Vindication at last! Yes, finally I have managed to make some correct calls this week and I'm in with a chance of returning my funds to their former levels.
As predicted yesterday, Novak Djokovic burst Andy Roddick's bubble in straight sets in their quarter final in Montreal, which enabled me to claw some of this weeks losses back.
Djokovic started as 1.70 favourite and I backed him at prices up to 2.4 for a win that was a pleasing one for me and I think a good one for tennis, in the sense that someone that I consider to be a real talent, rather than a serve/forehand machine prevailed.
Washington last week was purely a matter of who could hit the hardest serves consistently and Roddick won that little battle, just ahead of fellow bangers, John Isner, Ivo Karlovic and Gael Monfils. Even Federer was taken to two tie breaks this week by Karlovic and it's good to see that the semis here in Montreal will be tennis contests.
In the other quarters, Federer continued his effortless progress with a win over Hewitt; Stepanek dispatched Davydenko in straight sets, as predicted and in the night match, Nadal came from a set down to beat another serve merchant, Frank Dancevic.
So, today's matches should be entertaining and I am quietly confident of a Djokovic victory at odds against over Nadal in the night match. Djokovic has a hard court victory over the Spaniard to his name already and I can see him notching another one at the current odds of 2.12. This would have to be the bet of the day and is well worth chancing, as Nadal has looked vulnerable in this event, without anyone being able to finish him off. He won't find it so easy to come from a set down against the young Serbian and a three point bet is probably a wise investment.
Stepanek has been playing some decent tennis early in the hard court swing, but will find it too tough against Federer this afternoon and I don't see him upsetting the Swiss maestro. Fed in straight sets again for me in that one, but whatever happens we should have a great final on our hands.
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