ANDY MURRAY scraped through to the Monte Carlo Masters quarter-finals and will need to raise his game today against the dangerous Milos Raonic.
The British No.1 was a set and two breaks down before seeing off Benoit Paire in the last 16 and starts as 4-9 favourite at William Hill against Raonic who he edged out in an epic Australian Open five-setter earlier this year.
That was the Canadian's third straight loss to Murray and he's 44-19 at marathonbet to get revenge with a win today while the match to go three sets pays 13-8 at Ladbrokes.
The other last-eight ties are pretty tasty too with Rafa Nadal taking on Stan Wawrinka and Roger Federer facing home hero Jo-Wilfried Tsonga while the line-up is completed by Gaels Monfils versus Marcel Granollers.
In the Super League, leaders Warrington travel to Huddersfield in one of the night's three fixtures and there's also rugby union action from the Pro12 and beyond.
Elsewhere there's the likes of IPL cricket and Major League Baseball worth a punt so as usual let's hear your sporting tips and chat.
Mexican Baseball in the night:
Rieleros De Aguascalientes win @ 1.85.
Won!
IPL Delhi vs Punjab
Top Punjab Batsman – D Miller – 4/1 William Hill – 0.5pts
Over 0.5 Stumpings – 7/5 Betway – 1pt
Over 7.5 wides – Evens Coral – 1pt
Top Delhi Batsman – Q de Kock – 11/4 Bet365 – 0.5pts
Highest Individual Score 55-70 runs – 11/8 Stan James – 1pt
Under 27.5 Fours – 5/6 Paddypower – 1.5pts
Match pts staked = 5.5pts
Match pts returned = 0pts
Total pts staked = 13.75pts
Total pts returned = 10.2pts
@downtoon on the under 27.5 fours with you because i only have a paddy acc, also taken punjab win @ 4/5 and delhi to finish bottom @ 7/4
Hope they come in for you humble tipper.
With the early stages of the ipl I tend to do a mixture of complementary bets that minimize risk until form/trends start to emerge. This way my eggs aren’t all in one basket.
For example, this wicket is renowned as a spin wicket so there’s a higher chance batsmen will step up looking to thrash a six, which means there’s a higher chance they’ll miss one of the shots and get stumped, hence that bet.
However, if one of the batsmen gets into their groove, it’s more likely to be one of the more experienced overseas ‘stars’ as opposed to the younger domestic players (who got skittled in their respective first games), hence the 2 batsman tips. And if they do start firing, the stats suggest 55-70 is the safer top score bet.
Like your picks. For me, Delhi finishing bottom will depend a lot on duminy and whether or not they can get him fit and holding their batting order together with de kock.
GL
Gl as well mate, i just don’t rate delhi at all especially with zaheer as captain, being a bowling captain is so difficult especially in a fast moving game like t20. De kock will win 1 or 2 games on his own and as you said the key will be duminy. Have you taken anyone to win the tournament?
@ humble tipper great knock from de kock today. As you said, he can (and just did) win games on is own. Pleased the fours bet came in.
I’m on Mumbai or Kolkata to win outright. Also done
Top batsman – De Kock, Warner, Watson (all EW singles)
Top Bowler – Bumrah (EW Single), Bravo (Single)
Not including them in pts totals as I only started posting from match 5.
How about you? Any tournament bets?
La dodgers win @1.9
Chicago cubs win @1.75
Kansas city over 5.5 runs @1.3
Accum @4.3
** winner **
First win of the mlb season, now I can start posting my ideas.. Congrats to all the winners last night, cheers !!
Was 20 seconds away from a 17/1 shot on last weekends boxing so am going a bit more conservative this weekend with a nearly 10/1 fourfold with SKYBET:
Josh Warrington (points win)
Jose Pedraza (points win)
Krzysztof Glowacki (to win)
Errol Spence Jr (points win)
9.78 with Skybet ?
Double
Federer win
Wawrinka to win a set
Shade under evens @paddy
Single
Wawrinka win 5/4 @ paddy
Cubs o7.5 hits @ 1.83 *won*
Double
Federer win
Wawrinka to win a set
Shade under evens @paddy
*lost*
Single
Wawrinka win 5/4 @ paddy
*lost*
Terrible start to the weekend, hope the cricket can bring it back
*Posted Yesterday*
MLB Bet For Tonight
Baltimore Orioles @ Texas Rangers
1st 5 Innings Winner – Texas Rangers @ evens (£10) LOST
Losing 3-1 end of 5th but come end of 6th lead 6-3 just my luck lol
Double @ 2.78/1 (£10) WINNER
Over 4.5 St Louis Cardinals Runs Win 7-0
Over 5.5 San Francisco Giants Runs Lost 11-6 buts got the runs i needed
White Sox o7.5 hits @ 1.66 (2.5pts)
Rugby league bets I’m on tonight..
First is a team tries treble at 8/1
Castleford over 3.5
Hull FC over 3.5
Warrington over 4.5
And a treble I have at 3/1 too
Hull FC win
Warrington -3.5
Castleford +12.5
Good luck everyone
IPL Delhi vs Punjab
Back to winning ways today. Only 1 wide short and Miller failed to shine, unlike de kock.
Top Punjab Batsman – D Miller – 4/1 William Hill – 0.5pts – LOST
Over 0.5 Stumpings – 7/5 Betway – 1pt – WON
Over 7.5 wides – Evens Coral – 1pt – LOST (Finished with 7)
Top Delhi Batsman – Q de Kock – 11/4 Bet365 – 0.5pts – WON
Highest Individual Score 55-70 runs – 11/8 Stan James – 1pt – WON
Under 27.5 Fours – 5/6 Paddypower – 1.5pts – WON
Match pts staked = 5.5pts
Match pts returned = 9.4pts
Total pts staked = 13.75pts
Total pts returned = 19.6pts
IPL (16/04/2016) Hyderabad vs Kolkata
Posting now as lines may change. Other bookies have same lines.
Over 26.5 Fours – 5/6 Betway – 1.5pts
Over 10.5 Sixes – 5/6 Betway – 1.5pts
Over 0.5 Stumpings – 6/5 Betway – 1pt
Most Sixes – SRH – 13/10 Paddypower – 1pt
Top Hyderabad Batsman – Warner – 5/2 Skybet – 0.75pts
Match pts staked = 5.75pts
Match pts returned = 0pts
Total pts staked = 19.5pts
Total pts returned = 19.6pts
GL all
MLB Bets For Tonight
5 Fold @ 14.11/1 (£10) skybet
Pirates ML
Indians ML
Cardinals ML
Diamondbacks ML
(NHL) Blackhawks ML
Underdog teams (fun bet)
4 Fold @ 28.39/1 (£4) skybet
Phillies ML
Tigers ML
Royals ML
SF Giants ML