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[joebrook]

I'm bit surprised you'll took a bet on yuki why in the world would you take a bet on him lol, I would never take a call on him. As far as the woman game is concerned I'll agree it's really difficult to take a final call, some are not in shape and those who're get suddenly knocked out. I don't think sharapova will win or S Willians though it was good to see her play.

I get slightly tempted when odds jump, Yuki went from 9/5 to 2/1 just suddenly so I thought, yes, why not? Besides the fact that I always bet silly on tennis haha. Totally stayed away from betting yesterday after 2 days' straight loss. I've never been a fan of Sharapova, but that's just personal. I don't watch women's games anyway, but always like to pick on high odds - it seems to me likely that winners tend not to be the favourites unlike men's.

Anyway, Djoko had it easy after the first set so he's going to be my well-rested pick on Friday against Bautista, depending on how the odds may or may not change. Only 6/5 so it's going to have to be for a 2/3 game parlay.

No bets today as well, and only the Nadal-Pella game to watch.

@babygun: well at least tell us how to spot you!

Del Potro, Nadal, Zverev, Thiem and Djokovic all made it to the third round of the competition. Meanwhile Ukraine's Dmytro Badanov has been banned for life and fined an additional $100K for match fixing. He had a career high of 463rd position during 2015

[Baofeng]

I'm bit surprised you'll took a bet on yuki why in the world would you take a bet on him lol, I would never take a call on him. As far as the woman game is concerned I'll agree it's really difficult to take a final call, some are not in shape and those who're get suddenly knocked out. I don't think sharapova will win or S Willians though it was good to see her play.

I get slightly tempted when odds jump, Yuki went from 9/5 to 2/1 just suddenly so I thought, yes, why not? Besides the fact that I always bet silly on tennis haha. Totally stayed away from betting yesterday after 2 days' straight loss. I've never been a fan of Sharapova, but that's just personal. I don't watch women's games anyway, but always like to pick on high odds - it seems to me likely that winners tend not to be the favourites unlike men's.

Anyway, Djoko had it easy after the first set so he's going to be my well-rested pick on Friday against Bautista, depending on how the odds may or may not change. Only 6/5 so it's going to have to be for a 2/3 game parlay.

No bets today as well, and only the Nadal-Pella game to watch.

@babygun: well at least tell us how to spot you!

Del Potro, Nadal, Zverev, Thiem and Djokovic all made it to the third round of the competition. Meanwhile Ukraine's Dmytro Badanov has been banned for life and fined an additional $100K for match fixing. He had a career high of 463rd position during 2015

Looks like Badanov have been doing this for years now before he was caught. I wouldn't be surprised if he is really tanking in his games as he always loses on the first round in straight sets. However, that's normal though, may be investigative body really found the smoking gun that's why he is banned for life in tennis. Its good for the sports though, clean them before its goes out of proportion.

[buwaytress]

Tough news and for a top 500 ranked tennis player, you've really got to wonder why there isn't more scrutiny at these kinds of levels. I wouldn't be surprised to find the same in women's too. You always have your suspicions for football where there are 11 in a team and some seem to have such wildly shitty games.

My bets for R3:
- Zerev should win easy at least 1 set, so Under 30.5 @1.92 for the Zverev/Dzumhur game looks good.
- Djoko made short work in the last match, so another Under 35 @19.2

Throwing in a mixed doubles today for Buzarnescu/Kontinen @1.7... playing against Yu/Marach, I actually don't recall their opponents before so almost betting on familiarity here.

[buwaytress]

Amazing. I lost all three of my bets yesterday, and by the looks of it, way off the mark. Was really not expecting Djoko to struggle the way he did, all that swagger and bravado almost cost him the last 16. Not sure I really like players who take it out on their racquets the way he did though, petulant little Serbian =p Still, the match of the day.

No bets today to recover, heh. Not even a tempting parlay on Edmund, Cilic, Zverev, Nadal to all go through.

[vella85]

There is a good match coming up between Thiem and Nishikori which should be a great game to watch. I'm hoping that Thiem can win as I do have some money on him to win the tournament along with Zverev who should win against Khachanov. I also now think del Potro has a big chance at going all the way as he looks in fine form at the minute.

[babygun]

There is a good match coming up between Thiem and Nishikori which should be a great game to watch. I'm hoping that Thiem can win as I do have some money on him to win the tournament along with Zverev who should win against Khachanov. I also now think del Potro has a big chance at going all the way as he looks in fine form at the minute.

