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York 4.55 Secretinthepark. 20/1 bet365

8.00 Roscommon - Bective Cave 16/1@Williamhill

OMG, 3 Winners and a second

Should have been braver and backed the straight sets but I never imagined Serena could be so dismal. As well as Halep played, Serena was terrible - even worse than last year. UE after UE after UE. If that was me I'd be a bit embarrassed, and I'd also be a bit embarrassed if I was one of Serena's previous opponents in this tournament. She is so obviously lacking in fitness and limited in movement that it makes a bit of mockery of the sport that she can just show up for the big tournaments and make the final like she's done in 3 out of the last 5 Slams.

Henryville 3.35 Newton Abbot - 20/1 Bet365

Fri 3.00 - bet365 Trophy My tried & trusted method for whittling down big fields ........ youngest 2 ages which in this case is 4 and 5 year olds, a Distance win, race fit ............ and then if I still have too many, trainers in form and whim Left me with 3 Secret Advisor 13/2 Kings Advice 12/1 Time To Study 20/1 all prices bet365

Gale Force Maya 4.50 Carlise (Win 9/1 Bet365) The way Gale Force Maya finished to win at Pontefract (1st May) was impressive. Since then his trainer M Dods has been running him over 7f which is clearly too far. Back to six furlongs I am expecting a much improved performance.

Unforgetable 1.30 Fairyhouse (E.Way 13/2 Bet365) Costing £425k, Unforgetable will be anything but. She made a very pleasing debut when third of seventeen runners. She did everything right that day and would have definitely won, but for being blocked twice. She was very unlucky. Remember this horse. Lol

You are right. But I don't think something totally unexpected happened this time

410na doctor look here 9/1 coral

3.35 Newton Abbot HENRYVILLE 1pt win 9/1 Ladbrokes BOG

at a wedding today so no more picks. Tried to check most matches. about £150 i think yesterday. one of these might have started already, sorry. More important things to focus on

13.45 Ascot - Tis Marvellous 1 Pt Win @ 11\2 bet365

I think it may be worth pursuing but it could be something to do with the time of year, the early 2yo's have had there time and now we are seeing better animals making their debuts. I do think once a 2yo makes the frame on debut they are automatically made very short by the bookies next time out, very poor value. Punters think they are bound to improve for a run but they could have been ready first time out and therefore are unlikely to progress much further. Breeze Up's and Barrier Trial horses are guilty of this, they are fit first time up and will often only then improve for a step up in trip. We get very little info on Barrier Trials by the way.

Rafael Nadal to beat Roger Federer @ 1.68 From reports that I have read, the courts are playing slower than usual, which has and will benefit Nadal. Besides Kyrgios, Nadal has more-or-less demolished his opponents, including the big server Sam Querrey, who is not bad on grass. On the other hand, Federer has had a few lapses, losing a set each to Harris and Nishikori. A better player than Nishikori (i.e. Nadal) could have won that QF I reckon. Based on the form in this tournament, I reckon Nadal is in a better shape than Federer.

My Predictions for the QF: Federer vs Nishikori under 40.5 Games @ 1.4 with bet365 If both players play as they did so far, i dont think that nikishori even gets one set and in case he does and wins with a break, i think Roger will win one set at least with two breaks which comes in favor of the under games. Although Nishikori played a pretty good tournament, he showed against Kukushkin that he is vulnerable when the opponent gets persistent with the shots, which roger should execute mercilessly as we saw against berrettini and pouille. Nadal vs Querrey Win Nadal and over 32.5 Games @ 2 with bet365 Due to Querrey being a good server i think that Nadal wont smash like 6-2 6-3 6-2 or somethink like that. It will be longer sets with a possible tie break which could lead Querrey to win a set but in total i dont think that Querrey will be able to break Nadal often and Nadal as a good Returner should get the possibility of a break more often. Djokovic vs Goffin Djokovic to win in straight Sets @ 1,5 with bet365 Since the last game i think that djokovic is fully in his game and reached his peak with good recovery time while goffin had more struggle in his journey even if his perfomance wasnt inconsistent or whatsoever. We saw that his Capability against big opponents like Federer lacks though losing the second set 6-1 in Halle few Weeks ago. I dont think that the result will be much more different with Novak Agut vs Pella , Agut Win @ 1.2 with bet365 Agut is one of the players i trust the most in this GS. He never lost a set even against tougher opponents and has a solid baseline game which will be the key for me in this game to force pella to do mistakes. Considering the exhaustion of Pella who had 10 full power sets in the last two games I think the more experienced Agut will have at least a 3-1 win against Pella.

