Tennis Tournaments Commencing 13-August

[jbsouz]

ATP & WTA Cincinnati this week.

1 pick for ATP CINCINNATI for me:
DODIG-TROICKI OVER 22 GAMES @ 1.8 on Pinnacle
Two men with big powerful game, should be a long close match. Dodig proved his good form in qualifying here, so will not be an easy match for the favorite Troicki.

[jbsouz]

1 pick for WTA CINCINNATI:
CIBULKOVA TO DEFEAT HLAVACKOVA @ 1.32 on Betfair
The odds are not high enough but if Cibulkova is healthy (which is always a question), its hard to see how Hlavackova can win this match with Cibulkova being so good both offensively and defensively to counter Hlavackova's hard shots.

[jbsouz]

1 pick for ATP CINCINNATI:
RAONIC+3 GAMES HANDICAP OVER BERDYCH @ 1.46 on Pinnacle

I am not sure why Berdych is a favorite in this match at all considering his recent form and inability to play against big servers. Taking Raonic+3games handicap to be on the safe side.

[The rabbit]

WTA Cincinnati

Ekaterina Makarova to defeat Samantha Stosur @ 2.25

I have selected Ekaterina Makarova to win both her previous matches in this tournament and I am going with her again to gain another victory. She won her latest match comfortably against Anna Tatishvili and now faces Samantha Stosur who is a much better player than Anna. However Ekaterina's has produced some good performances in 2012 and she defeated Kaia Kanepi and Serena Williams to reach the QF stages of the Australian Open where she lost to Maria Sharapova. She has also defeated Mona Barthel this year and beat Petra Kvitova at Eastbourne in June so she has defeated some good players in 2012.

Samantha Stosur is capable of playing very good tennis and won the U S Open last year and reached the semi final at the French Open but consistency is not her strong point and she has not been playing very well recently. She has lost four of the last seven matches since the French Open and was beaten by a player ranked 72 at Wimbledon and a player ranked 262 in Holland. Last week she was beaten in 2 sets by Lucie Safarova ( ranked at 23 ) and she was not that impressive when winning her opening match in this event earlier this week. Samantha is a better player than Ekaterina but is not presently in good form and I think that in the circumstances a bet on Ekaterina to win this match is worth making.

EDIT - That was a bit of a disaster as Samantha found her best form and won easily on two sets

[slavanyrus]

Hello to all, I think that today final will be not an easy match in US, but Novak has a small advantage over Roger on a hard court. My pick is Djokovich -2.5 1.9 odd.