Thiem and Zverev are through to the next round. Zverev had a difficult match but won it in 5 sets.
But giving the form of Nadal, I think the winner of Roland Garros is known. I don't see anyone who could beat him.

[absy]

There is a good match coming up between Thiem and Nishikori which should be a great game to watch. I'm hoping that Thiem can win as I do have some money on him to win the tournament along with Zverev who should win against Khachanov. I also now think del Potro has a big chance at going all the way as he looks in fine form at the minute.

Thiem and Zverev are through to the next round. Zverev had a difficult match but won it in 5 sets.
But giving the form of Nadal, I think the winner of Roland Garros is known. I don't see anyone who could beat him.

Pretty sure Thiem will come out victorious given the history of Zverev in grand slams and taking a look at the previous two matches. It should be oretty straight forward victory but I hope it will be an entertaining one.

[yoseph]

There is a good match coming up between Thiem and Nishikori which should be a great game to watch. I'm hoping that Thiem can win as I do have some money on him to win the tournament along with Zverev who should win against Khachanov. I also now think del Potro has a big chance at going all the way as he looks in fine form at the minute.

Thiem and Zverev are through to the next round. Zverev had a difficult match but won it in 5 sets.
But giving the form of Nadal, I think the winner of Roland Garros is known. I don't see anyone who could beat him.

Novak Djokovich also made it to the next round. Meanwhile the Williams sisters were knocked out in the women doubles by Andreja Klepac and Maria Sanchez losing 4-6 7-6 and 0-6.

[Trofo]

There is a good match coming up between Thiem and Nishikori which should be a great game to watch. I'm hoping that Thiem can win as I do have some money on him to win the tournament along with Zverev who should win against Khachanov. I also now think del Potro has a big chance at going all the way as he looks in fine form at the minute.

Thiem and Zverev are through to the next round. Zverev had a difficult match but won it in 5 sets.
But giving the form of Nadal, I think the winner of Roland Garros is known. I don't see anyone who could beat him.

Pretty sure Thiem will come out victorious given the history of Zverev in grand slams and taking a look at the previous two matches. It should be oretty straight forward victory but I hope it will be an entertaining one.

I agree. This one should be a quite comfortable win for Thiem according to statistics and their presentation in Roland Garros this year. I will bet on him for sure, just hope the bookies will give nice odds, 1.8 would be fair in my mind, since Zverev is better ranked player.

[vella85]

Goffin was a shock loss losing in 4 sets to the unseeded Cecchinato. This might make Djokovic's job a little easier facing Cecchinato in the quarter-final instead of Goffin however Cecchinato is playing some good tennis so I wouldn't be surprised to see another upset. I'm really looking forward to the other quarter-final between Thiem and Zverev, its a shame that they must face each other now as this would of been a great semi-final and I also have bet on both players to win the French Open so I'll be down to one after this match. I also think Thiem can get the win here and I may also place a bet if the odds are good close to $2.

[buwaytress]

Goffin was a shock loss losing in 4 sets to the unseeded Cecchinato. This might make Djokovic's job a little easier facing Cecchinato in the quarter-final instead of Goffin however Cecchinato is playing some good tennis so I wouldn't be surprised to see another upset. I'm really looking forward to the other quarter-final between Thiem and Zverev, its a shame that they must face each other now as this would of been a great semi-final and I also have bet on both players to win the French Open so I'll be down to one after this match. I also think Thiem can get the win here and I may also place a bet if the odds are good close to $2.

Yeah, quite a few mouth-watering Semi opportunities missed out, I'm also backing Thiem but not yet placed my bets. I've not been doing well at all with Tennis, as usual, so probably just going to enjoy the games and take small-sized punts.

Today's game's are not too bad but Nadal's too far a favourite for ML odds that I'm actually going to sneak in a tiny bet on Marterer to win @33.4!

A more realistic hedge will be for both Cilic and del Potro to win for a total parlay of @2.09

[Trofo]

Goffin was a shock loss losing in 4 sets to the unseeded Cecchinato. This might make Djokovic's job a little easier facing Cecchinato in the quarter-final instead of Goffin however Cecchinato is playing some good tennis so I wouldn't be surprised to see another upset. I'm really looking forward to the other quarter-final between Thiem and Zverev, its a shame that they must face each other now as this would of been a great semi-final and I also have bet on both players to win the French Open so I'll be down to one after this match. I also think Thiem can get the win here and I may also place a bet if the odds are good close to $2.

