I am really hoping people drive that number on Hantuchova down. Mattek is crap. She beat Pennetta cause Pennetta was hurt. Dani has had a decent summer and was very competitive in her 3 losses against Serena, Dementieva, and Hingis. Dani does better in Slams than she does in minor tourneys. She will make you sweat against anyone though so probably win 7-5 in 3rd. LOL. At -363 it's a bit much but I am thinking money will come in on Mattek hopefully.
Railbird doesn't always win (i.e. US Open today). In fact, when I check plays that I've followed from Railbird over the past year, I'm just a little bit down (including college basketball, etc...).
I always seem to miss his winning plays and get on the losing ones.
No offence, Railbird, think you're great. Just can't quite time you correctly....
I always seem to miss his winning plays and get on the losing ones.
No offence, Railbird, think you're great. Just can't quite time you correctly....
WildBill said:
Couldn't disagree any more. In the early rounds due to having 128 players in the field especially in the women's game, you have players who shouldn't even be allowed on the same court as some of the people they are facing. Second, you have a whole season worth of statistics on a particular surface. Third, you can get a good guage of the really lower level players by looking at the qualifying rounds. Fourth, players usually rest up for the Slams and try to avoid themselves from coming into a Slam injured. Finally, since there is more money involved and every one of the top players has a city or Grand Slam they like to play in, you can get a much better guage on how hard a player will play. Take Schnyder for instance. She got whupped or tanked last week just like she did for the French Open. Just like in French Open 1st round and US Open 1st round, the idiots bet her down to like -350 lower against Krajicek. She won in a cakewalk both times. Now today, she's like -520 against Arviddson who's probably a better player. than Smashnova. She hates grass and doesn't even play the warmups. The first round of Slams are great. I have gotten destroyed in the 2nd and 3rd rounds of the Grand Slams this year so I am pretty nervous going into today but couldn't disagree on 1st round of Slams being tough(at least in women's game).
