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Smiles Tennis

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  1. 2 hours ago, Swami said:

    Good call. Every time I watch Mirra Andreeva playing I see her becoming a good player… but the “next big thing”? I don’t think so… she might find some space in the contemporary WTA, which is in general very low quality in comparison with the past decades, but nothing more

    She'll be a comfortable top 20 player and win a few trophies along the way, probably a slam at some point as she's so young and is decent with so much time on her side. 

  2. I am going for:

    Cocciaretto to beat Sun - 1.81 with Pinnacle 

    Sun plays lower level tennis and shouldn't be this low against a top 70 player in a grand slam. In 13 matches against the current top 100 going back to May 2022 she's won 2. Against Boulter indoors and against a very out of form Blinkova in September. 

    Gadecki to beat Stephens - 2.82 with Pinnacle

    Gadecki had a tight first set against Rybakina before going three sets with Qinwen, she's at home and will have the crowd behind her against someone who only turns up half the time. Stephens should be favourite but 1.53 is too short for me. 

    Minnen to beat Tauson - 3.09 with Pinnacle

    Tauson has only one victory against someone in the top 150 in her last 12 matches. Her last 5 defeats have come against players ranked 123, 235, 118, 371 and 526. She also hates the heat and her fitness takes a back seat when it's hot. I don't see how she's 1.41. 

    Yuan to beat Boulter - 2.44 with Pinnacle

    Yuan has played much more on hardcourt than Boulter. Boulter lost in R1 last week while Yuan reached the SF in Hobart beating Putintseva, Sloane, Xinyu and Podoroska on the way. Her last two defeats were against Navarro and Martic who are much better than Boulter. Last year she finished reaching 4 finals in a row (some at lower level) so should be confident. 

    Boulter should have the edge but not by this much. 

  3. Colina - M. Lourdes Carle to beat D. Parry - 2.57 with Pinnacle

     

    Parry was on a 7 match losing streak before dropping down to 25k level to build some confidence, reached the SF but lost to #280, then played a 60k and lost in the final to #224 so she's not at her highest level yet. Lourdes Carle has won 8 of her last 10 matches, all on clay, winning a 40k title in the process. 

    Parry might have the edge but she's a bit short for me on current form. 

  4. 6 minutes ago, four-leaf said:

    Well then don't recommend people betting on it then. It's a pretty big difference between me posting Ben Shelton winning in 2 sets last sunday at 3.10 and you posting Donna or Daria to win today because I could quarantee Shelton winning in 2.

    You can't guarantee anything.  I don't recommend people bet my bets, I just share them.  People can do what they want. 

     

  5. 18 minutes ago, four-leaf said:

    As you could expect of all matches from Zhuhai today, very tight. I can agree that the odds are favoring one player too much when it is as we see, really 50/50 but if you could turn the odds around it would feel much better for me if someone says this isn't 50/50. It's a clear case of Donna or Daria to be winners. So @Smiles Tennis I rather prefer if you say it's more a case of the wrong favorite since nobody likes to bet on something that's 50/50 in everyones eyes.

    I didn't think it was the wrong favourite.  I just didn't think Zheng should be a low as 1.3. 

    Zheng will probably win,  but the amount of times Vekic would win this at this price would be profitable. 

  6. 3 minutes ago, four-leaf said:

    As always between top players it's a fine margin between the winner and the loser

    I agree. And that's why I often think odds should be closer than they are and I back the underdog. 

    And in regards to your previous comment,  the bookies set those odds because of the amount of money that gets bet on the players at certain prices let's them know whether the player should have a better chance of winning than what they've priced it as. 

     

    I see the first of my hopeful bets just won,  Kasatkina at 2.7. I thought that was too high and the match would be closer.  This time she won.  😁

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