Easy come, easy go

4 out of 6 favs won, the 2 losers being Penne in Bastad and AMG in Budapest.
The cynics and/or conspiracy theorists among you may raise a quizzical eyebrow at the Penne result, noting that she has already qualified for Bali, whereas her good friend and doubles partner Dulko has not. The form students might point out the 1-0 h2h in favour of Dulko on clay, the 2-2 h2h overall, and the way Penne laboured to despatch Craybas yesterday. We'll never know where the truth lies. However, I have to say I think tennis is probably the cleanest sport to bet on. Anyone doubting this should try betting on the horses for a month.

I always laugh reading the Betfair tennis forum conspiracy theorists. One minute they're ranting on about how rubbish the standard is, the next they're postulating that those very same players have the ability to play to a prearranged script. Can't have it both ways.

I managed a nice win on the Patty vs Hercog match purely by in-play switching, with max liability never exceeding the 10% permitted by the staking plan. But I then decided to go on reverse tilt and piled into Cornetto. I thought Cornetto had a good chance based on how she'd looked beating Timea and how Agnes had spluttered to beat the Mouseburger, a much lesser opponent. But Agnes was a different proposition today and Cornetto seemed to struggle with the half-shadowed, half-sunlit court, though it certainly didn't bother Agnes! So sadly, the reverse tilt went tits up this time, and it's back to normal stakes.
Edit : Just seen the kickoff times for tomorrow and it looks like that's me done for the week, as I play cricket at the weekends in the summer and won't be around when the matches are on. Not comfy betting if I'm not going to watch or follow the matches. So see you all on Monday for Palermo and Prague!

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