It looks like a return to the green figures this week in the Beijing Olympics with Fernando Gonzalez being the man to guarantee me at least a decent profit.
Those that read my Betfair pre-tournament advice and backed Gonzalez at [126] will be getting extremely interested right about now as the Chilean goes on court against James Blake in the semi finals.
I got on each-way at that huge price, so a simple back of Blake at [evens] today has ensured me a very handsome profit on the week. I'm hoping that Gonzalez does the business though obviously and creates a bumper payout.
I've been on Betfair Radio this week discussing the event and those listening would have heard me bigging up the chances of both Gonzalez and Nalbandian, although in typical style, the Argentine went out to Gael Monfils about an hour later.
Oh well, you can't win them all and I did advise punters not to touch Venus Williams at [5.5] for the Ladies Singles Gold Medal - she went out to home favourite Li Na yesterday.
As for Mr Federer, well he is incredibly vulnerable at the moment and although it was a bit of a surprise to see the Swiss beaten in straight sets by Blake for the first time in their career meetings, it barely registers as a shock these days.
Nadal and Djokovic meet later today after the Gonzalez match and Djokovic has a live chance of an upset in this one at [2.7].
The Serb has a 4-2 lead in their hard court series and won their last encounter in Cincinnati a couple of weeks ago, but Nadal was clearly below par physically that day and there should not be too much read into that.
It's a tight match though and who can say what sort of condition Nadal is in after his tough schedule, so it's worth backing Novak at the current price.
Over in Washington, Andy Roddick continues to struggle and needed to save match points against clay courter Eduardo Shwank and next plays Viktor Troiki for a place in the semis.
In the other half, it looks to be between Tommy Haas and Juan Martin Del Potro, who has now won 16 straight matches.
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