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Capital One action tonight Fancy a preview today and we have a mix of some tennis matches and some football. Last night I took on Murray/Peers in the doubles and it's a strategy that I'll be undertaking for a while I reckon. I highlighted a week or so ago that I think there is plenty of opportunity in backing these two. They win much more than they lose and their odds are generally too high I feel, so at 1.67 I double staked it for today. The Paris event is continuing to perplex, but this is mainly down to the end of the season where you're just not sure who is up to the mark. Paire was a classic example yesterday who just basically didn't give a shit in losing to Herbert. With this being the case I'm playing it reasonably safe with selections but I'm still going for two underdogs on the odds. Vasselin is 2.26 v Dodig and whilst the latter has a good serve Vasselin I feel is the man in form. I'm also taking Nishikori against Tsonga, Nishikori was his u

Good win for Grigor So there we have it, another WTA win for the Romanian Simona Halep who beat Stosur in the final in Moscow in straight sets. It was easy in the end but the first set was hard, hard work. Stosur played some great tennis this week and deserved her shot in the final, but once again Simona is proving that she is top 10, even top 5 material in my eyes. Again, from a betting perspective she has been gold dust. Bookies continue to give lush odds which cannot be backed away from. Even punters are seemingly incapable of trusting the most trustworthy player in both tours. Never mind, keep opposing I say. Grigor Dimitrov won his event against Ferrer in Stockholm 2-6 6-3 6-4. It was an excellent effort from Dimitrov but I must say I'm still not convinced. He is very heavily backed on the tour and is constantly touted as a top five player. Again, not sure; this week he beat Ferrer in the final who in my opinion looks like he's slightly on the wane but apart from t

Anderlecht are away to Mons Karlovic and particularly his serve looked mighty fine against Istomin yesterday and if he performs anything like that then he should cover the -2.5 games at 1.91 v Khachanov. Khachanov beat Janko yesterday, but let's face it, I could beat Tipsy the way he's playing at the moment and the youngster could get disheartened from being unable to return serve. Stockholm has some very interesting matches which mostly I'm unwilling to call. Gulbis looks to be getting his act together at last but in the past this is exactly the time when he implodes. Jerzy will again rely on a big service game and you'd think that this could be a match of the day. I'm with the bookies in that Ernests has the slight advantage. Ferrer has won the last five meetings between the pair, and this his best chance to win today. He's 2.40 with Ferrer 1.66. In a match which I'd call 50/50 right at this moment, I'd have to side with Verdasco to win here es

Print me some money Simona! An excellent day yesterday and let's get started on Thursday's tennis preview. Two men's games in Russia that I'm interested in and that's Karlovic v Istomin and Kukushkin v Dolgopolov. Istomin 1.78 looks a very decent shout in the first match, whilst Dolgopolov double stakes at 1.58 and normal stake at -2.5 1.83 would be my other go to bet suggestions. Verdasco 1.62 v Nieminen will be another bet in the Swedish event. Verdasco shown last round that he's up for a fight these days beating Dodig 2-1 after losing the first. Nieminen is still a little too all over the place for me not to back Verdasco here. Dimitrov and Gulbis are areas that I'll leave up to you. Excellent on their day but how often consistently is their day; stay clear for me. I'd also be hugely tempted to back against Ferrer in some form. He isn't looking the same player these days but I cannot find enough compulsion to do anything personally wit

Stakhovsky was very impressive against the in-form Sousa and I'll back him here to retain that form against Vasselin. Stakhovsky is evens to go through to the next round. The odds aren't up for the Tipsarevic match, but if the games are -4.5/5.5 at the line then I'll oppose Tipsarevic here against Khachanov. I can see Unibet are giving evens for the latter at +4.5 games so that's the sort of area I'm looking at. Pablo Carreno-Busta should be around 1.85 with a +3.5 games head start over Paire, and I'm always a fan of going against the Frenchman. Jerzy Janowicz is 1.69 and this would be my double stake bet of the day. On his day he can destroy people with his serve and this could be one such day against GGL. If you fancy Lope then he's at 2.30.  In Vienna I'd be happy to back Basic at 2.80 and Matosevic at 3.40. Monfils may not be arsed after his recent escapades v Novak, and this could all be too much for him tomorrow.  There's four games tha

