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It's a strange one because he's not thought of as a bad finisher to my knowledge. I've never heard that mentioned in terms of a weakness.

Bet 35 won. Next stake £986.32

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Alcaraz to beat Francisco Cerundolo @ 1.09

Looking like Lazio are going to let me down. There's another boost at MGM which is Manchester United, Tottenham and Lyon to win at 4.50 which I'll try. Similar to the other treble, two are favourites and one is 50-50 which is Manchester United. You'd expect the favourites to win - although I thought Lazio would win - and then it's just whether Manchester United can deliver. As this is competition is their only route into Europe next season I don't think they'll be mucking around and Sociedad aren't great away from home.

Frankfurt, Lazio and Bilbao to win at 6.00 with MGM looks good. The first two are favourites with Bilbao rated a coin toss.

I'm on Scheffler again for my sins. Got 7.00 on the exchanges which equates to 6.88 inclusive of commission. I have to say it's not a price I'm excited by at all. This time last year it would have been, but Scheffler's performances since returning from his hand injury make me think he should be twice these odds. I'll be back at the weekend if there's any prices I like with a round to go. Best of luck to all.

Hit the crossbar twice. Portsmouth let down the four-fold - losing at home to the team at the bottom of the league after beating the team at the top in their last match which was also at home - and PSV could only get a draw against Arsenal.

I'm sure you're well up on the darts over the last few years and you can only do that if you're taking good prices. If you thought Van Veen was too skinny then leaving him was the thing to do, whether he won or not.

Leeds, Watford, Hull and Portsmouth all to win at 10.50 with MGM. Worth a go with Leeds likely to win and Portsmouth and Hull having picked up a couple of decent results recently, which leaves Watford who are odds against to beat Swansea. I'll also take a flyer on PSV and Atletico Madrid both to win at 25.00 with MGM. Arsenal have no incentive to win whilst you'd think PSV will be looking for a performance and a result to restore some pride after getting thrashed in the reverse fixture, and Atletico are always strong at home and are possibly being slightly underestimated in the betting.

Like this one. Fritz was slow to get started in the last round against Tabilo and against a better player like Draper, a similar slow start is likely to get punished.

Welcome @Dave O if you know your cricket that's great as it's an area of the forum that's usually pretty quiet. Other than that, there's plenty of action in the horse racing and football sections and the tennis section is quite lively right now.

BTTS in the three late matches is 6.00 at MGM and I've seen worse prices. The Inter match is deemed least likely to trot up, but as they're facing Dutch opposition I'm a lot happier with the idea that an Italian team can be breached as they attack so much. PSG need a goal and if they get one then Liverpool will need one to win and in the all German match even though the tie looks over, I can't see Bayern settling for a bore draw and then of course if Leverkusen are to mount an unlikely comeback they'll need to score more than once.

There's definitely something to be said for that. There was a discussion on the tennis threads recently about using actual stakes and what you've said there is one of the reasons I was against it. The mentality is different depending on how much you need a win and that can affect how you bet.

You'll get the next ones I'm sure. It's funny how bad beats never seem to get any easier even if you've been punting for years and years and you've seen it all and you know that there's going to be days where you can't hit the backside of a cow with a banjo.

I think 7-4 was when I said it was looking good. Never thought he wouldn't win another leg. If I believed in the power of the jinx then I'd be sending all apologies.

Hopefully you were each way @Fader as a consolation.

Was that four legs lost in a row. Ouch.

Looking good for GVV backers. Hopefully at a decent price.

I can't see any stats but he lost 6-4 to Gruellich. Who I honestly have never heard of. I wasn't on him so it's not sour grapes, it's just like I alluded to - I hate tanking in all sports.

Cross losing to someone I've never heard of - granted I don't follow the darts as closely as some others, but that seems ridiculous and can only be because he wasn't bothered. And I hate that. If you don't want to play then don't turn up - say you've got a migraine or something.

Only that I'll be passing on it. Monfils is only ever a moment away from some kind of injury and Dimitrov hasn't been fully fit recently either, although he looked ok in the last round. I'll be surprised to see a straightforward win for either and so that would probably lead me to the game and set lines if I was going to play.

This is starting to remind me of her match against Ruse at the Australian Open - should have won easily but kept finding ways to make it difficult for herself. A break ahead again now in the decider - let's she if she can hold on to it this time.

Anyone betting on Guaff v Sakkari needs sectioning IMO - unless it's a bet on double-faults or breaks of serve. Absolutely anything could happen and all I'd want to predict is a slew of double-faults.

That's just Keys. Her ceiling is far higher than Mertens but her floor is far lower and that's what we've just seen. Mertens is steady and consistent and reliable, whereas Keys is very often either great or woeful with nothing in between - when it all comes together it's box office but as shown when she served for a straight sets win and hit four double faults, it can unravel in almost an instant.