-40 behind. I laid Blocks at 1.56. Hanfmann recovered to hold. I removed all liability at 1.95, leaving the green on Hanfmann.
The next 3 games were holds. Before Hanfmann served at 3-4, he had a medical time out to deal with a cut on his knee which was caused by a fall. The Blockx price dropped from 1.71 to 1.51 because of the medical timeout. I placed a small lay at 1.51 Despite Hanfmann holding serve to get to 4-4, the market didn’t bounce back as he seemed to be struggling.
The next 2 games were holds. The market remained low on Blocks. My liability was low so I waited for a chance to get out at a better price. I would probably have been wiser to hedge for the profit that I had from the earlier trade.
Blocks served at 5-5, Blocks was taken to deuce and his price hit 1.75. I hedged. He was taken to deuce twice but did not face a break point.
Hanfmann then held to 0 to take the set into a tie break. Blockx took a 5-0 lead in the tie break and won it 7-2.
I wasn’t really interested in the second set. I would not have laid Blockx at the start of the second set anyway but when Hanfmann was broken tin the first game, I left the match alone after that.
Hanfmann wasn’t really competitive in the set. His best effort was taking Blockx to deuce in the second game. Blockx got a late break to get to 5-2 and easily served out the match.
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