Wimbledon Round two selections ONLY

paige3 · Group 3 Class Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 52

Gone for a couple of 3 setters here.

Pavlyuchenkova to beat Vinci in 3 sets
Odds 11/4.

Pavlyuchenkova one of the rising stars of the tour. Vinci an old hand, but useful on grass.
Could be a close one, but I take the hard hitting Pav to win this. Not been much rain in London of late, so courts must be hard and this will be to her advantage

Schiavone to beat Larcher De Brito in 3 sets
Odds 5/2

Much has already been written about the noise Larcher De Brito makes when she hits the ball. Expect the gutter press to be out in force to cover this match, putting extra pressure on the 16 year old.
Schiavone is a wily campaigner, and will use all the attention to her advantage against her less experienced opponent.

Cibulkova to beat Urszula Radwanska in 3 sets
Odds 10/3.

The bookies make Radwanska favourite to win this one, despite her being some 50 places below Cibulkova in the Rankings.
Radwanska won the junior Wimbledon event in 2007, so can play on grass, although she played a stinker against her sister at Eastbourne last week.
Cibulkova's career has hit the skids a bit after her rapid rise last year.
Can play erratically at times, so this is a bit of a risky bet.
Fully expect it to go to 3 sets though.

jamiess09 · Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:13 pm Post subject:

Albert Montanes 11/8

Canas a huge drifter in the world rankings is beatable today and im willing too side with Albert Montanes who impressed me when winning the Estoril Championships in Portugal in May beating James Blake in the final.. A tournament that has been won in the past two season by the likes of Roger Federer, Novak Djorkvic and Carlos Moya.. That was on clay however and i havent much off his form on grass.. He has never gone further than the second round at Wimbledon.. However he is a player on the upgrade and is climbing the rankings with every event.. He only needed the 3 sets in his first round game against Zemlja and this should provide an even bigger task..

jbsouz · Group 1 Class Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Posts: 302

Hi guys, 2 more bets for the Wimbledon:

HANESCU TO D DEVILDER @ 1.36 on Betfair
Hanescu is not a great grass court player, but Devilder is just a poor grass court player. Hanescu with greater weight of shot and better serve must be a favorite even on hard courts, and surely on a grass court.

LISICKI TO D MAYR @ 1.25 on Pinnacle
Lisicki is one of the players who can be in top 10 very soon with powerful game from the baseline and a good serve. Mayr is a typical clay court player. Too much power for Lisicki.