TOP names were sent tumbling from the Miami Masters on Sunday as Rafa Nadal and Stan Wawrinka suffered shock third-round defeats.
On Monday world No.1 Novak Djokovic looks to follow Andy Murray into round four by disposing of Steve Darcis, who is an 18-1 long shot at bet365.
Djokovic, David Ferrer and Kei Nishikori are all big odds-on while closer match-ups include Grigor Dimitrov (4-6 at Paddy Power) against John Isner (13-10 at BetVictor) and Juan Monaco versus Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
Top tie of the women's fourth round sees Caroline Wozniacki as the 23-20 underdog at Sportingbet when she takes on Venus Williams, 4-5 at Paddy Power.
It's day one of the China Open snooker and in the absence of Ronnie O'Sullivan, who has withdrawn due to ill health, Neil Robertson is 5-1 title favourite at William Hill.
There's also a seven-match NBA card so post your sporting tips and chat here and good luck with your bets.
In December 2020 we sadly 
Nets -1.5
Spurs -1.5
Clippers +2.5
13/10 @ 365
Again, play stakes.
**WIN**
Thank God Spurs managed step their game up in the 4th, Kawhi has been impecable!
Well done on your win Jordan, I managed to get 2 in-game team totals for Clippers and Spurs, nice NBA bookie bashing for the night!
***POSTED YESTERDAY***
***VOID*** – L.A. Lakers +8.0 @ $1.92 (10 points)
*** WON*** – Indiana Pacers -1.5 @ $1.92 (10 points)
***Nice 10 points profit for the day with the push on the Lakers game & the nice win by the Pacers.
Cheers tom. Good night for everyone. Games look a bit tougher tonight so I’m gonna leave them.
Nice picks last night Jordan/Huggy/Attila. Good stuff.
Can’t believe how bad the Cav game was yesterday … such a poor show in front of their home crowd. Definitly agree with you Jordan on the Warriors to go all the way … and they deserve it for showing up at every game.
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Post last night:
“… lso putting my own Cavs -16.5 @ home against the Sixers.”
Guys what do you think of the following;
Panionios Athens vs Panathinaikos Athens (basketball)
Panathinaikos -16.5 @1.90 bet365
Worth putting £50 or more???
NBA Lettuce Longshot
Miami Heat-4
LA Clippers -3
SA Spurs -5
Phx Suns -3
10/1 Bet365
Lost….Suns let it down..i fell asleep and missed cash out when Suns were +20 up in 2nd quarter lol
Well done to all of the Winners last night.
also taking spurs -8 at 10/11 WINNER !!!
smallish bet on spurs/grizzlies ova 197.5 at 5/4 LOST 6 SHORT
spurs ova 186.5
pistons + 9.5
lakers ova 195
philly under 208
clippers ova 199.5
pays 4.76/1 WINNER !!!!
FINALLY , 3 figure account returns , phew !!
10/11 , 6/4 , 10/11 , 23/10 , 10/11 and the icing 4.76/1
6 winners from last 7
and my small funbet
not a tip but a funbet as sunday tv sucks , but i`m thinking the brooklyn nets ova 103.5 team totals looks do-able.
10/11 WINNER !!!
Great stuff Huggy keep them coming
Just had 20 on poomjaeng when Robertson was 2-1 up at 15/1, that’s Robertson out already!!! Most I’ve won off a small single in a long time obviously pure luck hahahaha
well done jordan . shotty . attila . soggy cabbage
brilliant tipping .
don’t overthink !! just BET then tip !!!
Brilliant Stuff Huggy Back To Your Best.
I agree we can overthink..some of my good winners over the years have being where i just see it and pick it.
Bets I am on today;
CSN d Radwanska @ 13/10 (NAP)
Gavarilova d Pliskova @ 21/10
Bencic d Stephens @ 11/8
Lisick/Venus/CSN treble @ 11/2
5-fold of all of the above @ 42/1
Good luck!