Word up Woy The one I want to kick straight off with is England v Poland which is a critical game for the home side. You'd think this a dead rubber game for the Poles but they'll have huge support and the fear of losing will not be there as nothing rides on the game for them. This has all the ingredients for a not so straight forward night for England. Poland +1.5 is 2.18, and I cannot ignore that. There will be tension filled moments where England may think 'what if' and in those moments they may be happy with a sneaky goal win. I'd be happy taking this Polish position. Norway-Iceland and I fancy BTTS. There may be a little local needle in this and I can't see why the visitors wouldn't give it a go unburdened by any pressure. On the BTTS I also fancy Switzerland and Slovenia to have goals, 1.88. The Swiss are good at home and have qualified but the Slovenians can give a game when they want to. Austria -1.5 v Faroe Islands is 1.76 and that seems de

Man, I feel like a man. But a good man. I'm surprised that Alex Bogomolov is as high as 2.65 against Kukushkin in Moscow. Kukushkin is in very good form no doubt and he dismantled Kravchuk easy enough yesterday. But Bogomolov has a couple of eye catching victories of late and I think he may pull a surprise here. Baghdatis may seem on the low side at 1.45 but I think it represents a decent bet against Donskoy. Both Gulbis and Dimitrov are 1.33, with Chardy priced 3.5 v Gulbis and Copil 3.75 v Copil. Who knows with these two and whilst it is fraught with danger betting against both Dimitrov and Gulbis who have undoubted talent I'm personally going to go against them again, a tactic that has served me well in the past. Again, it's up to you whether you want to oppose fully or on some kind of handicap line, or even ignore this one! In Austria I like the look of Dominic Thiem at 2.1 v Traver. It's his own patch and he may do well. Hewitt at 2.1 is also looking dece

Anyway looking at tomorrow and I'm fancying Del Potro 1.50, Nishikori 2.5, Mayer +1.5 sets 2.1, Fognini +6.5 2.0 and Berlocq +6.5 2.0. There's a fag paper between Wawrinka and Raonic although I'd be looking at over 2.5 sets at 2.25. Don't know much about a few of the ladies in Linz, but Knapp at 2.10 looks decent. I'd also be backing Petkovic in the women's match of the day which is around 3.30pm at 1.91 v Sloane. In Osaka, Keys 1.9, Doi 2.25, And Zheng 1.62 would be my other selections. Flipkens is also overpriced v Navarro considering the latter can't hit the court at the moment, so I'll be on Flipper at 2.04.

This message goes out to all gamblers which are betting on tennis matches..go and find yourselfs a real jobs.. — Sergiy Stakhovsky (@Stako_tennis) October 3, 2013 @Stako_tennis @TennisClassy thank you sergiy... pic.twitter.com/DXD2luY0mU — Ballabrigs (@Ballabrigs) October 3, 2013

Here's the lay of the land tonight, and I'm going to have a bash at them all! CSKA v Plzen, and I think this has a strong under 2.5 flavour to it, 1.83. Both sides are pretty shit and Plzen will probably look to defend and hit on the counter. I can see either a sneaky win, or a 1-1. Anderlecht v Olympiakos and I'm gunning for BTTS (1.80). Both will feel this is a game to win and the Belgians like a high scoring match. Galatasaray have been pants lately drawing and losing primarily, but when will pride actually show up? There's been rumblings from the crowds and in the dressing room so every man and his dog is going for a big Juve win. With a +1.5 AH though, I'm bucking the trend and going for Galatasaray on the AH at evens. Sociedad have been pathetic for me lately, but in true style I'm gunning for them on the +1AH at 1.92. Leverkusen showed they can be more than breached against Man United and Sociedad are due a game. Man City on the +0.25 (1.89)