Well, my theory that genuine class should shine through against lesser opposition failed to bear any fruit last night, as Seb Grosjean went out in three sets to Vinny Spadea in L.A.
I said yesterday that I expected the match to go the distance, but I didn't expect to be severely out of pocket at the end of it!
The little man from Marseille lost the decider 6-3 and with it went my outright punt and individual wager of the day.
It looks like Grosjean's shoulder injury hasn't cleared up yet after all!
The only upside was Wayne Odesnik's victory over Bobby Reynolds at [3.0] which sweetened the pill somewhat and corrected some of my Grosjean losses.
Elsewhere, multiple backers were let down by Donald Young's shock victory over Tommy Haas at around [7.0] although I'm happy to say that I wasn't one of them on this occasion.
As predicted, Carlos Moya had his work cut out against Xavier Malisse, with the Spaniard eventually prevailing in a final set breaker.
Tonight's line-up sees four uneasy favourites in Mardy Fish, Feliciano Lopez, Marat Safin and Fernando Verdasco all trying to progress to the quarter finals and at least three of them are expected to make it.
Fish has been in putrid form lately and won't be carrying any of my cash at [1.55] against Spadea, particularly given their record of tight encounters against each other.
The other three should prevail, but I'm always wary of backing players in their first match of a tournament (Grosjean aside of course!), so perhaps a small treble on Lopez, Safin and Verdasco could be the order of the day.
Hopefully Lopez will at least make it to the second round to keep my outright interest at [28] going after Grosjean's disappointing effort.
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