Halle and Queens Thursday

Just a quick blog tonight as it's well after the time for my bed! Rosol and Robson were both beaten today which was a bad start. Istomin looks like he will beat Sijsling and is now 1.58 to win that one which has been rain interrupted. I just wanted to post about 2 or 3 matches which really interest me tomorrow.

Gulbis v Haas: probably unsurprisingly I am going for Gulbis in this one. He is 2.90 on Betfair which is a massive price to take out a guy he has beaten in the past. His record is good against Haas and, even though he lost to him twice in the past, both times he lost it was on red clay. When they havce played on hard courts, Gulbis won both times. I think grass favours Gulbis as well, it could well be his best surface, and I think if he shows up and plays even close to his best stuff tomorrow, then he will win. Another advantage for his is that he has had a match here already and Haas has not. Haas had a bye while Gulbis took out Baghdatis in three. Expect Gulbis to progress in a display of power hitting.

Querrey v Hewitt: A lot of people are making Hewitt the favourite for this one, as demonstrated by the 1.88 odds on him on Betfair. I think Querrey is going to beat him and I think people are reading too much into Hewitt's decent display against an average Dimitrov performance today. Querrey took out Bedene on Tuesday and has had a day off today while Hewitt had to play. Hewitt looked nothing short of pathetic against Michael Russell in the first round and I think Querrey will blow him off the court to be honest. Big Sam won the title here in 2010. This is not 2002 anymore folks - Hewitt is about a decade too old. I am going to have pretty much a max bet on Querrey tomorrow. He hit something like 24 aces against Bedende, Hewitt would be lucky to hit a quarter of that number. Those free points add up, and that is the reason grass is Querrey's best surface. 2.10 on Querrey could be the best bet you will get all grass court season.

They are the only two bets I will be recommending tomorrow. Enjoy the tennis. :)