The furore regarding the match fixing has reached the broadsheets and doubtless there will be a feature or two in today's Sunday's about questionable matches. The publishers should give me a call, I could load them up with info.
Anyway, back to the tennis and thanks to a little bit of skill and some good fortune, I again am blessed with two representatives in the two finals taking place today.
My outside bet, Jose Acasuso, thrashed a disillusioned and tetchy Albert Montanes, 6-2, 6-1 in one of the most one-sided semi finals I can recall yesterday over in Poland and thanks to the other semi being a very low quality affair, I can lay off for an all ways profit.
Usually, it would be expected that Tommy Robredo would start as favourite against Jose Acasuso, but he has laboured badly in this event and it looks likely that we will have joint faves by the time the match begins, which gives me a chance to trade up into profit.
In Washington, I caught a break by backing US giant, John Isner, at 20-1 during the first set of his victory over my tip, Tommy Haas, and Isner has made the final where he will face Andy Roddick.
A very disgruntled Haas said after his final set breaker defeat that "anyone over 6 feet 6 inches should be banned from the tour" and after watching last nights semi finals on Eurosport, he has a valid point.
Roddick prevailed over another giant, Ivo Karlovic by way of two tie breaks and Isner came through against Gael Monfils in three tie breaks. Washington has become a contest of the tallest man with the biggest serve wins and it's so dull to watch that I fell asleep after the first set of Isner v Monfils and left a lay of Isner at 11-2 up with Betfair, which was of course taken when he won. Am guessing though that the final may involve the odd tie break and so I will be able to profit from the Washington event, albeit a small profit after the defeat of Haas. I guess I made the mistake of thinking that there may be some tennis played in between serves.
So, we have Acasuso v Robredo at lunchtime, followed by the Charity Shield (sorry, the Community Shield) afterwards and an insomniacs dream of a Washington final tonight. Not a bad day's opportunities and a chance to end the week ahead with only the Masters event in Canada next week to play with, which will be a tough one to call. They don't call it the Rogers Cup for nothing.
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