IT was a manic Monday at the Australian Open as eight women's seeds crashed out in round one.
Ana Ivanovic was the highest profile casualty, the world No.5 losing in three sets to Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic. On Tuesday morning former champ Serena Williams looks to avoid a giant-killing against Alison van Uytvanck who is a whopping 19-1 with Unibet for the win.
In the men's singles Andy Murray is due on court around midnight to take on Aussie Mad Dog Marinko Matosevic. Murray was taken to a tie-break in the final set of his 3-0 win over Yuki Bhambri and bet365 go 11-10 that there will be a tie-break in his second-round clash.
There's plenty other big names in action and an intrirguing match-up sees two Aussie rising stars go head to head, with Samuel Groth 3-4 at BetVictor against Thanasi Kokkinakis, who shocked Ernests Gulbis in round one and is 5-4 with SportingBet to spring another surprise.
Staying Down Under, the cricket ODI between Australia and England got under way in the early hours of Tuesday.
Heading Stateside, there are two NBA fixtures – Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs at Denver Nuggets – plus a packed card in the NHL.
Post your sporting tips and chat here and good luck with your bets.
In December 2020 we sadly 
Cycling: Tour down under result stage 1
Match-up double, winner in capitals:
HEINRICH HAUSSLER v Steel Von Hoff
SAMUEL DUMOULIN v Lorenzo Manzin
Double @ 2.20 with William Hill
WIN
The break away just made it to the end in front of a sprinting peloton. Will be back tonight with my thoughts on stage 2.
Gonna post very early , hate nights with only A few games to pick from but it is just that tonite.
gonna pick thunder – 3 @ miami , this will be closer than youd think , hopefully bosh has an off day ahead of spurs game ova 204..
im sure 90% of us would have picked this one..
Follows another ss win last night all be it by 2 points… that’s 10/12 recently . Hopefully lucky for some 13…
GOOD LUCK IF YOU CHOOSE TO FOLLOW !!!!!!
Aint it strange people only take ill in tennis when they are losing. Something for the Medical profession to investigate no doubt.
Huggy, 10 from 12, superb sir!!!
Huggy – gutted, Portland missed free throw on 1 sec cost me $100 winnings. Had em -4.5 in treble with Subs & Bucks. Gutted as that was my winnings from the Rockets gone.
*Portland won by 4 btw…1 point short!
Btw – havnt looked at today’s games yet but ill post later. I actually like the small cards better mate, I find I get better results as can analyze the few games better whereas I struggle for time with the big cards.
Anyways buddy, OKC -3.0 looks mighty juicy tbh!
Mate to make it worse they won 6 free thows with 21 seconds on the clock and missed 3 of them , now thats a disgrace…
JORDAN sorry i never replied yesterday still ill tried to rest up all yesterday but back at work today. I didn’t lose my stake i cashed out for 0 loss but i could have won a good amount for me especially as i only place £1- £10 bets. In all honesty im not up to scratch with american football and im given these tips all the while so i follow blindly on things like that as you have to level stakes and i win a lot more than i lose. Problem is i would normally been at work or in bed but as i was sick couldn’t sleep so watched the cashout sink so took it rather than lose. I know its not good to bet on things you don’t understand but i have had £5 on Ronnie killing Lucy in eastenders and i don’t watch that crazy. Jordan appreciate your time and help mate
Well i’ve woken up to a pretty decent set of results from Melbourne.
Gojowyzk d Garcia Lopez @ 5/6 RETIRED (LOST or VOID)
Gonzalez d Fognini @ 11/4 WON
Bacsinszky d Jankovic @ 11/10 WON
Krunic d Davis @ 6/5 LOST
Petkovic d Brengle @ 8/13 LOST
Vandeweghe/Strycova/Johnson treble @ 2.2 WON
Strycova/Johnson/Bolelli/Groth 4-fold @ 3.36 WON
Lorenzi d Dolgopolov @ 2/1 WON
My 9/1 favourites 14-fold is also still alive and well I think.
