You've backed a player, she's cruised the first set, and also the second and now stands at 6-2 5-2* 0-40 ie 3 mps.
Would you green up?
She blows all 3 mp's, but that's ok as she's now 6-2 5*-3 40-0.
Would you green up? Cornetto was in those positions last night and managed to lose 6-2 5-7 1-6! And I didn't green up, but thankfully did hedge out when she got back to SP. What a ridiculous collapse. Sad to see, as she has been prone to these for a while now, though nothing quite on this scale! And had seemed better so far this tournament.
She was the only fav to lose last night. Had a nice win on Dani as managed to call the match correctly, unlike the damn Cib - Errani one the night before!
Quick update while waiting for the Bang vs Eng ODI to start.
3 of the 4 favs in Monterrey won, ALG being the loser.
Szavay seems to have got over her serving woes and injury from last week. Took a red in that match when they had a huge and longwinded argument over a dodgy line call at 4*-5 30-40, with the ump appearing to overrule only after ALG had a moan. Agnes quite rightly got the tournament ref involved. But had no idea how either girl would react after that so decided I'd take the red.
Also messed up the Cib - Errani match badly. Was nicely green at one stage but thought Errani would come back in the 2nd set from 2-5 down as Cib faltered. In fact Errani had bp for 5-5 but didn't convert. All my green was on her but she faded away badly in the 3rd and I couldn't rescue much.
Had a small loss on the WI vs Zim ODI earlier, so a red day.
3 out of 5 favs obliged yesterday, with Coin and Wozniak losing, neither of whom was any surprise. Coin had played very well vs Lucie but it would've been quite out of character for her to maintain that level of perf for a 2nd match! And against an oppo from whom she wasn't going to get too many cheap points.
The pre-match Pav market was most odd. She had been steady around 1.35 all day when suddenly loads of money pushed her out almost to 1.5 just before the off. That spooked me a bit - I wondered if she'd shown up on court with both legs strapped or something! Thank goodness for the stream which showed nothing amiss in the warmup. That high 1.4's was just too tempting and I had my first double max bet of the year, though got a bit nervous running such a big position and hedged off half the stake after the 1st set. It turned out to be a 1.01 train, however, so whoever those layers were never got a chance to recover. What prompted them to pile in is a mystery - maybe they saw Hercog had taken a set off Venus, ignoring that it was on clay, and this is a hardcourt, on which Hercog is totally unproven. That rounded off a nice little session for me. Earlier I had a small lay of England but didn't green up when Egypt scored, just covered the red and let it ride.
Looking forward to the rest of the 2r's later tonight, though it's bloody annoying they've scheduled one of the matches on a non-televised court. It's not like they have loads of matches to get through, neither of the two players on the outside court are in the doubles later, and I doubt very much they're selling tickets specifically for that other court. A mini-seethe is well in order!
What an amazing looking place Monterrey is! Wow. I had no idea where it was - I'd assumed it may have been a coastal resort on the Gulf or something, had no idea. But that's a pretty dramatic picture.
There's full tv coverage of center court matches this week. Last week there was no coverage available at all in Europe of Acapulco and only the sf's and final of Kuala Lumpur - very poor. So it was surprising to see so much coverage available this week, though not via satellite but over the internet.
Monday's matches were a poor bunch. Think it was the first time there's ever been live streaming and betting on a qualifier match! Didn't pull the trigger on any of them, managing to dodge a bullet when Lucie Safarova surprisingly lost, but she was just too short to back in a 1r match. AMG also lost to an inspired performance from "Kookie" Klara Zakopalova nee Koukalova.
8 of the 11 favs won last night, with a high profile loss by JJ. A shame as she even went there a few days early to prepare. Other losing favs were Craybas and Savchuk. Felt much more comfortable with betting on yesterday's matches, notching up a nice day's results. Also had small wins on the cricket and the NHL, back from the Olympic break.
Just haven't felt right backing or laying anyone or any team so been keeping the powder dry. Next week could be pretty quiet too, as there's a poor field in Monterey and it's international break for the footie. May not be much to report till the week after, when Indian Wells gets underway.
Cornetto was in those positions last night and managed to lose 6-2 5-7 1-6! And I didn't green up, but thankfully did hedge out when she got back to SP. What a ridiculous collapse. Sad to see, as she has been prone to these for a while now, though nothing quite on this scale! And had seemed better so far this tournament.
