ITALIAN OPEN glory was a piece of cake for Andy Murray on his 29th birthday yesterday as he hit top form ahead of next week's French Open.
The Scot saw off Novak Djokovic in straight sets in Rome – his first win on clay in five attempts against the world No.1 – and his best odds for the Roland Garros title have now been cut from 8-1 to 6-1 at the likes of Betfred and Betway.
Djokovic remains favourite at 5-6 with Coral to claim the French Open title – the only Grand Slam that has so far eluded him – while Rafa Nadal is 4-1 at bet365 and reigning chap Stan Wawrinka is 17-1 at Unibet.
In the NBA play-offs tonight the West final gets under way with Golden State Warriors 3-10 at StanJames to start with a win at home to OKC Thunder (16-5, Sportingbet).
There's also the likes of cricket and baseball worth a flutter so post your tips and chat here and good luck with your bets.
This is a double for the future and I expect the prices to drop so taking it now. A New Zealand team to win Super Rugby 2016 (47/100) and New Zealand to win the Rugby Championship 2016 (4/7). Double pays 1.31/1. The position of the NZ teams on the Super Rugby table says it all and they’ve been on a different level as expected and I can’t see them losing their Rugby Championship title either That price is an absolute steal!
French Basketball Playoffs
Strasbourg @ Pau-Orthez (19:30GMT)
Game two of playoffs as Strasbourg travel to Pau-Orthez. The first encounter strasbourg won by 5 points and now they will try to repeat the feat in what should be a tougher road game. Looking at the stats, strasbourg havent lost away to Orthez since 2014. And all the leads have been more than 10 points. Today i see the same way. Strabourg are great team that have huge winning streak. They have won against pau orthez 8 times in the row. Strasbourg have a strong team and although Orthez are at home, I’m far from convinced they have the depth in quality to record what would be a huge win for them.
Strasbourg (-3.5) @ 7/4 William Hill – 1.5pts staked.
Good luck!
WTA Strasbourg (10:00GMT)
S. Stosur v L. Davis
S. Stosur (2-0) @ 8/11 Coral – 2.5pts staked.
Good luck!
Mens Tour – France (10:35GMT)
K. De Schepper v F. Voladri
K. De Schepper (WIN) @ 7/4 Coral – 1.5pts staked.
Good luck!
WTA Strasbourg (10:00GMT)
S. Stosur v L. Davis
S. Stosur (2-0) @ 8/11 Coral – 2.5pts staked. ***WINNER***
Good luck!
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Stosur wins in straight sets (6-3, 7-5).
Battling performance by Davis who had me worried in the 2nd set but Stosur prevailed in the end!
Mens Tour – France (10:35GMT)
K. De Schepper v F. Voladri
K. De Schepper (WIN) @ 7/4 Coral – 1.5pts staked. ***WINNER***
Good luck!
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Schepper wins in straight sets (6-3), (7-6).
Great effect from the big man who came back from 0-4 in the 2nd set to win 7-6.
Nice one hunter was on a double of stosur and de schepper for just over 2/1 good to see you back and throwing in winners like you never left ?
Cheers mate. Good to be back and doing my bit! Pretty quiet on here so nice to know someone was on?
WTA Nurenberg (13:00GMT)
O. Fridman v Y. Putinsteva
Y. Putinsteva (2-0) @ Evens William Hill – 1.5pts staked.
Good luck!
WTA Nurenberg (13:00GMT)
A. Beck v T. Pereira
A. Beck @ 11/10 William Hill – 1.5pts staked.
Good luck!
Should be starting 15 mins late!
On it again hunter cheers bud
Mens Tour Double
L. Rosol v R. Ortega- Olemedo
Rosol (2-0)
R. Bemelmans v T. Monterio
Monterio (2-0)
Double @ 5/2 PP – 1pt staked.
Good luck!
Don’t tell me Pereira is gonna retire!?!
I think she probably will and now a rain delay!
Couldn’t have come at a worse time!
Mens Tour – French Open (15:05GMT)
R. Harrison v A. Giannessi
R. Harrison @ Evens Coral – 1.5pts staked.
Good luck!
Steven Adams (Thunder) Over 20 Points and Rebounds @ 5/6 @ Betfair – 2.4 points
Another 2.4 on this again.
Nice picks yesterday Mate, been on Lowry last 3 now he’s finally coming back into form!
I like Adam’s and I’m probably going to take him too, just slightly concerned about the warriors going small.
Cover available @ 16/1 on the Harrison match!
WTA Nurenberg (13:00GMT)
O. Fridman v Y. Putinsteva
Y. Putinsteva (2-0) @ Evens William Hill – 1.5pts staked. **LOST**
Good luck!
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Putinsteva loses first set 7-6
WTA Nurenberg (13:00GMT)
A. Beck v T. Pereira
A. Beck @ 11/10 William Hill – 1.5pts staked. ***WINNER***
Good luck!
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Beck delivers (6-0, 6-4)
Mens Tour Double
L. Rosol v R. Ortega- Olemedo
Rosol (2-0) **WON**
R. Bemelmans v T. Monterio
Monterio (2-0) **LOST**
Double @ 5/2 PP – 1pt staked. **LOST**
Good luck!
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Monterio with some big scalps recently including Tsonga, unfortunately was never at the races today.
Mens Tour – French Open (15:05GMT)
R. Harrison v A. Giannessi
R. Harrison @ Evens Coral – 1.5pts staked. ***WINNER***
Good luck!
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Harrison wins in straight sets (6-3, 6-2)
Enough tennis for one day but 8 out of 10 in two days so happy with that.
Good luck with the rest of your day folks. Might be back with some hoops later!
I was on only one of ur bets n it was a loser… missed d rest, so sad
*Posted Yesterday*
MLB Bets For Tonight
Treble @ 3.8/1 (£10) LOST
Orioles ML Lost 6-5
Cubs ML Lost 2-1
Diamondbacks ML Lost 2-1
Underdog Team
Oakland A’s ML @ 6/5 (£10) WON – Win 7-6 Gray had a another poor game
Taking a punt on this as Sonny Gray is never this much of a underdog,poor last 3 games by him is reason for price
Italian A2 Playoffs Double
Scafati (-3.5)
Brescia (-2.5)
Double @ Evens William Hill – 1.5pts staked.
Good luck!
Diamondbacks @ 1.76 *lost*
3 losers in a row now, hoping to get back on track tonight.
Blue Jays money line @ 1.76
@dazzler, can u also do me a personal favour of adding the time of d match? thanks
I actually wanted to say always putting the time of ur picks
On pal.better late than never.
MLB Bet For Tonight
4 Fold @ 6/1 (£10)
Pirates ML
Blue Jays ML
Tigers ML
LA Dodgers ML