Following your picks Ad, fingers crossed!
Ad, why are you not backing Pliskova?
I know Gavrilova is in great form but for me the experience will do it for Pliskova.
reddevils- it’s a risky one for sure. Pliskova is having a great year and seems to have played a superb second set against Badosa Gibert in the last round apart from her first serve percentage. I think she made 3 firs serves all set!
But dropping a set to a well out of form beck and labouring a bit in the first set against Gibert is enough to convince me to take a chance on Gavarilova. Her movement and defence were superb against Sharapova, and Pliskova can collapse a bit under her own error count when put under pressure by a performance like that. she isn’t winning as many points behind her first serve as I’d expect her too and that might be a surface thing. To be honest though her ground strokes did look generally devastating in the last round so I’m braced to lose this one. Then again I expected her to be a bit shorter priced than she is so I think the bookies might be a bit nervous about her.
pacers +2.5
spurs -2.5
1.10/1
*won*
all over rockets +2 tonight
10/11 thinking ill pair it with hawks. thoughts?
Ad, I’m tempted to have a lumpy bet on Venus to beat Wozniacki. 1.85 looks quite big given her 6-0 h2h. Then again, it’s womens’ tennis. Never a safe bet.
Ad I saw you tipped Suarez Navarro, I did some looking up and saw many other websites advised her to win over Radwanska too. Surely worth a go at 13/10 then right?
Baldy- It is tempting, but as you say it’s womens tennis and Wozniaki Id a top player and Venus doesn’t always produce these days. I do definitely fancy her to win though so am puttiny her in with my other fancies.
Tomekplnd- the only thing going against CSN is the head to head. But she’s been breaking losing streaks against other players this year and is in the form of her life so I’m not too worried about that. Radwanska was rubbish against Watson last week and has been unconvincing so far this week so it has to be CSN for me. She is better, and in better form, than all the players Aga has against recently. 2-0 is my tentative call
* has struggled against recently that should say
main bet today nba+footy
Columbia -1.5 ah
Slovenia dc
Houston Rockets +9.5
Atlanta Hawks 1.5
2.10/1
Tennis treble
Radwankska
Nishikori
Goffin
1.76/1 @ bet365
I hope you’re wrong punterpounder :D sorry!
a bit of competition dont hurt :)
Huggy good stuff mate, nice to see you getting a winner from the alternates too.
Really struggling to think why the Raptors are -2 favourites. Looks a bit of a trap. Lowry missed Fridays game against the Lakers with a back injury so would be important to know if hes playing as I’d be all over the Rockets if not.
‘It’s unlikely that Kyle Lowry will play Monday night for the Toronto Raptors, who may be better off without him since he has never defeated the Houston Rockets since leaving that club.
The Raptors will at least catch a break since they won’t have to face Dwight Howard.
The Rockets have dropped their last seven visits to Toronto and plan to rest Howard in this one as they seek a fifth straight win.
Lowry, second on the team with 17.9 points per game, has missed four of the last five contests with back spasms. Coach Dwane Casey had no update on his status at Sunday’s practice.’
mate did you watch houston/wizards , howard and gortat for wizards missing from 2 foot , funny as …..
jordan its the one i fancy and luckily dwight howard is out too , and its the only game following form sides. none of the other bigs playing.
2 bets for me ,
main bet atlanta -7.5 20/23 small bet atlanta ht/ft 20/27
smallish bet houston rockets -2.5 @ 6/4
FINGERS CROSSED !!
ok never usually do this but i`m gonna change my main bet and post later , thinking that hawks may indeed put out a seriously weakened team .
hope nobody followed this bet yet..
cheers jordan , think this could be a game to avoid…
Hawks are playing but I think they are overrated to be honest. The more and more I follow NBA over the past few months the more I think how can’t the Warriors win it? My bold predictions for the playoffs. Warriors/Spurs West Final, Cavs/Hawks East Final. Warriors/Cavs Final, Warriors win 4-1. What you reckon?
