Today was a nightmare of a day. First off, sincere apologies to anyone who follows the advice of the blog. I am not so worried about Klizan losing to Giraldo, but, more importantly and significantly, I am disgusted about the Isner recommendation. He never got into his match against Andujar. On very very infrequent occasions, Pablo Andujar plays fantastic tennis. He did it in Casablanca for a year or two, he did it against Rafa at the French a few years back, and, unfortuantely, he did it today against Isner. I mean, this guy couldn't win an arguement all year up to today. He has been pathetic and deplorable. His record before today was 5-13. Isner was on fire in what was a quality match against GGL yesterday. He has a new coach, new clay court season, high altitude to help his serve, pretty much indoor clay, all the signs were good for Isner, and he turned in an absolutely pathetic and lethargic display. I don't like his game at all, I never have, but that is not the reason I backed him. I backed him because he can be hard to beat, can be so aggressive and looked like he would bully Andujar, who is a mental weakling at the best of times. To compound matters, I recommended a max bet on Isner and did the same myself. That means it will be a week of very small stakes for the rest of this tournament, trying to dig out of this Isner-made hole!
But I guess it was just one of those days in Madrid. I mean, even Fernando Verdasco won a match. I would have been 100% certain that Raonic would beat Verdasco, the mental giant that he is. Richard Gasquet lost to Daniel Gimeno Traver - I mean come on! It doesn't make sense! I am going to put it behind me and enjoy the rest of the tennis that lies in store for us this week. In more positive news, Berdych is now 20/1 (we recommeded him @ 50s), and Federer is now 6/1 (we recommeded him @ 20s). It is highly likely now that either Andy Murray or Tomas Berdych will contest the final against the winner of Fed/Rafa and so things are looking up on that front at the very least!
Looking at tomorrow's tennis, I am not even going to make a recommendation. I mean, looking at my record here this week, you guys should just go for the exact opposite of what I say! If you did that this week in Madrid, you would have a 4 out of 4, 100% win record! Things have been that bad! Tomorrow, I see Nadal, Tsonga, Ferrer, Berdych, Haas, Monaco, Almagro, Wawrinka, & Nishikori all winning. If you want to have a bet out of all of those, Haas and Monaco are best priced @ 1/2 in their respective matches to beat Robredo and Anderson. Maybe do an accumulator - they will all definitely win! I guarantee it! ;)
Anyway, all joking aside, no recommendations today. Just marvel at the arrival of the sport's newest superstar, Grigor Dimitrov. We said here a month or two ago that he is a number one in waiting, and today proved that for sure. In he words of auld Andy Gray, take a bow son.
Peace out brothers
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