Tennis Picks August 11th (Toronto and Montreal)

It has been an awful week for my picks to be honest and I can only apologise for that as they have been bad picks more often than not.

Hopefully the last couple of days of these two events in Canada can at least reduce the loss on what has been a bad week so far.


John Isner v Richard Gasquet: I have to begin by saying that Richard Gasquet has really been playing some good tennis this week and he seems to have been inspired by winning the Bronze Medal in the Men's Doubles in London last week.

He has been more offensive in his play and has looked to take the ball on and I have been very impressed with the way he has gone about his business.

However, John Isner has also been playing some really good tennis and he has to be respected for his wins over Philip Kohlschreiber and Milos Raonic yesterday.

Isner can be very impressive on serve and that might prove to be the difference in this match, although it could take a couple of tie-breaks to settle things.


Janko Tipsarevic to win a set v Novak Djokovic: These two are close friends and are also well aware of the what the other is able to do, but I think Janko Tipsarevic is capable of winning a set especially judging on how close most of their previous matches have been.

Novak Djokovic has the 4-2 lead in the head to head so I am not sure Tipsarevic will have enough to win the match outright, but it is telling that he has won at least one set in 5 of those 6 previous matches.

The lower ranked Serb is also playing some very solid stuff this week in Toronto and he has been in good form in the whole of 2012 as he has the belief that he should be playing in the back end of tournaments. He has spent less time on the court this week too and that may also make the difference as both players were doing double-duty last night and it is Tipsarevic who has had a little more rest and time to recover his fitness of the two.

I did consider backing Novak Djokovic to win this 2-1 in sets, but there is a tiredness factor to consider and I am not sure how much he would have left if Tipsarevic wins the first set- on the other hand, I don't have full faith that Tipsy can take the match so I'll stick with this pick at odds against.


MY PICKS: Na Li - 2.5 games @ 2.00 Ladbrokes (2 Units) Already advised and rain delayed
John Isner @ 1.80 Pinnacle (2 Units)
Janko Tipsarevic to win a set @ 2.63 Ladbrokes (2 Units)

Weekly Update: 3-8, - 10.64 Units (20 Units Staked)