Extremely tempted on the Bucks tonight depending on how the Hawks line up. +7.5 but hopefully the public take that to +8.5 by tonight. Rockets ML could be another bet.
Oooh hahahaha, fair enough but I wouldn’t take any Hawks bets yet. Remember they’ve won the East and rested ALL 5 starters against Charlotte and Jeff Teague is injured.
‘The visiting team has taken all three matchups between the Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks this season.
That trend could continue even though the Bucks have dropped 10 straight on the road since they are getting healthier while the Hawks may limit the minutes of their stars on Monday night.
Atlanta (55-18) clinched the Eastern Conference’s top seed with Friday’s 99-86 home win over Miami. That caused Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer to rest DeMarre Carroll, Kyle Korver, Al Horford and Paul Millsap in Saturday’s 115-100 loss at Charlotte.
With Jeff Teague sitting out a second straight game with a sprained ankle, all five starters did not play.’
Boys as u know it is Monday and its usually a day of reflection for Dave. I am enjoying a cold beer watching caroline woziaki, i love it when she grunts :) the wife will be up shortly for work, im going to get her to rustle me up a mix grill while I ponder the card and maybe post another “Dave Double” would be my 4th in a row
THE ROCKETS are also missing 2 starters but think they have the depth .
and agree with atlanta landing top spot but i`m thinking they`ll rest on the road , and hoping they play big at home. plus wat a bench to score 100 away 2 a side with play-off ambtions
that`s too much thought !!! go hawks lol
Hahaha you’re right that is too much thought!
Not that I wanna put you off even more mate but Hawks play tomorrow in Detroit too. I’ll shut up now and see who they start haha, just set up twitter so I can follow every team and get the latest team/injury news.
jordan wats the twitter feed mate sounds like something i should have.
might post an aternative acca ( loose change ) following yesterdays fluke ….
dave , wat you thinking mate , likewise shotty ,Oriaz ,paul , attila !!!
p.s where you guys all from ? i`m a stoopid taffy
looks like I should not have gone against ad
Seriously early days yet PP! anything could happen here.
:)
Thata girl Venus, lets keep this up.
Huggy if you go on twitter and just search for the team. The official team page should come up (will have a small blue tick next to it) You can set up your phone etc to get notifications whenever the said teams tweet. I use twitter for footy team news so thought why not use it for NBA.
cheers jordan i`ll do that , and changed my main bet as i agree hawks may be on play-off mode.
ptb / jazz / grizzlies , i`ll have a ponder and post
Cycling: Tour of Flanders 2015
Big race this Sunday when the most important race in Flanders starts, it’s the biggest sport-event in Belgium and one of the 5 monuments in cycling. I think we will see the same names we saw in the E3 last Friday. This is a similar race and the riders will race a part of the same roads and climbs. Like the E3 race my picks will be Vanmarcke, Stybar and Thomas.
Stybar @ 9.00 each-way with 365
Stybar was 2nd in the E3 and I can see him winning it or end up on the podium again.
To be continued…
Thanks for the info Ad, I hope your bet wins.
Orange, I have Stybar to win as well :P
If Boom recovers well i’m backing him for Parijs-Roubaix.
Hope Boom recovers reddevils, I will wait for his results in de Panne before backing him.
The weather forecast at the moment says a lot of rain for the race weekend. That’s something Boom likes!
6-0 response from cvn 1-1
Ad surely Navarro should go on to win the game now, should I at least cover, if so how?
she will win don’t worry
Cover at a set and a break up is my general rule. I.e now!
Or at a break up in the final set !