There’s a chance I’ve missed a tip or two off here, i’ll have to trawl back through the previous threads before I know for sure. But 1,000/1 Bacsinszky lives to fight another day….it’s good to dream big!
Ad – Fantastic tipping! Followed the 9-1 acca removing Wednesday’s matches as well as backing the 4-fold and the treble. Keep up the good work!
Ad whats with all the upsets with the women. Heather Watson gone aswell
Fantastic tipping recently Huggy. Don’t know enough about B’ball but have been enjoying getting on your SS and having profits rolling in. Hopefully another tonight!
glad you made some bucks , tonights is posted , fingers crossed as always .. hoping for 11 out 13 !!!
Heather Watson wasnt an upset cooldude… She is poor! I always bet on her opponent in the majors and normally she goes out in the first round.
Ernie has Laura Robson made it to round 2?
USA Basketball Tips Today:
– SS/NAP: OKC Thunder -3.0 @ $1.92 (5 pts) – NBA
– SINGLE #2: Spurs -7.0 @ $1.92 (2.5 pts) – NBA
– DOUBLE: LSU +15.5 @ Florida, Air Force +15.5 vs. San Diego State @ $1.92 (2.5 pts) – NCAA College B’Ball
My SS is the same as Huggybears’…its as close to a certainty on such a small card.
Smaller stake on Spurs to win by 8+ points in Denver, but do note Denver is a very hard place to travel to and come away with points.
Did a bit of study on College B’Ball games too and these 2 stood out to give the Headstart. Both games are sitting at +9.5 lines at 10/11 odds, but at +15.5 each we get a nice safe Double that also pays 10/11 or $1.92.
GL today guys!
attila did you read my comment above , gutted for you..
I know Huggy, their fee throw shooting percentage was pathetic. Realm they should have won it by 8 or 9. I’d rather the bet lose by 5 or 10 points tho…its so much harder to stomach when its just 1 point shy on the last leg of a treble!!! Lol.
Made most of it back on a -1 double on Japan & Iraq tho so not feeling as $hite.
Almost had a good win with garcia lopez, can’t believe there was a retirement just as he was taking control of the match
AD – can you do me a favour. I have a free bet, could you tell me your best 4 picks for tonight to do a four fold paying around 3 or 4-1.
Or give me a selection of 7 or 8 to pick my own from. Thanks
Cool dude – Robson isn’t playing. She hasn’t played in a year or so because of an injured wrist.
Think she is planning on coming back soon.
Kyrgios 6/4 to bt karlovic
The other British girl was out last night…Graham is it?
She was 1-0 down in sets and 3-0 down in the 2nd. Pretty sure I clocked that flicking through in play this morning.
Huggy thanks for making me nearly bounce my phone like a basketball last night…was going to play safe with Housten but took your NAP and put it to great use ;) Cheers and glad I didn’t bottle it an cash out.
HO Rockets-10.5…10/11
ATL Hawks-4.5…5/9
LA Clippers-8…100/187
GS Warriors-10.5…10/19
PH Suns-8…2/3. 3am tip off? Which had then changed to 2am and by time my alarm went off at 3.45 it was gone in but all good.
£10 returned £131.86. Sons team! :P
*gone in play
WTF?! OKC Thunder line now out 5 points to -8.5!!! Someone must have really lumped on and woke the bookies up.
I do think OKC will win by at least 10 points so the bet is still a go’er, albeit more risky now.
Attila, tonights nba games not up yet on boyles, what site r u on m8?
Jimba, I’m in Australia mate. I use an Aussie bookie http://www.sportsbet.com.au
The spreads are all up but the alternative +15.5 spreads for the College B’Ball wont be available til a few hours before games.
Steve I think Karlovic will win and tipped him the other day @ 8/11. Backing him with someone who voids retirements is probably the safest way to go. I also ambitiously tipped 3-0 4/1…..We shall see!
Iddy- My NAP for tonight is Groth to win which I posted yesterday and I’m sticking with that. I’ll give you the picks I like most and see what you make of them. But there isn’t really that much on the card tonight that jumps out at me.
