I have always regarded Lucie Safarova as a streaky player. Today she played a magnificent match to take out "the pusher" Wozniacki. Aggressive throughout, despite losing the first set, she somehow found herself serving at 4-5 0-40 in the deciding set. Three very strong first serves brought her back level. The match concluded with a tie-break and from 0-2 Lucie eventually won it easily. Her serve was brilliant, she won 79% of first service points which included eight aces. On this form she should have the measure of Kuznetsova tomorrow. Can she go further? It could be Bartoli after that and then maybe a rejuvenated Stosur for a place in the final. However another Czech, Cetkovska could trouble the Aussie. The good news as far as each-way interest is concerned is that the world number one (and odds on favourite) Azarenka is in the other half of the draw.
The blog could be described as on a bit of a streak too. The bets we've had in February (that have been settled) have all produced winning returns. Specifically: 16.4, 9 and then 8.9 points profit today when our two selections in the 19:40 Kempton went past together in a photo finish. If you started following the blog in 2012 you are still a few points behind, however if you've been with the blog since the beginning (Dec '09) you are close to 700 points up!
Let's hope we can continue the current winning run with the following bets:
2 pts win Lucie Safarova to beat S Kuznetsova @ 5/4 with Paddy Power (13/10 VC if allowed a bet)
1.5 pts ew Lucie Safarova to win WTA Qatar @ 20/1 with totesport (1/2 odds 1,2)
0.5 pts ew Petra Cetkovska to win WTA Qatar @ 50/1 with totesport (1/2 odds 1,2)
Total staked six points.
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