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Hi guys, welcome to the 2024 season, and let's have a good one! Taylor Fritz to beat Alex De Minaur at 1.67 with William Hill The two had very different fortunes against Norrie, and it seems that Fritz did a lot of work in the off-season to improve even further. He's a legitimate top 10 player nowadays, and I think that he has every chance of having a really good season, while ADM looked a bit sluggish to me in his first match of the season. At 1.67, I'm happy to open my season's account with a bet on the American.

Alize Cornet to beat Chloe Paquet at 1.50 with William Hill Basically the same bet as yesterday. The fact that it's a derby should make Cornet try even more, and she looked pretty good yesterday and also pumped up during the post-match interview, so it seems to me that she really cares, which is rather important in this part of the season. Paquet hasn't beaten a good player for quite a while now, hopefully that trend won't change today.

Alize Cornet to beat Gabriela Knutson at 1.52 with Unibet Knutson has been very on and off throughout the season, and I don't think the quality is there to beat Cornet, who's on a French tour of sorts at the moment and playing better than expected.

Nothing for tomorrow!

Oh man, she had match points! Elizabeth Mandlik to beat Renata Zarazua at 1.89 with Unibet I'd slightly fancy Mandlik here. The conditions in Buenos Aires do seem to offer a tiny bit for offensive players, and Zarazua was very passive in her two previous matches, which could cost her big time against someone as good as Mandlik.

Anastasija Sevastova to beat Marina Bassols Ribera at 1.67 with Unibet With her win over Yastremska yesterday, it's fair to say that Sevastova is back and swinging, and I don't expect a clay courter like Bassols Ribera to stop her.

Not good so far unfortunately. Solana Sierra to beat Robin Montgomery at 1.73 with William Hill Errani was truly awful against Montgomery, and I think that she's a bit overrated here as a result of that victory now being in her formbook. Sierra is more of a clay courter, she's had quite some practice in recent weeks, with the 2-0 win over Navarro being the standout result. I was expecting 1.44, and the odds are already dropping it seems.

Nuria Parrizas-Diaz to beat Alize Cornet at 2.00 with Unibet Cornet has been a shadow of her former self recently, and she had plenty of problems here in R1 as well. She is, of course, the better indoor player of the two, but her inconsistency should get punished by NPD if it shows up again. At 2.00, this is worth a shot imo.

Abedallah Shelbayh to beat Luca Van Assche at 2.75 with William Hill I'm playing this for the odds. Nothing is expected from Shelbayh, but he's "the local guy", and Van Assche was awful last time out, losing 2-6 0-6 against Fery. No reason to have Shelbayh at 2.75 here imo, I'd be 2.25.

We have the Next Gen Finals this week, plus a couple of lower level events.

Nice blast from the past tomorrow, RBA against Fognini in Valencia finals! They haven't played each other since 2019, H2H is 8-3 in Fognini's favour.

Another Sinner Djokovic coming up tomorrow most likely 😆. Denis Yevseyev (+6) to beat Roberto Bautista-Agut at 1.75 with Pinnacle (should be others soon as well) I don't expect RBA to lose here by any stretch of the imagination, but +6 is a big handicap in a Bo3 match, and Yevseyev has proven himself to be capable on the surface. RBA hasn't really crushed anyone here just yet either, and he isn't the force he once was anymore.

Nadia Podoroska to beat Polona Hercog at 1.57 with William Hill I was happy to see Hercog win yesterday, but I didn't particularly like her performance, while Podoroska looked more solid than usual against Bouzas Maneiro. She's the better player of the two by now as well, and, if they repeat their yesterday's efforts, she should take this one.

Polona Hercog to beat Maria Lourdes Carle at 1.91 with William Hill Hercog looked better than Carle last week in Colina, and their last meeting was so close that I think she should have a slight edge here. Hercog played less this season, but she's coming back now, and could also have more energy than Carle if it comes to that.

Looking good for Djokovic fortunately!

Well, no kidding, Sinner managed to win it in a tie-break!

Can't find any when it comes to the ones I can access @888888. Leolia Jeanjean to beat Despina Papamichail 2-0 at 2.00 with William Hill I think this is playable at evens. I watched Papamichail against Sierra, and both players were all over the place, but Sierra was incredibly erratic and handed Papamichail the win on a silver platter, more or less. Jeanjean should be able to keep the ball in play long enough to make Papamichail make the unforced error, and her easy win over Anshba suggests that she has no issues with the Colina conditions.

Novak Djokovic to beat Jannik Sinner at 1.53 with Unibet I've seen all three previous encounters between the two, and Sinner pretty much allowed the nerves to get to him on all three occasions. Will things be any different now? I honestly don't think so!

Hijikata/Kubler to beat Koolhof/Skupski at 3.75 with Bet365 At such big odds, I think Hijikata and Kubler are worth a play. They have now had some time to practice for this event after focusing on their singles most of the year, and they did manage to beat Koolhof and Skupski during their Australian Open run. They've lost to them twice since, and they're definitely not the favourites, but 3.75 is just too much imo.

Novak Djokovic to win ATP Finals 2023 at 2.38 with Bet365 With the rest of the field falling away a bit after the US Open, Djokovic stepped on the gas pedal and won the Paris Masters in style, so he should be primed for a win here. Except Alcaraz, everyone seems to have a mental block against him as well, and these aren't the ideal conditions for the Spaniard.

Jack Draper to beat Adrian Mannarino at 1.62 with Bet365 Draper is on a 9-match winning streak and he hasn't even needed a tie-break so far in this tournament, so I'm not sure that Mannarino will be able to handle him. He certainly hasn't looked as great to me in this event, and I hope he won't break that tomorrow!