Groth d Kokkinakis @ 8/11
Karlovic d Kyrgios @ 8/13
Tiebreak in Groth v Kokkinakis @ 4/11
Berdych 3-0 @ 6/10
Murray 3-0 @ 2/5
Dimitrov 3-0 @ 4/7
Dodin + 5.5 v Pliskova @ 11/10 or play safe with +7.5 @ 3/10
I’ve not spent a huge amount of time looking at everything in depth yet but I’m not sure i’m going to find much i really fancy tonight. If you like any of those as well then go for it, but if not might be best off waiting for a more appealing card. Personally I’ll probably just put a small acca on but otherwise stick with singles and doubles on Groth and Karlovic and my longshot Dodin.
Kyrgios looking good so far, 2 sets up
Attila, thanx bud
Last nights bets all went close:
Azarenka – WON
Kanepi – LOST
Keys – WON
1.52/1
Nishikori 3-0 – WON
Isner 3-0 – WON
Ferrer 3-0 – LOST
4.8/1
Bit of fun:
Johnson – WON
Verdasco – WON
Isner – WON
Dodig – WON
Simon – WON
Zheng – LOST
Stosur – WON
Zahlavova-Strycova – WON
Azarenka – WON
Kanepi – LOST
Petkovic – LOST
Keys – WON
23/1
To win the first set:
Fognini
Johnson
1.02/1 – WON
To win the second set:
Johnson
Azarenka
1.7/1 – WON
To win the first set:
Fognini – WON
Johnson – WON
Verdasco – LOST
Isner – WON
3.4/1
Went very close on the losing selections and there were a couple of winners in there too.
Made massive profit in-play last night so I think thats the way I’m going to go tonight rather than so many pre match bets.
Only two trebles for me pre match. I like the look of Klizan, Chardy, Roger-Vasselin for a men’s treble and Makarova, Errani and Mladenovic for a women’s treble. Both pay close to 2/1, the men’s just over and the women’s just under.
Might look at the doubles matches later on.
I think you’re right about in-play being the way to go tonight Sam.
Huggy, what do you think now OKC has blown out from -3.0 to -9.0???? Too risky?
I think so Ad, can’t believe I was let down by one selection on so many bets haha! The Ferrer 3-0 annoyed me the most, lost the first set tie break then absolutely breezed the next 3 sets!
I stayed up to watch the majority of last nights action and was making doubles and trebles on who would win the current/next set and had a fair few land. Also a few doubles on a player holding serve. Picking two female players to hold serve normally pays around evens.
Seems to be easier to make selections once you let the match develop a bit first and see how each player is palying.
Absolutely. When you’re actually watching a match the initiative is sometimes very visibly with one player or the other, and shifts in momentum are only possible to properly spot if you’re watching. Can lead to some big wins if you’re disciplined and don’t get carried away placing bets on players who are behind that you hope will turn it around at good odds but have no real reason to suspect they actually will!
I’ve only placed 3 in-play bets so far this week, Berankis and Seppi to win when they were a set down and Monfils today when he was a break down in the 5th. Gutted I didn’t get home in time to back him when he was 2 sets down! Would’ve made a fair few quid there.
Huggybear. .. Thanks for the quick reply mate.
having a look at ur SS on bet365 & the odds sayin OTB, do u use bet365?
Is it overs in the other game then 4 a dbl maybe???
Cheers
Women’s Second round tips:
Vandeweghe d Stosur @ 6/4
Stosur really doesn’t do well in Melbourne. For an Australian player who thrives on a hardcourt it’s baffling that she’s never made it past the 4th round. Vandeweghe isn’t as experienced at Slams but she carries none of the demons her opponent does here and is in decent form. She beat Stosur on a hardcourt the only time they played last year and is very capable of getting the better of her again here.
In what should be a fairly even baseline battle (if Stosur doesn’t completely choke) between two big servers and hitters, I expect Vandeweghe to edge it as she doesn’t carry the mental baggage Stour does into it. 6/11 is way too short for Stosur so I’m taking the 6/4 on Coco. That price could well come down to around evens, so if you fancy backing Coco the earlier the better.
