Tennis Betting Advice - June 2018
Grass season starts now – 16/1 shot for Stuttgart…
Sunday 10th June 2018
In your Ones to Watch email today:
Grass court season starts now…
As my partner just said to me, there’s no rest for the wicked….
No sooner has the French Open and the clay court season ended and we are straight into the grass season – literally one day to the next. The first four grass tournaments are taking place this week. And Wimbledon is just three weeks away.
16/1 shot for Stuttgart…
I’ll keep things short for this evening’s first bulletin of the week. I’ve switched my brain from red for clay to green for grass – and there’s an early Outright Winner pick that catches my eye for this week.
Philipp Kohlschreiber could be the man to follow at the ATP Stuttgart event. The German is in the opposite side of the draw to the automatic favourite, Roger Federer who is odds-on at 5/6 (1.83) at best, despite not having played a competitive match since Miami in March. Kohlschreiber can’t meet Roger until the final.
The Each Way terms are 1/3rd odds 1-2 places pretty much across the board here, with Federer’s overwhelming favouritism meaning the bookies having trimmed the place terms in the Outright Winner betting.
Boylesports get a special pat on the back though as they are sticking with the usual 1/2 odds Each Way. They have Kohlschreiber at 16/1 and that looks a decent enough price for a Ones to Watch pick here…
Kohlschreiber goes well in Germany…
The German, now aged 34 and ranked No.22 in the world, has reached a total of 18 ATP finals in his long career, and no fewer than 11 of them have come at tournaments played in his homeland. That includes two titles and two runner-up trophies on grass in Germany.
Stuttgart has been a grass court event since 2015, and in that time Kohlschreiber has played every year with his record being quarter final, final (runner-up) and quarter final. His three defeats at the venue have all come in matches that went the distance to three sets.
Philipp seems to love playing ‘at home’ and has done well here in the past…
ATP Stuttgart – Mercedes Cup
Outright Winner:
BET: Philipp Kohlschreiber @ 16/1 Each Way
BOOKIES: 16/1 (17.00) Boylesports*, 20/1 (21.00) Paddy Power, Betfair Sportsbook, 16/1 Bet365, Skybet, William Hill, Ladbrokes, Coral
Latest odds here
Play starts at 10am, so get your bets on before then as the Outright Winner market will temporarily go down while the first day’s matches are in action.
I’ll be back later on Monday with a look back at the French Open, and our plans for the rest of the week and the grass season. Wimbledon will be here before you know it…
Enjoy the tennis…
Best wishes,
Tom Wilson