Marcus000
Fondy's bitch
2007 Tennis Record: 2-5 (-8.29 units)
Late start to this weeks thread as I didn't really like any bets of yesterday's card. Tonight tho I'm gonna try on a dog that might prove to have some bite.
Thailand Open (Indoor)
Joachim Johansson +135 vs Fernando Verdasco (2 units to win 2.7 units)
Well Joachim (aka Pim Pim) is coming off an injury plagued 2 years where he has had shoulder problems. He has since had surgery on it and been out of action since the Australian Open. Pim Pim got back onto the tennis court finally last week by taking on Andy Roddick in a Davis Cup match ehere he lost in straight sets 6-7, 6-7, 3-6. But even tho with the loss it looks very psomiting that even with the 8 months off he still was able to give Roddick a hell of a fight in the first 2 sets. After the match he said he feels 100% healthy finally and said he has spent the last few months training and improving his game for the comeback (mostly on his backhand). The indoor hardcourt is also a surface that Pim Pim excels on and loves to play.
Verdasco meanwhile is a rough one to read. He started out the season very shitty and of late has been doing better result wise but still too many questions on my end. He has also shown to be very beatable on the indoor hard surface the last 3 years with his 3-10 record.
Always a risk taking a player coming back from a long layoff with injury but thats why its a dog play. If Pim Pim would have came out in that Davis Cup match and lost in straight sets a lot easier then he had then I wouldn't be making this play, instead as said he gave Roddick a great fight in it. If he wasn't coming back from surgery and had more matches under his belt he would be a good sized favorite over Verdasco on indoor hardcourt surfaces. And with his good first match back showing in the DC I think he could have a quicker comeback to form and so I see good value on him and the + money.
Late start to this weeks thread as I didn't really like any bets of yesterday's card. Tonight tho I'm gonna try on a dog that might prove to have some bite.
Thailand Open (Indoor)
Joachim Johansson +135 vs Fernando Verdasco (2 units to win 2.7 units)
Well Joachim (aka Pim Pim) is coming off an injury plagued 2 years where he has had shoulder problems. He has since had surgery on it and been out of action since the Australian Open. Pim Pim got back onto the tennis court finally last week by taking on Andy Roddick in a Davis Cup match ehere he lost in straight sets 6-7, 6-7, 3-6. But even tho with the loss it looks very psomiting that even with the 8 months off he still was able to give Roddick a hell of a fight in the first 2 sets. After the match he said he feels 100% healthy finally and said he has spent the last few months training and improving his game for the comeback (mostly on his backhand). The indoor hardcourt is also a surface that Pim Pim excels on and loves to play.
Verdasco meanwhile is a rough one to read. He started out the season very shitty and of late has been doing better result wise but still too many questions on my end. He has also shown to be very beatable on the indoor hard surface the last 3 years with his 3-10 record.
Always a risk taking a player coming back from a long layoff with injury but thats why its a dog play. If Pim Pim would have came out in that Davis Cup match and lost in straight sets a lot easier then he had then I wouldn't be making this play, instead as said he gave Roddick a great fight in it. If he wasn't coming back from surgery and had more matches under his belt he would be a good sized favorite over Verdasco on indoor hardcourt surfaces. And with his good first match back showing in the DC I think he could have a quicker comeback to form and so I see good value on him and the + money.
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