Gilles Muller also looks a little big @ 9/5 to beat Bautista Agut. Muller has been serving out of a tree recently, and he hit 29 aces in 3 sets of tennis today. He also won 89% of points behind his first serve and with stats like that he must have a chance at the upset.
OTB
Oklahoma Thunder Biggamble or summit like that
Pliskova v Dodin
2nd set over 9.5 games @ 13/8.
Why this price is this big I’m not sure. I’ve already stated I think Dodin can make this closer than the odds suggest and hopefully that proves to be the case. A 6-4 set really isn’t too much to ask for at these odds.
Dodin +5.5 @ 11/10
A tad more conservative that my fairly wild bet on her to win @ 8/1, but if she puts in a good performance today she should be able to stop Pliskova running away with it. I’m not putting anything other than small stakes on this match as if Pliskova makes a fast start it could become very difficult for the youngster. But fingers crossed Dodin can keep close to her early on.
ad , might follow a few of these , can you post time and competition the games are in.
cheers ad
Cycling: Milan San-Remo 2015 (22 March 2015)
Winner: JUAN JOSE LOBATO @ 201.00 EW with Betvictor
I think this year will be the breakthrough of this Spanish sprinter, he already showed some class finishing in the Tour Down Under. This price is far too big for the guy who was 4th in last year’s edition of Milan San-Remo. Worth a small stake EW (1/4 place 1,2,3).
I see betvictor has cut Lobato to 101 for Milan San-Remo. You can still get him at 201 at PP and Ladbrokes.
Cooldude
What did I say last night – watson tae get pumped!
Haha=£££’s
Mint, she is quite young and will only improve in time, I hope
She was always going to find it tough coming off a title winning week. She is improving, but she’s unlikely to ever be a force at grandslams.
Guys that a bit naughty but when i took my bet early this morning / late last night bet365 were giving the line at 3`s which was the reason to post early.
bit of a dilemma really but picked this info up when researching just now and whilst their tips are bloody awful it does back up what i`m sure were all thinking….
(Oklahoma City is improving, with its Big Two back in action, while Miami is a night-to-night proposition. Wade, Deng and Andersen could all play tonight, or they could all miss the game, or some combination of the three. The Heat have actually been a slightly better bet this season without Wade.
OKC is coming off two very nice performances, and while we might be tempted to fade a team in such a situation, the Thunder, when healthy, are one of the league’s elite. So we’ll go with Oklahoma City as our NBA pick)
IT IS A SMALL CARD and i do like the ova in the spurs game, nuggets score well at home but spurs need these wins to continue and will hopefully score high to stay with em with the possibility of ot if they stay close.
sorry its a long winded thread but we all need a bit more info , just want to hear your thoughts ? you all still taking thunder -7 remember in recent weeks this side took out GOLDEN STATE 127 – 115 AND BEAT ORLANDO AND THE SPREAD BY HALFTIME.
also heat are carrying a few injuries and may rest them for more winable games ….
GOOD LUCK GUYS , IM ON ( AT 3`S LOL ) SO SUPER SINGLE IN THUNDER -7 , SORRY IF THIS BOMBS GUYS , LEVEL STAKES HELP WITH SUCH A POOR CARD…
Think the bookies like giving money away on wednesdays Africa Cup of Nations
Both my antipost tips are in the same group, i think both will meet in the final & both play wednesday
WEDNESDAY
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS
Equatorial Guinea v Burkina Faso 4pm
BURKINA FASO 21/20 Ladbrokes William Hill Skybet
Gabon v Congo 7pm
GABON 1/1 Skybet
BURKINA FASO & GABON 3.1/1 NAP Skybet
Equatorial Guinea v Burkina Faso GOALSCORERS
JONATHAN PITROIPA
Score Anytime 23/10 Ladbrokes & Coral
Score 2+ goals 16/1 Bet365
Score hattrick 100/1 Bet365
Jonathan Pitroipa is my antipost tip for top goalscorer
he really could have got a hattrick in first game against Gabon & he wont miss as many chances again all tournament
Burkina Faso & Gabon must be over priced here against two poor teams & i was in no doubt making the double my NAP
Posted this earlier on footy thread
Two tips yesturday in Africa Cup of Nations with one winner which was the NAP at 6/4
Today just the one tip but its a good one
TUESDAY
Aftica Cup of Nations
Mali v Cameroon 7pm
OVER 2.5 goals 13/8 NAP William Hill Coral Paddy Power
Huggy-
Not sure which bets you mean but I’ll post my best ones with the relevant info.
