Torque Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 15 minutes ago, CzechPunter said: That seems fair enough to me. Tennis players are effectively sole traders and as much as their birthplace is something that's referenced, the idea that because the country you were born in decides to go to war that means you're guilty by association and so should be banned from playing doesn't seem right to me. It's the same for the national teams as well really, but I can see that they are much more strongly associated with their countries as they play under the name of their country. For a tennis player, for example, Medvedev plays Nadal. Medvedev is Russian, Nadal is Spanish but that's not the way it's looked upon - it's Medvedev v Nadal not Russia v Spain like it is in international team sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CzechPunter Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 You are, of course, welcome to come back at any point, @Teodore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torque Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 I'm sorry you feel that way @Teodore and as I said before I hope this all ends soon. I also hope that if you or anyone you know is caught up in this that you are all able to stay safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owenclass Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Two British women in the next round is impressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CzechPunter Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 Petra Martic (+4) to beat Marie Bouzkova at 1.74 with Pinnacle Siding with Martic again. She actually beat Madison Keys, while Marie Bouzkova struggled big time against our all-time favorite veteran, Sara Errani. That's a bad sign, honestly, given how Errani has been playing lately, and I think that Martic doesn't deserve to be such an underdog in this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-leaf Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 (edited) Keep an eye out on Mirjam Bjorklund and Caisa Wilda Hennemann, two upcoming swedish WTA players. Mirjam is even togheter with Denis Shapovalov. She's peaking right now at rank no.183 Edited March 2, 2022 by four-leaf CzechPunter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenzi Musetti Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 I think Zhang is underrated against Rus. 2.56 is pretty high for Zhang. Indoor-hard suits better to her game than for Rus. the dutch doesnt have a good record against Top100 players especially on hardcourt CzechPunter and Robinnho 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CzechPunter Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 The match has already started and Zhang is leading, I guess the odds were because Rus had a great performance in round one. I didn't see the match, but I did get two reports of that and the bookies apparently did as well. Hope Zhang comes in for you @Lorenzi Musetti! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CzechPunter Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 Well, that didn't go according to plan! Elina Svitolina to beat Camila Maria Osorio Serrano at 1.32 with Unibet Short odds and Svitolina did lose to her last time out, but Osorio seems to be slightly limited serve-wise and Svitolina is taking this tournament very seriously and very emotionally. Playing for her country and giving all the proceeds to the charity. mark22 and Tobulas 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLoser Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 21 hours ago, CzechPunter said: Well, that didn't go according to plan! Elina Svitolina to beat Camila Maria Osorio Serrano at 1.32 with Unibet Short odds and Svitolina did lose to her last time out, but Osorio seems to be slightly limited serve-wise and Svitolina is taking this tournament very seriously and very emotionally. Playing for her country and giving all the proceeds to the charity. I wouldn´t back Ukrainians too much as they feel huge stress off the courts. They might even not to sleep at nights and follow situation in home country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CzechPunter Posted March 5, 2022 Author Share Posted March 5, 2022 Well, she did crush her opponent a couple of days back and she was *4-1 up in the decider today. Wonder what happened, need to look at the replay, but that was a massive choke. Bouzkova also lost somewhat strangely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raduvlad1995 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 On 3/1/2022 at 11:24 AM, Teodore said: And for you "not to war" is enough ? For me no...and if football, , handball, figure iceskating are banned for them, even russian mma fighters will not fight in polish organisations like KSW. For me in wta and atp they should be banned. why ? what do guys like rublev, medvedev etc have to do with putin ? some of you people realy jump the shark..ban some of the best players on tour because they have a piece of garbage president lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raduvlad1995 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 On 3/1/2022 at 7:38 PM, Teodore said: Shocked IAAF (world athletics) banned russian and belarusian sportsmen and sportswomens...? ATP and WTA support terrorism! can this guy be banned ? CzechPunter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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