It was very much a case of 'after the Lord Mayor's show' for the tennis world last week, following two weeks of cracking entertainment in New York, with only the hardcore making the long journeys to three minor tournaments in the hope of ranking points and in some cases a return to form.
The clay event in Bucharest always sees an entirely random winner - last year it was Jurgen Melzer - and this year was no different, with the finalists being Gilles Simon and home favourite, Victor Hanescu.
Punters would have been hard pressed to come up with those two as a final pair and individual match traders would have been none too pleased with the amount of retirements in the tournament in the middle of games, but this always happens the week after a slam, so I kept what was left of my funds firmly in my pocket.
The same applied to the China Open on hard, but I thought that the ubiquitous Nikolay Davydenko was too big at 5.0, so had a five point wager on him for the event, which I layed off when he traded at a more sensible 3.45.
Of course, he lost in straight sets to Marin Cilic in the second round, but I was out of the bet by then having made a bit and I gave the rest of the event a swerve.
Fernando Gonzalez enjoyed a welcome return to form, beating Tommy Robredo in the final and will be looking to continue that progress between now and Shanghai.
Over in Bali, it was great to see Lindsay Davenport mark her comeback to the tour with a win and she clearly still has the ability and hunger to trouble the best, after victories over Jankovic and Hantuchova en route to the title.
No ATP Tour event this week, but a few WTA events begin, however I will be concentrating on the cricket and rugby this week for hopefully some profit opportunities.
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