Play stakes again (even less than yesterday)
Hornets +5
Bucks +16
Blazers -1.5
just over EVS @ 365
alternative acca
rockets +6
suns ova 192
bucks +15
wolves +11.5
pays 2.63/1
main bet portland -8.5 smaller bet portland ht/ft 4/6
small inplay bet on cska -24.5 at 5/6
Lads just seen tiger is 8/13 just to turn up at the masters!!! Lump
Resisted myself from covering, came out well. Well done for everyone on Navarro!
Get in Suarez Navarro! She’s been pretty good to us this year!
13/10 single up. Just waiting on Lisicki now for the 11/2 treble. Come on!
Worth getting on Rockets, now with Lowry out for Raptors?
Yeah guys im thinking rockets too but had to chase 2 nights in a row so may just sleep it out – like atlanta lol
I slimmed the bet down from lumpy to decent, but never mind, happy to collect on Venus. Hope Sabine gets treble up for you, Ad.
Thanks Baldy. Sorry if i talked down your winning stake. I couldn’t in good conscience advise anyone to lump on a match like that on the WTA though!
CSKA moscow win by 35 and therefore cover the tipped -24.5
so its another 5/6 WINNER!!!!
I’m reasonably happy with Gavrilova so far. Pliskovas just playing ludicrously well! 24/1 on bet. Fair to win the tournament…hopefully she collapses here, but if not she might take some stopping
Ad – 13/2 looks a big price for her to comeback in my opinion. Have gone for a small stakes single and an even smaller stakes double with Bencic!
First set for Pliskova. Let’s hope for a turnaround Ad :)
9/1 now for anyone who fancies it…
Small stakes on first set Gavrilova @4.90, you never know!
that’s second set of course.
So I called Pliskova completely wrong. Sorry folks. Hoelfully Lisicki CSN make amends. And I’ll be backing Pliskova against Makarova/Petkovic, that’s for sure!
How did Raonic not win the second set.. Now i’m full on Raonic to win the third set.
That was a flawless perfowmance, i was gambling on her making some errors but it never happened.
Yes, she was impressive Ad. Chardy is looking really confident now, damned.
Huggy mate from England, Manchester! Been a busy day so will get my head in the ganes soon and post my fancies up! whats your main bet?
gonna try the -8.5 on portland ..
Chardy musta been 100/1 at one point!
Lisicki a set and a break up. That’s the 11/2 done and dusted. Errani 15/1!
Huggy, I’m from Belgium (Brussels).
Following your -8.5 on Portland and also going for Grizzlies -10.5 at home against the Kings.
I am from the big smoke glasgow gods country ;)
Snooker single
Michael white -1.5 frames 8/11
Been playing well since his shootout win and needs to get to the semi finals at least in this if he is to be ranked inside the top 16 for the world championships. Playing doherty who in my opinion is well past his sell by date.
Good job Raonic! That was closer than expected :D
NCAAW – Connecticut Woman’s Basketball -33
Won last 3 games in the tournament by an average of 44 points and last round defeated a better team than they face tonight by over 50 points.
Portland can seal a playoff spot tonight so I’m expecting a big team effort although these two had an extremely low scoring match the other night (168 total points) with both teams shooting below 41%, Lillard managed to get 4 assists so I’m hoping a better night for the home side will boost up those assists for him. Lillard has averaged 7.6 dishes in his last 5, getting 10 against the Warriors on Saturday and 12 vs the Jazz previous to the low scoring game in Pheonix.
Damien Lillard Over 5.5 assists @ 5/7 @ 365.
NBA SUPER SINGLE:
– Rockets at Raptors OVER 207.5 @ $1.92 (10 points)
With a tricky card for today I think there is a good chance this game will go over. Both teams can score very freely but both allow plenty of points as well. I predict a shoot-out in which the Rockets might just edge the win.
Sorry its late guys, going for 76ers over 50.5 half time points pays evens @SkyBet little bit of a risky one but i feel quietely confident!
Also going for the Rockets and Hawks over 49.5 half time points as a double which pays around 1.5/1 @SkyBet
not the best card tonight so im not going crazy with my stakes, good luck again tonight guys!
