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Fernando Verdasco: 23 tips ($1655 staked)
Rui Machado: 4 tips ($225 staked)
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| | Aug 29 2008 23:13:24
bullet (Mod)
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Login to give Aces | | A sad conclusion to the match for Machado but he showed some qualities in this match and was the better player for large portions of it. One of the biggest keys to the match was Machado's inabilty to close out winning positions, twice he served for the second set and was also 4-1 to the good in the fourth set although he did manage to sneak that one on the tiebreak to take it to a decider. For those of you that thought Machado was a challenger level dirtballer, shelve those thoughts, he certainly won't be out of place on the main tour and has the tools to make the top 50. He has plenty of aggression in his game bordering on over aggression at times but he is sound in defence and moves well. Mark him down as one to follow, I'm sure we'll get the money back and a bit on top with the Portugese. Credit to Verdasco for the win, there were times in the past when he would have gone under to a persistent challenger like he had here but the Spaniard is looking a lot sturdier mentally these days. |
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| | Aug 29 2008 22:38:53
rael_electrique (Mod)
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Login to give Aces | | Whhoao that was a welcome U-turn at the end on the 4th tiebreak for Machado backers. |
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| | Aug 29 2008 22:26:02
bobsingh
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Login to give Aces | | here we go again with the tie-break!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| | Aug 29 2008 20:46:30
bullet (Mod)
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Login to give Aces | | A catastrophic choke from Machado who twice served for the set. I liked his reaction to losing the set, he knows he's let a major chance slip. Too much erratic play from both but Verdasco should take some confidence from winning a set he was all but out of. |
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| | Aug 29 2008 20:39:04
bullet (Mod)
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Login to give Aces | | we are now in unforced error city, some truly shocking play from both. |
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| | Aug 29 2008 20:36:35
bullet (Mod)
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Login to give Aces | | Verdasco breaks back again another tie break to ensue |
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| | Aug 29 2008 20:33:09
bullet (Mod)
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Login to give Aces | | Verdasco played an excellent return game to break back but has undone his good work with an erratic service game and some wild stroke play to hand Machado back the initiative. Machado is abouit to start serving for the second set for the second time. |
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| | Aug 29 2008 20:03:21
bobsingh
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Login to give Aces | | scooby yeah i watched the 1set he was abit unlucky, i think verdasco's gonna lose... |
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| | Aug 29 2008 20:03:13
bullet (Mod)
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Login to give Aces | | I'm ordering the beers as I watch, Machado has given as good as he's got and now a break up in the second, keep it going Rui with your controlled aggression! |
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| | Aug 29 2008 20:01:47
mbandrews
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Login to give Aces | | i'd say he is gonna slip down the rankings rapidly if he loses this one!! |
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| | Aug 29 2008 19:56:32
scooby99
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Login to give Aces | | Anyone watching this? did verdasco deserve to loose the first set or was he just unlucky? |
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| | Aug 29 2008 15:06:21
supersi (Mod)
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| | Aug 29 2008 14:05:58
tzeyang11
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Login to give Aces | | Verdasco in 3 |
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| | Aug 29 2008 13:19:10
superduper
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Login to give Aces | | Value Bet by Comparative.Excel.Program! |
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| | Aug 29 2008 12:38:52
acedhr
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Login to give Aces | | I'm gonna take a risk and go with Machado over the 13 seed Verdasco, who I belive is overrated in general and in this match. He has not come through in big tournaments, his best performance is 4th round in '05 and his opponent is in the zone. Machado has faced already, a big server in de Voest, handled Cipolla, who subsequently beat a solid Yen Tsun-Lu, and he handled Massu who was playing quite well. Verdasco's game is vulnerable and I'm hoping he falters here, underestimating his opponent's ability. |
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| | Aug 29 2008 10:52:35
manuelmmp
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Login to give Aces | | maybe Rui can take a set...Fdasco in 4... |
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| | Aug 29 2008 10:52:25
sonnychevez
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| | Aug 29 2008 09:46:06
