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I watched her match against Bencic and she was excellent. Had real composure and hit the ball exceptionally well. Bencic just folded up under the pressure.

A poor day today. Garcia is just clueless imo. If you are the superior player, then longer rallies should favor you. Why stand in so close that every return becomes a lottery? Just doing nothing other than remove your own advantage. Just one pick tommorow. Tiafoe over Karatsev. On pedigree, this matchup is a no contest.

Schwartzman powered back after losing the 1st 2 sets, and was a very strong finisher. I think he will gain confidence and get better.

Real bizarre day yesterday. I won some in the end but Krejcikova and Azarenka hurt. Azarenka 6-2 3-1 and 40-15, up somehow manages to lose, while Krejicokva is 3-0 up 2nd set with break points and also loses 5 of the next 6 games. Krejcikova just had a case of nerves, very similar to Bencic. Not going crazy today. Just looking for 2x5 low priced favorites who can get the job done. Multibet (5)3.84 Svitolina, Elina1.26 Pegula, Jessica1.35 Garcia, Caroline1.37 Begu, Irina-Camelia1.17 Avanesyan, Elina1.41 Svitolina is a top player. She looks confident and strong. She will go deep here. Pgeula just has too much power for a 1 dimensional Giorgi. Garcia played very well against a really tough 1st round opponent. Has way too much here in a much easier match. Begu just too strong. Very impressed with Avanesyan. Had excellent composure and played brilliantly against Bencic. Have one other 5 legged bet Ostapenko, Jelena 1.37 Zheng, Qinwen 1.30 Hurkacz, Hubert 1.41 Bautista Agut, Roberto 1.39 Musetti, Lorenzo 1.26 Bautista Agut is just such an underrated player. He has tremendous stamina and is a real grinder. Hurkacz has a stronger game (of very similar styles to Griekspoor). Ostapenko was messing around with Martincova in 1st round. Was 5-1 down in the second and then won 6 games in a row to take it 7-5 Musetti has too much talent and ability for Schevchenko. Will take all 10 as singles (looking for 8 wins minimum) as well as taking 2 x 5 legged doubles

Hi All, Have not posted forever. Actually been working pretty hard. Six players I do like today. Two are low low priced. F. Cerundolo and Nicolas Jarry. Both are in an exceptional place. Very confident on their favorite surface. Cerundolo plays Munar, who he destroyed at the Argentina Open in Feb. Jarry is on a seriously good run, beating Dimitrov, Zverev, Ruud and Lajovic in Geneva last week. His opponent Dellien is on a bad run, losing plenty, behind a very weak serve. My 3rd player is Azarenka to beat Andreescu. An interesting article regarding Andreescu's state of mind. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/may/27/bianca-andreescu-interview-tennis-french-open Some of these big name players are just not 'there' mentally. Konteveit, Pliskova, Kvitova, Andreescu are all very well off financially. The 1st 3 all lost already, and they played poorly. Pliskova was useless against Stephens, Tactically just awful. Konteveit not much better against Pera. Like a zombie on the court, with no preparation. , Kvitova was awful against Bronzetti yesterday. At the most important times just so wild. She hit some balls in the back fence, and is as slow as a cart horse. She makes Harry Maguire look fast, which is saying something. I think a motivated Azarenka wins, probably easily after a close 1st set, against someone she matches up well with. #4 is Krecikova who plays Lesia Tsurenko. Tsurenko is a reasonable player, but her serve is just so weak. Krecikova looks solid. She is a consistent winner, especially in early rounds of majors. Azarenka and Krecikova as a double almost even money. As a 4 legged bet the odds are 2 to 1. My 5th pick is Clara Burel to beat Sorribes Tormo. I watched quite a few of the Strasbourg matches, and Burel played very well. She is a former junior world #1, and will have strong home support. She is small in stature but is figuring out how to beat, bigger stronger (physically) players. She hits a looping, deep ball which will be difficult, especially on a warm Summer day. She beat Pera, Cirstea and Kanepi in Strasbourg, and lost in 3 to Svitolina. My 6th pick is Linda Noskova to beat Danka Kovinic. Kovinic coming off a retirement against Krecikova in the Italian Open (while being thrashed 6-2 4-1), probably still has a slight injury worry. Call me a cynic but she is Just in Paris to collect the 1st round losers cheque. Good luck today.