Tennis - 13-19 June

[Atko]

As always, there a couple of tournaments ahead of the Slam. The men and the women are at the same place this week. The Williams sisters both make their comeback to the Tour at Eastbourne, while Tsonga and Dolgopolov are the main attractions for the men on the grass. There's also a mixed event at s'Hertogenbosch, although the fields are slightly less glamorous there. Again, it's another grass event. Milan is your place if you like a Challenger ... Fingers crossed the weather doesn't spoil the week.

[Atko]

Re: Tennis - 13-19 June I'll add two into tomorrow's mix ... - Radek Stepanek -5 games AH (v Colin Fleming) @ 1.813 with Pinnacle medium stakes I was pretty amazed to see Fleming in the main draw and I think he'll very much have his work cut out against Stepanek in this one. Fleming is a doubles player. Decent enough server and will forage to the net, but I really fear for him in rallies. His singles career is non-descript and I rate him lower than Stepanek in almost every department. Stepanek found his feet well on grass last week, beating Soeda and Ljubicic and taking a set from Nadal. Should have a chance to go deep into this event. Considering Fleming's pedigree in singles events, I think Stepanek should have his number. Once he breaks the Scot down, it should be curtains. Stepanek to do this easily for me. - Under 21 games AH (Grigor Dimitrov v Dan Evans) @ 1.98 with Pinnacle medium/small stakes Feel like I'm picking on the Brits here! Don't think Evans has got it in him to do a Ward this week. Dimitrov's been playing on the main Tour for quite some time now and should relish this step down in class. Evans is a Challenger player at best and hasn't got enough weapons to seriously trouble the Bulgarian. Feel Dimitrov can be exposed by better players with power but that's not really the case with Evans. The unders holds more juice than the handicap and with the gulf in class, I'd expect this to be over in under 21 games.