Things are looking up today, as predicted, thanks to young Steve Darcis in Poland.
What I considered to be the bet of the day today was recent Amersfoort winner, Steve Darcis to roll over journeyman Chilean, Nicolas Massu. The young Belgian made me sweat on it though, as he threw away a 5-2 lead in the first set to lose it 10-8 in the breaker and then had to stave off two match points on his own serve in the second before coming through 6-7, 7-6, 6-4.
This was a four point single bet at 4-6 and during the match I took someone's offer of 70-1 on Betfair for the young man for the tournament. I don't see Darcis winning this event, but I think he will give Tommy Robredo a decent match in the second round in what will be a battle of the red and white Sergio Tacchini shirts. I wonder if they'll both turn up in them tomorrow and there will be a sartorial incident at courtside?! Robredo struggled badly again today against a Polish wildcard and is no lock to take Stevey D out. Anyway, if Darcis wins he'll hopefully be heading towards a quarter final match-up with Igor Andreev and if he doesn't I will have layed him at much less than 70's, so I'm happy with the young Belgian's work today.
Elsewhere, Tommy Haas doesn't begin his campaign for the Legg Mason Classic trophy until tomorrow and as I write, good old Timmy Henman is struggling against number 416 in the world, John Isner, in his first round encounter. They are into the decider and it's sad to see Henman struggling like he has in the last couple of years.
Buoyed by a small return to form today, I will be looking to build on it tommorow with another match bet win or two.
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