Im from a field but live in a shop.
Huggy – you know I’m from Australia but I’m in Brisbane (actually, a small coastal town called Redcliffe just north of Brisbane).
And yeh mate,no overthinking…all seem to get better results from gut instinct with a bit of team news.
Following Huggy n Jordan as per….
Also small change on…
NBA Lettuce Longshot
Trail Blaizers -8.5
76Ers -5
Rockets Raptors over 204
Boston Hornetts under 199
Jazz Timberwolves under 192
13/1 bet 365…unkucky for some..probably me lol
GL lads.
I lived In Oz for 2 years Attila loved it mate. Sydney..Melbourne..Perth..Darwin lived them places..then drove up East Coast..great places..happy days.
#Rockets starters:
F: Trevor Ariza
F: Josh Smith
C: Joey Dorsey
G: James Harden
G: Jason Terry
@Raptors starters:
F: Terrence Ross
F: Amir Johnson
C: Jonas Valanciunas
G: DeMar DeRozan
G: Greivis Vasquez
Lowry (back spasms) is out.
Still now word on that Hawks line up.
Lived in Guernsey all my life and always will. Too much trouble around that world for me to venture anywhere else haha
Our old frienf Gregoire Barrere is in action tomorrow against Gombos. He is just under 3/1 for the win. Gombos is in pretty good form and I’ve only ever seen Bareere that one week on the indoor hard court, so ibe not really got a clue what’s going to happen here, but could be one to keep an eye on.
Kent, born and raised.
Throwing up another late treble and fourfold. All measly stakes so don’t go putting mortgages on if you follow.
Grizzlies -2.5
Blazers -1.5
Rockets +10
EVS @ 365
Hawks are full strength.
Teague, Horford, Millsap, Korver, Carroll. (Apologies in advance huggy) Hahaha
Ooh, forgot the fourfold, Hawks -1.5 @ 6/4 but don’t think you can get it now.
Jordan – LOL, good man. Its a crazy old world these days, your better off in a place like Guernsey!
Wet Lettuce – good stuff man, I love Darwin…yeah its a good country to travel around. Did you do the 2 year work holiday Visa? Ya had to do 3 months on a farm to get the second year right?
My wife I’d from Dublin, met her in an Aussie bar in Dublin when I was living there…she came over to Oz on the work holiday. To get her 2nd year she went to a strawberry farm…after a week she says to me “this is shite, lets just get married”… So we did, haha. That was 7 years ago.
Bencic loses :(
Fantastic match, couldve gone either way. Having small bets on Pliskova and Stephens outright just because they were both so good today.
A friend of mine lives on the Gold Coast I think Attila. DJ’s in a few places. Think he does a lot of work in Byron Bay?
You f- morons 76ers, couldn’t score that extra 1 point needed for Shorty’s HT points. You f- wits!
Ha nice one Attila..yeh it was working hol plus travel..worked on Australian Grand Prix for 4 months that was ace.
Adam absolutely gutted mate cant believe after the first quarter thar didnt land! Missed so many free throws too
I thought it was done and dusted Shorty mate. Especially when they needed 1 more point in what, like 2-3 minutes left. Unbelivable but sums up my betting ha
Unlucky lads its surprising how often you win/lose by half a point in basketball. On wards!
Play stakes again (even less than yesterday)
Hornets +5
Bucks +16
Blazers -1.5
@ EVS. Calling this a loser! **LOSE**
Play stakes again (even less than yesterday)
Hornets +5
Bucks +16
Blazers -1.5
just over EVS @ 365 **LOSE**
Throwing up another late treble and fourfold. All measly stakes so don’t go putting mortgages on if you follow.