4 more picks.

four more. Don't take less than evens for Kozlova. Should get it early in play.

Peter Wright wins. Lovely little title there for Peter who has now 2 wins and a final in the last 3 years here.

1535 Stratford Chieftains Choice 11/1 each way SkyBet ty

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some of today's

9 meetings on Saturday! 235 Ch: Come On Leicester 7/2 420 Ch: Bit Of A Quirke 5/2 750 Sal: Singing The Blues 100/30 835 H: Ishebayorgrey 4/1 Lucky 15 EW bets 440 Nm: Ten Sovereigns 9/1 400 As: Suedois 12/1 Have a good weekend, dont forgot the Grand Prix!!

A very difficult year started for the forest. A year-long landmark for the reds. Owner Marinakis has big plans for the team. The fatman is maniac with red and white colors. Both teams Olympiakos piraeus and nottingham forest can easily support economically from him. First priority a much better CITY GROUND and a strong team to fight for promotion. The new season started with Martin o`Neil as manager. After many days irish manager fired for only one reason in my opinion. Because the irish manager played the classic and predictable English growth in the field. So the team management took the decision to risk a French coach Lamouchiu with a different mentality in the play game without experience in the category but with passion for distinction. Coming nice transfers like adomah and Ameobi and Muric and three players from Benfica with big promises. For me the forest frontline this year is great and powerfull with Ameobi, Grabban, Loolley and Adomah and with Carvalho ready in small chronical time. The problem about Carvalho is the Fortunis injured at Olympiakos and maybe the portugal player coming in Piraeus. Generally i wait a big fighting and killing team this season but i have some objections for the midfield line. Today have a friendly game at my city Peristeri, Greeece against Atromitos and i will see Nottingham closely. Atromitos has a nice team the last years. The style of the team is defensive with counter attacks and today Nottingham has a nice opportunity to check the attack line and offensive systems.

Dr Simpson returns after a break today at Chester [2.00] Looks a tough novice but horse is fancied, currently 13-8

I'm not brave enough to back the straight sets win, but I am going to back Halep at 2.74 on the exchanges. That's too big in my book.

He's got a chance. Novak wont like it that the crowd will largely be rooting for Federer and that could have a big impact.

King's Command is straight up to a Group 2 tomorrow at Newmarket [2.55] Currently 5-2

Well, Williams has a history of choking as well, she choked against both Osaka and Kerber with a lot on the line last year. And she's still really salty about the Osaka loss from what I've read.

Newmarket: 3.35 Veracious please. Thanks.

Czech punter has already answered your question above, Owenclass

I'd think again - she may well win but it's worth bearing in mind that Halep is similar to Kerber - who beat Serena in last year's final as an underdog (and in straight sets) - in that she's a great defender. As I mentioned when I punted on Goerges to beat Serena earlier in the tournament, she can be beaten if she's moved around the court and Halep certainly has the game to do that. I expect her to also utilise the drop shot as another way to keep Serena from getting into the kind of rhythm that she likes. If Halep can keep the ball in-play, move Serena from one side of the court to the other and also successfully employ the drop shot I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a straight sets win for the Romanian.