Kyrgios v KARLOVIC is at 06:00 tomorrow in the Men’s Australian Open
GROTH v Kokkinakis is at 07:00 tomorrow in the Men’s Australian Open
The prices on both have come down a bit since I posted.
VANDEWEGHE v Stosur is at 00:00 on Thursday morning in the Women’s Australian Open.
MULLER v Bautista Agut is at 00:00 on Thursday morning in the Men’s Australian Open.
DODIN v Pliskova is at 01:30 tomorrow morning in the Women’s Australian Open.
Groth/Karlovic are my most confident picks. Vandeweghe I also have faith in. Muller I think represents value but I would be much less surprised to see him lose than the others. Dodin will either make me look smart or stupid. +5.5 games should be well within her reach if she performs though and the over 9.5 games in the second set seems like it must be worth a shot at the odds on offer.
top man , cheers ad , i`ll a go at some of them…
Huggy, hope you have better luck with the money pit, oops I mean Tennis, than the luck i have, lol
Inglot/Mergea
Granollers/Lopez
Murray/Peers
1.44/1
My only tennis bet for this evening.
Murray v Matosevic – Under 29.5 games
Berdych v Melzer – Under 30.5 games
Double pays 2.18/1
Interested to hear anyone’s thoughts
It’s got a decent chance aj. I think both will probably be straight sets but whether they both go under is even harder to say. I wouldn’t be that surprised if the Berdych match went over. Melzer is good behid serve when he is playing well. So is matosevic for that matter, but if Murray and Berdych are really switched on they should be able to win sufficiently comfortably. It only takes one tiebreak set to make unders v difficult though.
Ad – my thoughts exactly with regards to both players winning 3-0. I have to admit I don’t know much about their opponents other than stats that were available such as H2H. Murrays been playing well of late and I’m more confident about him achieving the unders. Both players to win in straight sets is almost evens which may be another worthwhile bet.
Cycling: Tour Down Under 2015
Stage 2
Avoiding Kittel for stage 1 was the right choice, the fastest guy on the planet was not sprinting at all. The second stage is a stage which returns every year and finishes uphill. This stage usually sees a powerful sprint to the line on top of the small climb. When I saw the starting list I thought Meersman or Lobato have the best skills to win this stage and after seeing their current form I will stick to them in the match-ups.
Match-up double, winner in capitals:
JUAN JOSE LOBATO v Heinrich Haussler
GIANNI MEERSMAN v Daryl Impey
Double @ 3.64 with William Hill
Lobato won 2 races with a finish like this last season. Because of his fast finishing in the classic on Sunday and his fast sprint yesterday I see him as one of the favourites for stage 2. I have never seen Haussler have a good result on this kind of terrain.
In one of those races Lobato won, Meersman came in second. He showed in some Belgian races he has a fast sprint on an uphill finish like this. Impey is the better climber, but I think he misses the speed to finish in front of Meersman.
You can take them as 1.91 singles, but I will play a smaller stake double.
Brilliant stuff again Huggy!
So huggy Attila the bet tonight is Oklahoma ??
Acca on the first games on tonight:
Paes/Klaasen
Ganollers/Lopez
Mergea/Inglot
Murray/Peers
Black/Zheng
Draganja/Kontinen
Makarova
Georges
12.5/1
You fancy anything on the ice tonight furthermore?
@David Mc – yeah, Oklahoma it is!
Note all: As I missed the OKC -3.0 when markets were first out (even tho I tipped it), I’ve gone a double stake (10 points) on -6.5 @ $1.53 as I feel -9.0 is too risky a spread to take.
