April 13th, 2014 Monte Carlo

Today, Monte Carlo Rolex Masters is starting up, with 56 players competing for the €2.884.675.

Among four matches on schedule, three of them can be treated as available for the Handy strategy. The matches are:


GULBIS Ernests - DOLGOPOLOV Alexandr

Gulbis hasn't played any match at the clay this year. He also didn't play a lot of games last year, with the score of 78% won serve games and 27% won receive games. On the other hand Dolgopolov, who has slightly worse stats from the last year 75% - 19%, has played this year mathches well, and his stats in 2014 are 86% - 25%. Combining these data in our Handy formula gives Gulbis margin of 0.021 which is quite enough for betting Dolgopolov for the handicap +1.5 sets. Pinnacle gives odds of 1.400.

HAASE Robin - TURSUNOV Dimitry

Haase, who prefers the clay surface is quite close in 2014 stats 77% - 18% to the last year stats 81% - 22%. On the other hand, Tursunov hasn't played a single game this year, but from his last year stats 76% - 24%, he will be a tough opponent for the Haase serve, especially when Haase doesn't serve well as last year. Using our Handy formula Haase is the game favorite but with a tiny margin of 0.018. Therefore, we bet Tursunov for the handicap 1.5 sets at Pinnacle which gives odds 1.630.

CHARDY Jeremy - SIJSLING Igor

Chardy has improved his return this year to 24% (last year 19%), but he doesn't win his service games like last year, this year 78%, last year 81%. Sijsling has played just 9 service games and 9 receive games this year, so his stats aren't determined yet (56% - 11%). Last year his performance stats were 75% - 25%. Using our Handy formula Chardy is the game favorite but with a tiny margin of 0.026. Therefore, we bet Sijsling for the handicap 1.5 sets at Pinnacle which gives outstanding odds 2.100.