Grizzlies -2.5
Blazers -1.5
Rockets +10
EVS @ 365
Add Hawks -1.5 @ 6/4
**BOTH OUTSTANDING BETS CAN BE COVERED ON THE SUNS +2.5 @ 5/1 @ PP**
Damian Lillard Over 5.5 assists @ 5/7 @ 365. *4 at HT*
NBA Lettuce Longshot
Trail Blaizers -8.5
76Ers -5
Rockets Raptors over 204
Boston Hornetts under 199
Jazz Timberwolves under 192
13/1 Bet365…unkucky for some..probably me lol
GL lads…..LOST
Huggy/ jordan
Ive got cashout of more than bet placed -portland-9.5..advise if you can guys..could suns maybe pull it closer?
Thanks
Wetveg they are up 29 mate. It’s your call. You can cover Suns +10.5 @ 40/1 @ PP. I’m not covering for my bet but could @ 125/1 at the moment haha
Lillard 7 assists in the 3rd :)
Blazers Up 26 with 10 to lay. If my -1.5 doesn’t win I will quit until playoffs :D
Grizzlies -2.5
Blazers -1.5
Rockets +10
EVS @ 365 **WIN**
Add Hawks -1.5 @ 6/4 **WIN**
Damian Lillard Over 5.5 assists @ 5/7 @ 365 **WIN**
NICE FULL HOUSE , someone spoilt mine , tbh i should have gone with gut , think were 1 all in people talked out of bets..
we had our bad patch betting on meaningless games , hopefully start filling the coffers for the play-offs
Well done Huggy on Portland. I talked you out of the Hawks but it didn’t matter :D
Big game tomorrow in LA. Clippers/Warriors. Warriors were -2.5 favourites but are now +2 underdogs. Interesting! Total 214. Big one but it could probably be hit with the form these two are in.
Think the Nets -3 can be done at home against Indiana. The Warriors game essentially means nothing as both are sealed in the playoffs 1 and 2 in their division but GSW should really keep winning to get overall home court.
Nets +5
Warriors +10 & Over 206
Pays 12/10 @ 365. Not a bet just yet. Will see how I feel in a few hours.
Ha ha didnt cover and not needed.
Cheerd huggy for a decent return AGAIN ha
Well done Jordan and others on your wins.
Nice turn around last two days guys! Good stuff Huggy, Harry.
Grizzlies also did the job for a nice profit !
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“… also going for Grizzlies -10.5 at home against the Kings.”
** WON **
Sorry its late guys, going for 76ers over 50.5 half time points pays evens @Skybet little bit of a risky one but i feel quietely confident!
Also going for the Rockets and Hawks over 49.5 half time points as a double which pays around 1.5/1 @Skybet
not the best card tonight so im not going crazy with my stakes, good luck again tonight guys!
***LOST***
Gutted! The 76ers lost the bet by 1 point, Hawks by 3, the fine margins of betting on the NBA i suppose!
well the hawks covered the 8 LOL and the ht/ft
(2 bets for me ,main bet atlanta -7.5 20/23 small bet atlanta ht/ft 20/27)
no harm done as
main bet portland -8.5 10/11 smaller bet portland ht/ft 4/6
were WINNERS !!!
(ptb / jazz / grizzlies , i`ll have a ponder and post)
All would have won.
the smallish acca let down by the wolves and houston lost by 3 to ruin the optimistic bet..
well done guys …
South London, if the topic is still relevant lol
yeah certainly is , fancy our chances on the weekend harry , it`ll be a big statement on that top 4 for sure.
raheem stirling as a gooner ??
early thoughts , clippers -2 , pistons +3 , spurs -6.5 , nets -2.5
1st 2 playing opposition at home vs sides that are guranteed playoffs and will probably rest starters , hawks as i thought may play big boys home but may rest away ( ay jordan lol ) spurs are just buzzing but a depleted heat side ain`t no pushover , the other game is a cracker pacers/nets both need the win to get the 8th playoff spot. Id take home court here.
anyone make some money with Portland scraping the win ? at one point up by 32 , love them scores !!!
what you guys on ?