I think miami will win 100-99 in a very tight game.
Miami at 3/1 a crazy bet
No one seems hugely certain on oklahoma
Cheers Attila
@Langerdan, from what I can see the 2 NHL bets that stand out to me are:
– Tampa Bay WIN @ EVENS
– Dallas Stars ML @ EVENS
This isn’t a tip because I do think Julia Goerges will beat Koukalova. But 3/1 is pretty big considering Koukalova is a match for her if she brings her A game. Koukalova is one of the least composed and most unreliable players on tour, but Goerges is hardly Miss Consistency. Going to put a few quid on the upset as this is women’s tennis we are talking after all ;)
and I want you all to know so I look clever if it does happen. And to forget about this when it doesn’t!
@Paul – wouldn’t you take Miami +10.0 at EVENS in that case? OKC should win, its just by how many that ppl aren’t sure of…
Don’t do that to me Ad, I’ve backed Goerges tonight haha!
Thats an idea attila
Just think miami will fight tooth and nail and if they do lose it wont be by 8 that the bookies are saying
Cheers attila
Sam mate Goerges will most likely win, I wouldn’t worry about it. I’m just throwing a couple of quid away for interest. It’s a big price given their respective top levels and the women’s draws propensity for upsets. But if I was playing with a decent sized stake Id take Goeges all day.
Evening gents. Gave a bit back with the Rose assists last night after a winner on the points. Bulls were down at HT so he decided to score instead of assist in the second half.
Small stakes tonight. Serge Ibaka (OKC) averages 7.3 rebounds per game. The Thunder rank 1st in the league in rebounds with the Heat ranking last. Ibaka’ boards in his last 10 games. 8, 8, 7, 7, 10, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14.
Serge Ibaka over 7.5 rebounds @ 10/11 @ WillHill
Paul, think you may have been right about Miami. They look up for it, OKC don’t look interested…hmmm.
Is anyone on my College Basketball double? LSU are all over Florida so they should cover the +15 easy. Just go it ta hope Air Force come out with their usual attacking style
Spurs @ Nuggets:
– DOUBLE: Spurs Win & OVER 203.5 @ $2.20 (small stakes)
Well done so far on College Basketball Attilia im on it..just waiting on Air Force for the double.
LSU were 5/1 and won..we should of went ML ha.
I am on Miami +13 Denver +14.5 Denver game o 197.5….3.5/1 GL with yours.
Attila the thunder came good in end
Happys days another great tip landed great stuff
Glad I took Thunder -6.5 instead of the -10.0 they were offering before tip off. And because I double stakes the profit is same as an Evens vet at normal stake.
Glad you guys all got on and won some. It was Huggy’s call first so congrats to you again Huggybear!
The wet lettuce, yeah I know mate…in hindsight its always great to wish ya’d taken the underdog outright, but more often than not they won’t win which is why i try to go safe with the spread :-)
Air force aren’t doing well btw – down by 23 at HT, but being the homedog, they should make up the 8 points needed!
Typical Air Force Blown Away 1st Half…Heres Hoping.
Wet lettuce – Air Force are coming back, only down by 18 now.
Can we ever relax with Basketball betting? No…thats why we love it so much.
Your and Huggybears tips are ace.
Never mind Air Force got whooped.
But my Dever + 14.5 and over 198 and the ealier Miami game came in for a nice trebble.
Yours did too..well done Attilia.
P.s i got Sharapova in play at 2 breaks down final set at 72 ..she won
Tour down under result stage 2
JUAN JOSE LOBATO v Heinrich Haussler
GIANNI MEERSMAN v Daryl Impey
Double @ 3.64 with William Hill
LOST
Had to stick with the singles. Lobato won the stage, Impey came in 2nd.
@ Mr Orange Daryl Impey did win the 2nd stage William Hill have paid out.
@ ticketyboo, I was paid out too. But I fancied Meersman to finish in front of Impey and that didn’t happen. Mistake by WH :)