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They should beat a poor Hamilton side but the odds of 1.80 for the away win looks poor value. I think Hearts are being priced here on their home form, which is very good, they tend to be pretty rubbish away from home. I, of course, want them to lose every game they play so would never tip them. 

Reading vs Derby
The 2018/19 Championship season begins this Friday night when Reading play Derby in an 8pm kick-off at the Madejski Stadium. It will be a clash of two managers that will have a lot to prove this season with Paul Clement starting his first full season in charge of the Royals and Frank Lampard beginning his first managerial position with the Rams.
This is a very interesting game to start the Championship season. I've not had much faith in Clement as a manager but he's done some good transfer business over the summer with the likes of Andy Yiadom from Barnsley, Marc McNulty from Coventry, and David Meyler from Hull being the stand-out additions. Unfortunately, it's been a shocking pre-season with three defeats and three draws for Clement's side.
I've been impressed by Lampard's early days at Derby. Winning four of their five pre-season friendlies has been a statement of intent but they've also been playing an effective brand of football. Lampard's transfer activity has been intriguing. The signing of Florian Jozefzoon from Brentford was shrewd business and the signing of Jack Marriott from Peterborough could be a calculated gamble. Lampard has also been ruthless in getting rid of the ageing deadwood with the likes of Chris Baird, Darren Bent, and Jason Shackell all being released.
Opening games are always tough to call but I think Derby could sneak this one. As I said, I just don't rate Clement as a manager. He's undoubtedly a highly-rated assistant managers with great contacts but he doesn't have what it takes to do the big job. Lampard, on the other hand, impressed me as a pundit and I think he has the personality, tactical nous, and knowledge from his dad and uncle to make a success of it.
It's a hard job calling the first games but I can see Derby coming away with a decent result here. The loan signings of Mason Mount and Harry Wilson could well be superb acquisitions. Wilson in particular is a match winner and one of the top young prospects in British football. I think Reading could struggle this season with Clement in charge.
Derby to win @ 2.30 with BetBright
Total Goals Scored Under 2.5 @ 1.79 with Blacktype
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Wasn't last week good enough? 
Svetlana Kuznetsova (-3.5) to beat Kristie Ahn at 1.80 with Paddy Power
Mihaela Buzarnescu (-3.5) to beat Sachia Vickery at 1.80 with Paddy Power
Malek Jaziri to beat Evgeny Donskoy at 1.90 with Paddy Power
One of the last chances that I'm giving to Kuznetsova, but yeah, she should still be way too strong for Ahn, who's dropped down a level recently. Buzarnescu is a very straightforward pick, on the other hand, I don't rate Vickery all that much, she's just average and home conditions can only get you so far. Finally, Jaziri has always been quite useful on American hards and he has a 4-0 record against Donskoy. The Russian's run in Umag means nothing to me, everyone's beating Lorenzi these days and Dzumhur was a bit mental on the day.

Guys, what about Leo Mayer today?

Wow. What a job!!!!!! 

Wow. What a job!!!!!! 

Nikoloz Basilashvili to beat Pablo Carreno-Busta at 3.75 with Unibet
Leonardo Mayer to beat Diego Sebastian Schwartzman at 2.40 with Pinnacle
I like these two underdogs in Hamburg today, both should have a decent chance of winning given their forms and the conditions. I do like PCB and DSS as players, but they are grinders more than anything and the Hamburg conditions aren't exactly great for grinding, as evidenced by many of the recent results. On top of that, Schwartzman also looked injured in his previous match (which is why I'm taking Mayer with a one-set bookie).

Shuai Zhang to beat Margarita Gasparyan at 1.50 with Paddy Power
I don't believe that Gasparyan is ready to face WTA-level opponents just yet. The road back is going to be long and Zhang really isn't the easiest test in home conditions. She didn't have too many problems against Lisicki today and Gasparyan should be a step down, not a step up.

And Ramanathan delivers! A good week.

And there we go, Ramkumar Ramanathan into semifinal 

Kung L. - Larsson J. 
under 18.5 games @ 2.00 with WilliamHill & PaddyPower
these look incredibly generous odds to me as WTA 413 Kung has never faced anyone higher than WTA 164
a real gift, good luck all 

Gerald Melzer to beat Corentin Moutet at 1.96 with Pinnacle
I am simply going against Moutet here due to a lot of matches played in last few days. This will be his eight match in eight days. He played in Finals of Bastad Challenger on Saturday and he had to play in qualifications on Sunday and Monday. Last 6 matches all took around 2 hours. Even tough I rate Moutet as bigger talent, I think Melzer has better chances here.

oh dear, sorry guys she was out classed. 

Hello all. An in-play tip for Betfair again. In the Canada ITF Futures tournament, the match between Kwiatkowski and Ore got suspended. It got suspended at 1-1 in set and 0-15 at for Kwiatkowski at the Ore serve. Kwiatkowski was the big favorite, and remained favorite even after losing the first set. After winning the second he became a below 1.3 favorite again. At the 0-15 point which was last played he was backed around 1.25 at Betfair and I saw he was even 1.17 at BWin. 
 
It seems people betting at Betfair now are not aware of these odds, because some people are laying Kwiatkowski at 1.4 or higher at the moment. So backing these 1.4 or higher will make for a very good trading option. And maybe trading isn't even necessary, because normally Kwiatkowski should win and Ore also got a medical timeout after the second set. So the question is also how fit he still is.

Good luck!
 
An update: The remainder of the match has moved to tomorrow. Some people are even laying close to 1.5., which is even more than double the real odds. Looks like they don't have a clue about those odds because of the matches dissappeared from the bookies till tomorrow. 

Babos T. - Buzarnescu M.
Babos starts her grass season today. Last season she didn't win a single match on grass. She ended this clay season with the figures won 2 lost 5. This season against top 50 players she's won 1 lost 8 yet today she's the favourite!
In contrast Buzarnescu is having a great season and has had three matches on grass recently, winning two.
Buzarnescu to win @ 2.20 with WilliamHill

damn, just noticed Babos won a doubles match yesterday in Birmingham (against Barty/Vandeweghe no less) so I've lost a little confidence in my tip which I've already backed.

Cepede V. - Buzarnescu M. - WTA Nottingham
I love Buzarnescu who gave me a great win over Svitolina at odds of 5.60 in the French Open.
She really is a fine player who's now risen to #30 from #540 in January last year!
I believe she is at least one level above her opponent today and anything but a straight sets win will be a shock to me.
Buzarnescu to win 2-0 @ 2.30 with WilliamHill
good luck all 

Witthoeft C. - Schoofs B. - WTA Hertogenbosch
This looks like a good opportunity for an upset.
Witthoeft has lost her last six matches, the last five without winning a set including one against her opponent today just four weeks ago and also against WTA 256 Fiona Ferro at the French Open.
Wildcard Schoofs is playing quite well, will have home advantage and a mental edge so worth a punt I believe.
Schoofs to win @ 3.25 with Bet365
Good luck all 

Great great great job !

No don't fancy anything in the national league this weekend. 

I just like the odds. They are still considered favourites at home with the bookies but all over 2.0 so as part of an accumulator I thought it would be worth a punt. I also included Moreirense and Estoril on an accumulator last season with both coming in so a bit of a heart-based decision as well.