Yeah, quite a few mouth-watering Semi opportunities missed out, I'm also backing Thiem but not yet placed my bets. I've not been doing well at all with Tennis, as usual, so probably just going to enjoy the games and take small-sized punts.

Today's game's are not too bad but Nadal's too far a favourite for ML odds that I'm actually going to sneak in a tiny bet on Marterer to win @33.4!

A more realistic hedge will be for both Cilic and del Potro to win for a total parlay of @2.09

I have actually placed a bet on Fognini to win against Cilic. In my mind this match is much more open then the bookies believe. It will be decided on Fognini side and the amount of errors he will make. Cilic will play his game and hit his usual share of winners with usual amount of missed balls as well. If we see Fognini on more than 75% percent of his best tennis he is winning this one and odds are very good, I managed to place the bet @2.95 which has good value in my opinion.

[buwaytress]

Goffin was a shock loss losing in 4 sets to the unseeded Cecchinato. This might make Djokovic's job a little easier facing Cecchinato in the quarter-final instead of Goffin however Cecchinato is playing some good tennis so I wouldn't be surprised to see another upset. I'm really looking forward to the other quarter-final between Thiem and Zverev, its a shame that they must face each other now as this would of been a great semi-final and I also have bet on both players to win the French Open so I'll be down to one after this match. I also think Thiem can get the win here and I may also place a bet if the odds are good close to $2.

Yeah, quite a few mouth-watering Semi opportunities missed out, I'm also backing Thiem but not yet placed my bets. I've not been doing well at all with Tennis, as usual, so probably just going to enjoy the games and take small-sized punts.

Today's game's are not too bad but Nadal's too far a favourite for ML odds that I'm actually going to sneak in a tiny bet on Marterer to win @33.4!

A more realistic hedge will be for both Cilic and del Potro to win for a total parlay of @2.09

I have actually placed a bet on Fognini to win against Cilic. In my mind this match is much more open then the bookies believe. It will be decided on Fognini side and the amount of errors he will make. Cilic will play his game and hit his usual share of winners with usual amount of missed balls as well. If we see Fognini on more than 75% percent of his best tennis he is winning this one and odds are very good, I managed to place the bet @2.95 which has good value in my opinion.

I won the simple parlay finally, still so far from recouping losses and my tiny bet against Nadal of course didn't work out! Didn't watch the Cilic game actually so not sure if Fognini played to your expectations.

Women's was a huge huge disappointment because Williams Sharapova would have been the best to watch. The American seemed all gungho even if she was slightly uncomfortable in her previous win so her withdrawal really a downer. Maybe she didn't feel confident against the Russian. Wozniacki also out so maybe the road is a little clearer for Sharapova?

[SyGambler]

Zverev has been doing really good , but today I can't see him overcoming Thiem since Thiem is way better IMO and he is well experienced
so taking Thiem -2.5 at X1.85
also I have a long shot for Putintseva to win with X4.00 , the match should be great and I believe there is good value in pick Putintseva at that price I'm also taking Kasatkina to win today

[babygun]

Zverev has been doing really good , but today I can't see him overcoming Thiem since Thiem is way better IMO and he is well experienced
so taking Thiem -2.5 at X1.85
also I have a long shot for Putintseva to win with X4.00 , the match should be great and I believe there is good value in pick Putintseva at that price I'm also taking Kasatkina to win today

Your Thiem bet is won, Thiem was better and Zverev also injured.
Cecchinato has just beaten Djokovic, didn't see that coming. First he defeats Goffin, now Djokovic. It is a real life fairytale for him lol 

[SyGambler]

Zverev has been doing really good , but today I can't see him overcoming Thiem since Thiem is way better IMO and he is well experienced
so taking Thiem -2.5 at X1.85
also I have a long shot for Putintseva to win with X4.00 , the match should be great and I believe there is good value in pick Putintseva at that price I'm also taking Kasatkina to win today

Your Thiem bet is won, Thiem was better and Zverev also injured.
Cecchinato has just beaten Djokovic, didn't see that coming. First he defeats Goffin, now Djokovic. It is a real life fairytale for him lol 

wow still can't believe it , Cecchinato played epic tennis and so does Djokovic
it was really the greatest match I watched this year , with such performance I won't be surprised if Cecchinato passed the other guys and won the trophy since he was just amazing today
I had a loss at that match since I placed a bet on under 31 games before the match start , was expecting Djokovic to easily win it 3-0

