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Interesting to see where she goes in the rankings. She is of chinese ethnicity and born in New Zeeland and lived a long time in Switzerland hence why she represented the Swiss nation before this.
At 22 years old maybe a future decent top 100 or close to it?
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Seems like Tour Championship 2024 between the Marks is likely to end in a chaotic finish where Williams comes up short.
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Thanks @CzechPunter I'll likely move on some late night tennis in Charleston or Houston or both..
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👌 Ronnie O'Sullivan looked great in his new attire at the Tour Championship, but afterwards admitted he's had to give psychiatrist Steve Peters a call to help sort out his unhappiness about the game.
“I’ve just decided I’m going to change my thinking and forget about trying to fathom my game out. If I change my thinking I can accept whatever is thrown at me and take whatever.
“It’s been a hard year, drove myself pretty much insane really. It’s just got to me. I decided to speak to Steve Peters, said I wasn’t happy.
“I had to go back to basics and get my head right. Deal with it because doing it the other way round isn’t working. I’ve got to accept that’s life. You can’t be perfect all the time and trying to be perfect all the time is not ideal.
“Just getting my head around it is the only option I’ve have left. I’ve driven myself mad for the last two years and not enjoyed any of it.”
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4 hours ago, neilovan said:
I am loving seeing the end of certain players that have gamed the system and their rankings for years. And it's an art form.
If a player gets automatically into the 9 ATP1000's and the 4 majors they are picking up (9x40K) and 4x75K) or 660 000$ without winning a match. But getting there is the battle, and anyone doing it earned their money. Tennis is just brutal. Not in the top 125, you are struggling.
It is insane money. But players like Fognini, Paire. Opelka, Carballes Beana, Carenno Busta, Rionic, Wawrinka, Sock, Kyrigos must just give it up and retire.
Free some space up for more of the next gen (Cazaux, Tablio, Arnaldi)..
Two best matches today are probably Dimitrov v. Tabilo and Shapavalov v. Matteo Arnaldi. Grigor is an amazing player. He paints the court, but it is an unbettable match.
In the Arnaldi match I expect Arnaldi to win a close one.
But Sock already retired in april last year
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19 hours ago, charliepie said:
He should have beaten Hossein yesterday if he had just dropped the black in to lead by 33 points with only the colours left!
19 hours ago, Fader said:I haven't had the chance to keep up to date with the Snooker in the last month but looking to get back into it after the weekend. I did hear that he lost to Vafaei though. I just think Ronnie hasn't got the determination tbh. If that talent was in another person then maybe they would have achieved so much more.
Well he's lost to Vaffaei before in a minor event so it doesn't surprise me it happened again in another minor event. You can see when he's not interested.
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🤑 "With such good money on offer in Riyadh, where the final must surely be the most valuable best-of-nine frames snooker match ever played, expect Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump to be back on song and chomping at the bit.
"It's clear the players are really keen to embrace this new investment in the sport, which to be frank, is needed. Next week will offer big money to the biggest stars who are probably doing very well anyway, but when next season comes around and we have a 128-man ranking event which we are expecting to have another big purse, that’s when some of those trying to make the game pay lower down the rankings will have a real chance to earn that big pay day. I know those players are relieved to have that opportunity.
"Snooker’s first ever 167 maximum break could be made, if the stars align and the new Golden Ball is potted at the end of any maximum.
"It might seem like a gimmick at this stage, and I’m not sure if it will catch on, but by all accounts we are expecting a very big prize to be offered for anyone able to do it. We’ve had instances in the past where Ronnie has turned down making a maximum break in protest at what he has seen as poor reward – that most certainly won’t be the case next week."
Neal Foulds on next week's lucrative Riyadh Masters.
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37 minutes ago, Smiles Tennis said:
Cornet to beat Osorio - 2.75 with Bet365
Osorio has lost 3 of her last 4 matches and lost her last two matches when favourite. She's not having a great start to the year, dropped to her lowest ranking for a while and Cornet can take advantage.
I agree that Osorio is overvalued, she's not one of those you can trust
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Folks please don't bet against Errani. She's been on a serious comeback trail for a long time. No player in her age has as high a gear as Sara right now and it's bound to continue for a whole lot of years especially in doubles and she's given Jasmine Paolini a lot of inspiration to reach new heights both in singles and doubles. Whom ever Sara will face she will keep it tight or cruise to victory like she did when teaching Tatjana Maria another lesson recently.
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17 hours ago, CzechPunter said:
Peyton Stearns (-3.5) to beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova at 1.91 with Bet365
AKS was awful in her last match against Vickery, and Stearns will surely be looking to do well back on home soil after what was a rather disappointing start to the season. She's more talented and the better player already, so I quite fancy her in this spot.
Peyton is an interesting player and I fancy her on the bigger handicap -5.5 at aound 3.25 with most bookies
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Jaume Munar to beat (-1.5 set) Facundo Bagnis at 2.375 with Mrgreen
Seems like Jaume could be the player to beat this week. I expect him to cruise past Bagnis.
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Sara Errani to beat Karolina Pliskova at 3.90 with Mrgreen
I belive in Sara again, Pliskova is struggling.
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Abdullah Shelbayh to beat Alexander Blockx at 1.70 with Mrgreen
I once again have to fancy Shelbayh to get another win here. None of them has been particularly good so far but Shelbayh has the bigger game and the odds look right so I'll have a go on Shelbayh again after his nice win over Goffin. Blockx still has some work to do to get to the same level as Shelbayh.
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Sara Errani to beat Tatjana Maria at 2.75 with Coolbet
4-0 h2h here, Errani even crushed Maria last season and she's playing so good since 2 seasons back Errani.
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I usually use CL league for betting on the bigger names to turn around from 1 frame down like Higgins last season and Allen so far in january who was down 2-0 but won 2-3
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Fatic did the job so Martincova losing is no issue. I'll probably move in on Kypson soon as single.
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I’m going in on Nerman Fatic at 2.35 with Coolbet while there’s still time to beat Dimitar Kuzmanov.
Nerman is not any worse than Kuzmanov. He could have a better chance to win than his odds suggest. It’s Davis cup after all.
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Going for a treble today...
Patrik Kypson to beat James Duckworth at 2.10
Kypson did well enough yesterday to prove he's able to win here.
Tereza Martincova to beat Jessica Ponchet at 1.80
Tereza has always been the little bit better player here and she did pretty well yesterday.
Rebecca Sramkova to beat Aliona Falei at 1.61
Sramkova still lives up to her potential so beating this unknown belarussian 19 year old player Falei should be fully possible for her. Faleis career high ranking as a junior is 23 which she achieved 3 seasons ago. She's climbed to WTA top 300 already but I nonetheless think she'll be beaten today by Sramkova.
Total odds: 6.086 with bet365
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Patrik Kypson to beat Emilo Nava at 2.10 with Mr. Green
Patrik has shown that he's up to whatever challenges awaits him on the Challenger Tour and beating Nava shouldn't be any of his mayor issues really. Looking back I can see why Patrik lost to Nava in their only meeting until today but that was about 3 years ago and lots have happened since then with Kypson. He finally proved his talent last season. Patrik for me. Seems like a nice late night bet.
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I'd probably go with @Swami today and jump on Yafan
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Also Qiang Wang is playing first time since september 19 2022 today in Hua-Hin
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Checked him up, he hasn’t competed since may 2023 and hasn’t won a match in a 250 maindraw or higher since beginning of february 2023 but Klizan had not played since 2021.
World Championships 2024 (inc QFs)
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Did Rod Lawler just miss an easy red from mid table to corner? No wonder the man never won a ranking title.