The first race at Ffos Las is stronger than the one Bletchley Castle won at Southwell, but he is dropping down in trip which is crucial as I think he would struggle to win over 3m in this grade. It isn't certain he will get an easy lead here, but then he didn't make all the running at Southwell and it certainly won't be like Stratford where he got hindered by the standing start in a big field round a tight track. As his owner mentioned in the interview after the win his jumping seems to be improving with practice and there hasn't been a sign of him making the sort of blunder that he made at Huntingdon in the two rules runs since. That means I think he is improving and I think he's got a decent chance of being up to winning in this higher grade. Drunraven Bowl winner Pink Eyed Pedro has been backed into favouritism at the time of writing this after he won a novice hurdle at Worcester on Monday. I do think he is the main danger and I have had a saver on him at 9/4, but the nagging thing in the back of my mind is the fact he couldn't win a handicap off a much lower mark last year. He was also 4th over hurdles here two starts back off a 5lbs lower mark. That novice hurdle on Monday took little winning after the odds on favourite ran way below par so I don't think he achieved an awful lot. I do think the Chepstow win showed that he is an improved horse though as he beat the right horse easily that night so he could be up to winning off this mark, but I would have the two of them the other way round in the betting.

£186 yesterday in the end. A few nice priced underdogs winning early on gave it a good start. Total staked: £6592 Profit: £721.24 ROI: 10.9%

2:25 Newmarket, Platinum Star @8/1 Bet365

1 more for this evening. @OddsPredictor, i have checked the ROI etc, i keep updating it but there are bets outstanding and winning so will do a proper total in the morning but it's basically £6590 total staked, £850 profit and ROI of just under 13%. Actually that's with the stakes included for the three matches not currently finished. So slightly higher ROI.

I like Querrey's chances of taking at least 1 set, and most probably on a TB. He actually leads Nadal 4-1 on TBs in their previous matches so I've taken a bet on big Sam winning the first set 7-6 at big odds (10.5 on betfair).

NR Catterick 5:30 - Mr Strutter 8/1 E/W William Hill

Bautista Agut (-5.5) v Pella @ 1.65 with SportingBet Bautista-Agut has somewhat slipped under the radar at this tournament. He has not dropped a set this tournament and has breezed through to the quarter-finals. His opponent, Guido Pella, came back from 2-0 against Raonic and might be feeling the effects of a 5-setter. In addition, Bautista-Agut has a 2-0 against Pella, and in many of the sets he won against Pella, he won 6-1 or 6-0.

Australia v England Alex Carey has been in good form despite batting at no. 7 In the last 2 games he has scored 85 v South Africa (2nd only to warner) and 71 v New Zealand (2nd to Khawaja). With injuries to Khawaja and possibly Stoinis i'm hoping that he is moved up the order which will give him more time. The Aussies say they won't do this but they wouldn't tell us if they were thinking of doing this (witness the attempts at mind games). I think that he is overpriced and have backed him to be top Aussie batsman at 14/1 with betfred (16/1 with blacktype).

Good luck today Off to Kempton tonight, and will have a small interest in these four 6.15-Bullington Boy @ 8-1 7.15-Tambourine Girl @ 2-1 7.45-Blazon @ 9-2 8.15-Victory Chime @ 9-2

I have had crazy prices win inplay with some good results.

17.45 Kempton - Fortune and Glory - 1 Pt Win @ 5\1 Whill

YTD 2-3 at -0.05 units. Next picks: 1-Svitolina over Halep at +180 on 5 dimes - 5 unit bet 2-Strycova over Serena at +325 on 5 dimes - 1 unit bet I think Svitolina wins the whole thing most likely. Her first legit shot at a slam and Halep's simple ways won't work against her variety and hunger. Hoping strycova can continue and Serena shows up like she sometimes can...stale:) GL!

5 meetings on Tuesday 315 P: Billesdon Brook 11/4 bet365 Won last time out when she was dropped in class and this doesnt look that much tougher to me. She is very useful on her day and will take all the beating here. 345 P: Tommy Taylor 5/2 bet365 Back to form last time out and a repeat of that effort will be good enough here. 640 B: Kachumba 11/4 betvic No show last time but may have just needed it, C/D winner and must go close.

Barbora Strycova to beat Konta 2/1 paddy power I can see this happening as she is a better player on grass and Konta will have the pressure of making another grand slam semi final

We are dropping Fantasy Football mate, no reason we cant have a social head to head league or something between us. I'll send some invites out nearer the time.

20:20 Windsor: Global Hunter @ 5/1 Bet365