So yesterday went with the script pretty much as I said. I went for Djokovic in 4 and Ferrer to beat Almagro "no matter how well Almagro plays"! Almagro served for the match three times and despite what he says, he suffered the kind of chokes that only he can. He is a mental midget and will never win a tournament of any importance. People were questioning whether his loss was any different to Wawrinkas' last week - it was completely different. Wawrinka lost while playing amazing, aggressive, pinpoint, ballsy tennis. AlMUGro lost playing pathetic choke tennis - there is a difference. Despite what the rankings say, Wawrinka is a class above this chump! Elsewhere, Djokovic receovered well from his 5 set humdinger with Stan the Man and looked good against Berdych, who didn't quite approach the net and mix things up quite as much as he should have. (Maybe he should have spoken to his friend Radek a little more)
Moving onto tonight's tennis - I see Murray taking out Chardy in 4 sets. Chardy has been impressive and makes the most of his talents. He smashes that forehand and is not afraid to follow it in to the net. He is an intelligent player and more of the lesser pros need to take a leaf out of his book. Chardy realises he can't mix it with these top guys playing from the baseline so he smashed that forehand and follows it in. Simple. The fact that he is very adept with the volley doesn't hurt either. That said, expect Murray to share the opening two sets with him tonight before exposing the Frenchman's backhand and pulling away to win 3-1.
The last QF is the more difficult one to call. I am going to go with Federer 3-2 but I can genuinely see Tsonga winning it - just one of those feelings! He loves it around Melbourne Park, has made his only slam final here, is very motivated right now after the appointment of Roger Rasheed, and knows how to give the other Roger lots of trouble. If Tsonga comes out with his A game, this match could easily go in his direction. If both players come out with their A games, Fed will win but it will be close.
I have a very small double on tonight - Murray to beat Chardy 3 sets to 1 @ 31/10, and Federer to beat Tsonga 3 sets to 2 @ 11/2 (Boylesports) paying about 25/1 for the double. If you just want a single bet, go with Tsonga to beat Federer 1pt @ 6.10 (Betfair)
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