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One of the most interesting and profitable markets i have ever found
is without a doubt tennis. One of its main advantages is that the
very nature of the sport makes the bookies struggle to come up with
the correct odds so many opportunities and value bets arise.There
are many aspects that a punter must take into consideration such as
surface,tournaments,fittness,mental toughness,ranking of a player
but once he master these he will see value bets litterally
everywhere.
First of all tennis season is ten months long with many tournaments
to choose from.The more important the tournament, the more money it
pays, and the more accomplished and high ranked players will enter.Its
not uncommon of high ranked players using low level tournaments as a
practice for the big one coming up and many times they lose to an
inferior opponent who treats these tournaments as gold cause he has
no chance on making it far in the big ones.
Of course surface still remains one of the most important factors in
tennis. Each player has a favorite surface,a surface that he
performs at his best.There are very few players that perform equally
well at all surfaces.Many of them play and choose most tournaments
in their schedule that have their favorite surface.You can see for
example a player that is ranked 15 in the world but when he plays a
guy who is ranked for example 50 but plays in his favorite surface
and least favorite for the other,things are not good for the top
ranked guy.
Surfaces combined with the weapons that each player has at his
disposal are perhaps the ones that top the list when we want to
decided the winner of a certain matchup: Take Clay for example.Its
the slowest surface of them all.Its difficult to hit through your
opponent so the big hitters are to an extent losing their edge here.You
have to be very fast and a great mover to survive in this surface.Grass
on the other hand is very fast and the ball bounces low so the
players have less time to react.Good servers with volleying
abilities are needed for this surface.
One of the things that are overlooked most of the times is the
mental toughness of a player. To learn how a player reacts under
pressure is a serious weapon in your way to making a profit out of
tennis punting. Many players are known to crack under pressure,many
others have a phycological advantage or vice verca against a certain
opponent so you can easily make a profile of each players mental
status.Whether he has a burning will to win or he is indefferent to
a tennis match its easy for you to spot him after a while. You ll
know that a certain player if gets just slightly down on the
scoreboard most of the time is starting to spray wild balls around
the court or another one in the same situation picks up his game and
starts to play like god.
Fitness and injuries are of course very important for every sport.But
since we are talking about an individual sport they take a much more
important role.An injury can end a match in a flash.when someone has
played some tournaments in a row or when someone is coming off a
serious injury are definately some things that we have to consider
before we even begin to think about betting on them.Its not uncommon
that a qualifier beats the hot favorite in his first match after a
long layoff or the hot favorite loses an easy match only because of
getting extremely tired after a few tournaments in a row.Definately
one to watch.
All these things and many more make the value betting in tennis one
of the most smart ways to bet.The flactuation of the odds most of
the time is amazing and there is a reason why tennis is the most
traded sport in betfair.If you devote some time to familiarize
yourself with the game and its variables you ll find that the tennis
market is full of opportunities waiting to be grasped.
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