Picks for today: Tiebreak time in Switzerland...

Wednesday 25th October 2023

Good morning. In Monday’s email we noted that big servers tend to do well in indoor hard-court conditions. And that statement is being played out so far this week under the lights in Basel and Vienna…

Tiebreak, 7-6 sets are a common theme when big servers are in action. Eg. no or few breaks of serve means sets have to be decided that way…

• For example, on Tuesday, 5 of the 7 matches played in Basel paid out on a Tiebreak in the Match

Today’s match schedule features a fair few match-ups where I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see Tiebreaks…

Play starts from around 1pm, and then runs into the evening, so I’ll be brief in listing these for you…

Taylor Fritz and Max Purcell have never played each other before, but both are big servers, heavily reliant on that shot as a main weapon. The other four matches on this list all feature head-to-head records that have produced 7-6 sets before…

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Ones to Watch picks:

The prices quoted below are from William Hill. Tiebreak in the Match or ‘Over 0.5 Total Tiebreaks’ markets are also available with the likes of Bet365, Betway, Unibet.

ATP Vienna – Erste Bank Open

TIEBREAK IN THE MATCH – YES:

• Alexander Zverev v Cameron Norrie @ 13/10 (2.3)

ATP Basel – Swiss Indoors Basel

TIEBREAK IN THE MATCH – YES:

• Taylor Fritz v Max Purcell @ 11/10 (2.1)

• Alexander Bublik v Casper Ruud @ 21/20 (2.05)

• Jan-Lennard Struff v Hubert Hurkacz @ 4/6 (1.67) 

• Andy Murray v Thomas Martin Etcheverry @ 6/5 (2.2)

Acca

• 5-fold acca on the above Tiebreak selections @ 35/1 William Hill

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You can watch both tournaments live this week on Amazon Prime Video. Or via live streaming on certain bookmakers, such as Bet365.

Enjoy the tennis…

P.S
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Best wishes,

Oliver Upstone

Ones to Watch