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Notes from the Tour: A tale of 3 semi finals...
Thursday 30th April 2026
When it comes to Each Way betting, the semi final is the ‘money match’…
Tennis Outright Winner markets generally offer an Each Way payout for 1-2 places. In other words, a guaranteed return if your player makes the final…
The same goes for snooker tournaments…
And if you’re a Ones to Watch follower, then you may well have three semi-final chances in your hands this week…
Here in this very column two weeks ago, we went on our latest spring detour (after The Masters golf last month) – this time looking at the Snooker World Championship…
As reader John P writes in to say:
“Having a great run with your two snooker tips!!”
We are indeed, John. But there is still work to be done to make some money…
Our picks are both through to the semi finals at The Crucible theatre in Sheffield, with the first sessions taking place today.
Our men are in opposite sides of the draw, meaning – if you dare to – we could dream of a possible win-win final this Bank Holiday weekend…
Wu Yize @ 16/1 – now 2/1
John Higgins @ 25/1 – now 3/1
Play starts from 1pm, live on the BBC. With the semi-final line-up in Sheffield as follows:
Shaun Murphy v John Higgins
Mark Allen v Wu Yize
Meanwhile, in Madrid…
Ones to Watch members (join here if you’re not one) also have a semi final in the tennis this week…
Highly talented and fast-rising 21-year-old Frenchman, Arthur Fils, is in the book for the ATP Masters 1000 event on clay in Spain, the Mutua Madrid Open.
Backed at 33/1 Each Way before a ball was hit…
Arthur is through to the last four. Members are one match win away from a payout, and getting a 33/1 shot into the final. He’s now just 7/1 for the trophy.
Fils is on an impressive nine-match winning streak, having won the ATP 500 Barcelona title last time out. Tomorrow, he’ll look to make it 10 in a row, and reach a debut Masters 1000 final.
That’s the good bit. The tricky part is to get that ‘one more win’…
The semi-final task for Fils is as tough as they come right now. The world no.25 will step out onto the Manolo Santana Stadium court in Madrid on Friday to face world no.1, Jannik Sinner. You know what they say though: to be the best, you’ve got to beat the best.
And let’s throw in another familiar phrase, in relation to all three of the semi-final players for us this week – all of which were advised before the events began…
The early bird gets the worm…
P.S
With next month’s French Open coming up fast, the big clay-court tournaments keep on coming. After Madrid this week, we have the Rome Masters kicking off from 5th May…
Enjoy the tennis…
Best wishes,
Oliver Upstone