Porsche Grand Prix tennis

Daily Result: £90.51

Got involved for small stakes in 3 quarter final WTA matches today from the Porsche Grand Prix. Won on two today and had to go out during the third. Had a green on the most likely winner in the last game but a larger red on the other player so rather than risk the larger red I simply levelled out for a loss whatever the result. Some may have taken the risk but there's no such thing as a "sure thing" in WTA!

First match up was Krajicek v Golovin. It was the first head to head for the teenagers and Golovin bossed the first set blasting into a 5-0 lead before taking it 6-1. The second set wasn't much harder as she took it 6-2 for a pretty convincing win which netted me around £50. quite happy really. Still getting back into the tennis trading and using low stakes so not a bad return.

Next up was the Jankovic v Kusnetsova quarter final. Eurosport somehow managed to surpass even it's own usual poor standards by losing the pictures and just providing sound for 15 minutes or so before the match. Eventually the pics turned up again just before the game. There were big question marks over Jankovic's physical condition after she was on court very late last night and in the end Kusnetsova was able to take advantage. Sadly I wasn't really. The Eurosport pics kept disappearing - often at crucial points - and with the internet scoreboard miles behind even EuroSport, let alone the live action, I ended up giving up and not trading the whole game. Managed to make a quick £80 or so but still annoyed as it was a good game to trade but too risky with the pictures disappearing at frequent intervals.

Final game of the day was Hantuchova v Petrova. And we almost saw a "Golden set" - whereby a player wins the set without dropping a point on their own serve. Petrova walked the set winning 16 out of 17 of her service points. Shame really as the point she lost was a double fault when she was 15-0 up while serving for the first set. Anyway, managed to get on the wrong side of a trade or two at the start of the second set which left me red hantuchova and green Petrova.

Unfortunately at that point I had to unexpectedly go out, just as Hantuchova was getting back into the game, which left me with a classic decision. Win a smallish green if Petrova wins. Lose a larger red if Hantuchova wins. Or level out for a small red either way. What to do? Well, it's all very boring but as ever in these situations I took the safe option, levelled out and red and settled for a winning day. Turns out Petrova won and I would have won around double what I finally did but also could have made nothing if she lost. Would make the same decision time after time given the match situation. I'm happy with the idea of small, consistent as possible, wins.

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