Posted on
2/28/2008 7:19:22 PM
Tennis Betting - Regions Morgan Keegan Tennis Picks
By Nila Amerova
Memphis, TN – At the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships top players on the ATP and WTA tour are competing this week. On the men’s side, top seed Andy Roddick prepares to step onto court for his second round meeting against fellow-American Mardy Fish; meanwhile on the women’s side, fourth seed Lindsay Davenport prepares for her quarterfinal encounter against up-and-coming Dane Caroline Wozniacki. With so many stellar matchups shaping up in Memphis, here are just a few choice tennis picks to get you started wagering on your favourites.
Tennis Betting Line:
Lindsay Davenport -5 -130 -400 Over 20½ -110
Caroline Wozniacki +5 -110 +250 Under 20½ -130
Lindsay Davenport (1st Set) -300 Over 9½ -120
Caroline Wozniacki (1st Set) +200 Under 9½ -120
Match Time: 7:30 PM Eastern Time
Tennis Prediction: This is the first-ever meeting between No.46 Lindsay Davenport and No.43 Caroline Wozniacki. Davenport – a former World No.1 tennis star—on home turf is the heavy favorite priced at -400 to win outright and -300 to clinch the first set. Recommending her favorite odds, aside from home court advantage, is an illustrious career, including 54 overall Sony Ericsson WTA titles and one title in 2008 (Auckland) and a 9-2 record for the season.
No.43 Carolina Wozniacki enters with an 8-2 record for the season and appears in her second quarterfinal of the season, after losing in Doha last week to eventual champion Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1. Wozniacki at +250 is an underdog with value, owing to her fast rising in the WTA rankings and her impressive performance at the Australian Open last month, where she made a R16 appearance. Wozniacki has the game to upset Davenport, but as a relatively untried tennis talent, she is still a long shot bet.
Davenport should win this match, but it would be no surprise if Wozniacki pulls off the upset , as high expectations for the future are riding on her young shoulders .The question is whether her future has arrived or whether she still has to catch up to it.
Tennis Free Picks: Davenport in three sets
Tennis Betting Line: Andy Roddick -3½ -120 -500 Over 22½ -150 Mardy Fish +3½ -120 +300 Under 22½ +110
Tennis Prediction: No.6 Andy Roddick owns a 6-1 record over fellow-American and good friend No.94 Mardy Fish. The last meeting between the best friends was last week in San Jose in the quarterfinal, where, Mardy Fish managed to push Roddick to three sets 7-6(6) 1-6 7-5. However, Fish’s performance, the fact of the matter is that in the last six of their seven meetings Roddick dominated, and the only victory Fish earned against Roddick was in 2003 when Roddick retired from the match in the second set. Clearly a one-sided matchup, the obvious play is Roddick.
Tennis Free Picks: Roddick in straight sets
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Nila Amerova is a freelance sports writer and regular contributor to the BetUS.com Locker Room.