WTA Wimbledon Picks & Discussion

7/12

Dabrowski/Routliffe to win 1st set + match (-125)

Siniakova/Townsend ML (+125)

@bringit

 Thanks for Siniakova K. / Townsend T, I played them to win a set when I saw your post, right before they got broken in the 1st set. I hope they win now for you.

Nice hit pal. 

@wgomel21

@Bjorn_Borg

 Thanks guys. I ended up adding another half a unit on them at +475 after the first. They had 8 unforced errors first set, pretty sure all of them from Siniakova. She looked like she hadn't woken up yet. They cut it to 4 unforced in the second and 0 in the third and looked very solid against the top team in the world. Townsend was hands down the best player on the court today.

I've watched all the Dabrowski/Routliffe matches and I really like them but I definitely favor Siniakova to win her 9th major title and Townsend to win her first.

Thanks for the insight, let’s get Dabrowski/Routliffe.

i also like Routliffe/Venus in the mixed later today. What do you think about that one? Venus was really good in their last two games, don’t think Nys will be as dominante on grass

Or Zielinski* he always plays with Nys.

@Bjorn_Borg

 I'm not as tuned in to the mixed doubles draw but yes, I will be on them today. A couple days ago after watching both of the kiwis win their earlier doubles matches I took the mixed team that day and yesterday as well so gonna keep rolling with them. 

How did Hsieh S-W look in the last game?

Line has dropped 5 bucks in favor of the Italian Stallion. I am tempting to throw a  on her but would like to hear from you first. I know you have your future on it, but I have a feeling you will be throwing some extra cheddar on it. 

@wgomel21

 Yes, if she was playing Rybakina as expected I would just let it ride but against Barb I'm adding more on Paolini. I see a few things that could be big factors here. One is how well Paolini can protect her serve. In the first set against Vekic she hit only 47% of first serves and subsequently won only 5 of 17 points on her second serve. When you look at Barb's second set against Collins, Collins was hitting 48% of her 1st serves and Barb attacked the second with Collins winning only 2 of 14 points behind the second serve.

I would expect Barb to have a similar strategy here but I don't think she will have as much success. The first set against Vekic was a struggle but Paolini adjusted well by hitting 65%+ 1st serves in the final two sets and still won 55% of her second serves. She also only conceded a single point on serve in the 10 point tiebreak. One of Paolini's biggest improvements this year has been the ability to back up her serve and I expect her to do so here as she has all season. 

After struggling somewhat to start the tournament, Barb has played well against three straight big hitting opponents by using shot variety and moving her opponents around the court. This strength should be neutralized against Paolini who moves as well as anyone and is no stranger to variety herself.

2-0 yesterday

Overall Wimbledon Record: 22-12

WTA Finals Picks:

Jasmine Paolini (+115)

Siniakova /Townsend -2.5 games (-122)

  Good luck to us 

I disagree ...I think barb wins in 3 set

Here we go... 

ESPN's Chris Fowler's Poem:

Krejcicova's excellent slice 

is now not so precise

Go Shorty P !!   

GL.