Tennis Betting Advice - January 2023
ATP Auckland tonight - Quentin's tall order at 4/1...
Tuesday 10th January 2023
Adelaide update…
We’re on two Outright Winner, Each Way picks for the WTA Adelaide International 2 event this week. Both women came through tough battles in their opening matches last night/ this morning…
This sport never ceases to surprise…
After a lengthy off-court injury break at 4-5 down in the first set, Qinwen Zheng came back out with her left thigh strapped up. She duly went a set down to Shelby Rogers.
The talented Chinese 20-year-old looked really up against it there, and even went a break of serve down in the second set.
But in classic, topsy-turvy, WTA style, Zheng turned it around - and came back to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-0.
Our other Adelaide pick, Veronika Kudermetova, had an even longer match, pushing three hours. Also coming from a set down, to eventually beat two-time Australian Open winner and former world no.1 Victoria Azarenka, 2-6, 7-6, 6-4.
Kudermetova showed some steely resolve that suggests she means business this season. In the interview after the match, the 25-year-old Russian spoke about her rising confidence. Good stuff.
Fifty winners off Veronika’s racket - with 20 aces - made the difference there. More of that, please.
Auckland tonight…
On to the men’s tennis now, and we’re off to New Zealand for an overnight match bet…
Ben Shelton v Quentin Halys
On rankings, this is world no.92 Shelton v no.64 Halys - career-high rankings for both men.
The bookies give the edge to the more experienced player, and that’s 26-year-old Frenchman, Quentin Halys. Looking at Quentin’s recent serving numbers, I’d have to agree…
Halys was a straight-sets winner over the higher-ranked and on-the-up Alex Molcan in the 1st round. Winning an impressive 32 out of 34 1st serve points (94%) - including 20 aces.
Last week, Quentin showed his abilities on a big stage, pushing eventual ATP Adelaide champ Novak Djokovic to two tiebreak sets, for a narrow 7-6, 7-6 defeat.
The Frenchman stands 6’3” tall. His young American opponent has an inch advantage in the height department. With 20-year-old Ben Shelton listed as 6’4” - and Ben featuring tiebreak sets in both his matches so far in the new season (two 7-6 sets - won one, lost one).
Shelton hit 9 aces in his 1st round match this week, and won 82% of 1st serve points.
So, going into tonight’s encounter (scheduled for 1am+ UK time), neither Halys or Shelton have lost their serve so far here in Auckland. It could be that weather conditions have played their part, too, with matches played indoors yesterday - often a source of fast courts and tie-break score-lines.
Here’s how I’m betting…
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Ones to Watch picks:
ATP Auckland - ASB Classic
Ben Shelton v Quentin Halys - tonight, approx. 1am UK time
All told, with a limited number of Tiebreak markets available with the bookies - the best offerings being odds of 7/10 (1.7) with Unibet for Over 0.5 Tiebreaks in the match, or 4/6 (1.67) with William Hill for a Tiebreak in the Match.
Here’s my bet advice, using 1 and 2 points to show my staking:
Main bet, eg. 2 points:
Secondary bet - smaller stakes and bigger odds, eg. 1 point:
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Enjoy the tennis…
Best wishes,
Tom Wilson