[buwaytress]

Zverev has been doing really good , but today I can't see him overcoming Thiem since Thiem is way better IMO and he is well experienced
so taking Thiem -2.5 at X1.85
also I have a long shot for Putintseva to win with X4.00 , the match should be great and I believe there is good value in pick Putintseva at that price I'm also taking Kasatkina to win today

Your Thiem bet is won, Thiem was better and Zverev also injured.
Cecchinato has just beaten Djokovic, didn't see that coming. First he defeats Goffin, now Djokovic. It is a real life fairytale for him lol 

wow still can't believe it , Cecchinato played epic tennis and so does Djokovic
it was really the greatest match I watched this year , with such performance I won't be surprised if Cecchinato passed the other guys and won the trophy since he was just amazing today
I had a loss at that match since I placed a bet on under 31 games before the match start , was expecting Djokovic to easily win it 3-0

Djokovic will probably slip down to below 25 in ranking after this loss. Odds were around 75/10 on Cecchinato if I recall, would have wiped out all my losses up to yesterday, but at least we're now guaranteed 1 first-timer in the final! 40/1 odds on Cecchinato to go on and win it is tempting but Nadal's still the better bet at 4/1. Well done to the unseeded underdog!

Both QF men's are good games today. I'll go for a testy Cilic win @2.5 and Schwartzman to force Nadal to over 28 @2.1

[Trofo]

Zverev has been doing really good , but today I can't see him overcoming Thiem since Thiem is way better IMO and he is well experienced
so taking Thiem -2.5 at X1.85
also I have a long shot for Putintseva to win with X4.00 , the match should be great and I believe there is good value in pick Putintseva at that price I'm also taking Kasatkina to win today

Your Thiem bet is won, Thiem was better and Zverev also injured.
Cecchinato has just beaten Djokovic, didn't see that coming. First he defeats Goffin, now Djokovic. It is a real life fairytale for him lol 

wow still can't believe it , Cecchinato played epic tennis and so does Djokovic
it was really the greatest match I watched this year , with such performance I won't be surprised if Cecchinato passed the other guys and won the trophy since he was just amazing today
I had a loss at that match since I placed a bet on under 31 games before the match start , was expecting Djokovic to easily win it 3-0

Djokovic will probably slip down to below 25 in ranking after this loss. Odds were around 75/10 on Cecchinato if I recall, would have wiped out all my losses up to yesterday, but at least we're now guaranteed 1 first-timer in the final! 40/1 odds on Cecchinato to go on and win it is tempting but Nadal's still the better bet at 4/1. Well done to the unseeded underdog!

Both QF men's are good games today. I'll go for a testy Cilic win @2.5 and Schwartzman to force Nadal to over 28 @2.1

I like your picks for today and will play also Cilic to win and probably kh on Shwartzman or maybe over games. I have to see which has more value.

I managed to actually win my bet which included Cecchinato win @ 10.5 so I can play without much stress today.

[Kimi80]

Too bad that rain interrupt Nadal and Schwartzmans match. Argentinian was playing more than good. Moisture in the air doesn't allow  ball to generate huge amount of spin rotation, balls are going slower through the air and all that pushes Nadal out of his comfort zone. He still is big big favorite but he will have to make much more effort to win this match if weather conditions stays like this tomorrow.

[buwaytress]

Too bad that rain interrupt Nadal and Schwartzmans match. Argentinian was playing more than good. Moisture in the air doesn't allow  ball to generate huge amount of spin rotation, balls are going slower through the air and all that pushes Nadal out of his comfort zone. He still is big big favorite but he will have to make much more effort to win this match if weather conditions stays like this tomorrow.

Yeah, I didn't catch up with the continuation today, but seems I was right about Nadal getting pushed for his victory, though it was probably still more comfortable than it looked on paper. Lost my Cilic bet though, apparently the bookies were on the mark with Del Potro, so even returns for the QFs. I might be tempted to go for the Italian in tomorrow's SF showdown with Nadal, but an overs bet should be on the cards. Cecchi to win the French Open at 40/1 anyone?

Turning a lazy eye to women's I see Haleps had a breezy match, honestly can't say I'm familiar with the other match about to start...