Saturday, August 09, 2008

Olympic Men's Tennis - Murray/Nalbandian against the field



Totesport have offered excellent E/W terms in the Men's Tennis (1/2, 1,2,3). This has persuaded me to have the following bets:

Murray 3pts E/W (12/1)
Nalbandian 1pt E/W (33/1)
(Both Max. allowed for me by Totesport).

The surface for this tournament (which has traditionally thrown up suprise results) is 'hard', most similar to the US Open.

Murray has a straighforward path until the 1/4 finals when he meets Nadal. Following Murray's recent Cinncinati win, he will have a plausible chance of beating Nadal. (Murray is clearly 4th best in the workld right now). If he beats Nadal, I would be confident Murray would win at leat a Bronze medal (meaninng a minimum 6/1 payout).

Nalbandian is likley to meeet Djorkoff in the 1/4 finals (in the same half as Murray/Nadal). Nalbandian is a naturally gifted player who has been in poor recent form. Howvber, at 33/1 I'm willing to take a chance that playing for his country will inspire him to return to past glories.

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