tennis-guru
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| | Aug 29 2008 09:27:29
redbaron
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Login to give Aces | | FV |
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| | Aug 29 2008 06:16:32
Doherty
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| | Aug 29 2008 04:56:01
lipar05
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| | Aug 29 2008 04:00:51
ksrinivasan09
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| | Aug 29 2008 03:38:05
easyrod
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| | Aug 29 2008 03:33:50
d.carson (Champion)
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Login to give Aces | | @Destroyer - I never told anyone this before, and most certainly not publicly but why not I suppose - I'm psychic. Always have been since I realised when I was 5. It's a gift and a curse. I knew Ana was goijg to tuen down my marriage proposal before I asked her but I tried anyway :( :(. Liverpool will win mate I'm telling you. God lol, these Aussies don't listen. You would have made a bomb last week with my 2 Saturday winners! lol. |
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| | Aug 29 2008 03:29:30
thedestroyer9 (Mod)
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Login to give Aces | | @carson - how did you know that? lol, i will probably leave that game along full stop. |
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| | Aug 29 2008 03:09:32
d.carson (Champion)
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Login to give Aces | | @Destroyer - I know he jsut discouraged you from betting on Liverpool but 11/8 is a fantastic bet and I'm normally the biggest pessimist when it comes to Liverpool. Villa are mediocre in my opinion. They are the type of teams we need to be beating to put up a decent challenge. I never get good feelings about Liverpool (anyone will back that up that's heard me speak on here) but I think we'll win on Saturday and make it 3/3. |
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| | Aug 29 2008 02:59:32
thedestroyer9 (Mod)
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Login to give Aces | | @all: bullet's account hasn't in fact been "hacked" it is in fact the man himself posting the tips. Unfortunately time is not on his side hence the inability to do some write ups, but can safely say the Machado tip was not a mistake and in fact he does like him to topple Verdasco. |
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| | Aug 29 2008 02:48:01
lilboi (Mod)
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Login to give Aces | | lol. bullet hasn't said anything since he got back, just tips and posting scores. say something bullet! |
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| | Aug 29 2008 02:45:32
d.carson (Champion)
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Login to give Aces | | Wel it's either 2 things isn't it. Either someone's kidnapped, raped and forced Bullet to tell them his account details, or he's been at them Jamaican cigars again. Not a cat in hells chance. |
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| | Aug 29 2008 01:35:54
thedestroyer9 (Mod)
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Login to give Aces | | Machado came through qualifying with some unimpressive stats but managed to get the job done and lifted his performance against the capable hardcourter in de Voest in straight sets. Machado is a battler who makes a lot of his earnings on the claycourt challengers, so he'll be rapt just to get through and earn himself an increased pay cheque. Verdasco looked in ominous form first-up against Russian Igor Kunitsyn - about twice as good a player as Machado on this terrain - winning 72% and 81% of first and second serve points respectively, breaking Igor 5 times and getting off court in just a touch over an hour and a quarter. He is improving his ability to knock over lower-ranked players with ease, and you know when the Spaniard is serving well that the rest of his attacking game is going to gel. He is a classy lefty with some fantastic aggressive weaponry and he'll find Machado much to his liking as he'll be able to dominate the claycourter from on or inside the baseline and only the biggest of chokes will see any other result and this is a sure thing for the multi's in my opinion. (is that really bullet selecting Machado, Alves and the like?) |
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| | Aug 28 2008 19:38:35
Breezer
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| | Aug 28 2008 17:23:46
Sapster
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| | Aug 28 2008 15:27:14
bullet (Mod)
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| | Aug 28 2008 12:17:59
dyapaz
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Login to give Aces | | i have to take this risk
@ around 7.5 for machado
who knows.. verdasco did some big disappointments recently in hard matches and i have to consider that is machado's bigger match ever, a big chance for him on this match
i might be alone to think that |
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| | Aug 28 2008 11:59:09
mourarc
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| | Aug 28 2008 11:54:14
nadalin
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Login to give Aces | | it is not verdasco´s time yet...but it will be soon |
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| | Aug 27 2008 23:15:38
scooby99
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| | Aug 27 2008 18:57:40
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