The third in the scheme of the tournament in Miami Simona Halep started her participating in the competition of the category "Prime mandatory" successfully.
The Romanian beat over the participating with "wild card" former No7 in the world Nicole Vaidisova with 6:4, 2:6, 6:1 after one hour and 44 minutes game on the central court. This was the 12th consecutive victory of the 23 years old Simona for the season.
In the first part of the champion of Indian Wells Halep managed to make three attacks and she conceded two. In the second part the Czech took the initiative and then after 3:2 games, took three consecutive and has levelled the parts.
The tennis player from Constanta transformed herself in the final set. She led with 5: 0 and served for victory when Vaidisova managed to get one of the three breaks. Immediately afterwards, however, Simon reached to a match point after a double fault of her rival and realized it.
The next opponents, of the winning the Tournament of champions in Sofia in 2012 Halep is the No30 in the scheme Camila Giorgi. The Italian overcame with 6:3, 6:2 the qualifier Alison Van Uytvanck from Belgium.
It continues the sensational performance of the 15 years old Catherine Bellis. The American, who is involved with the "wild card" and is outside of the top 200 in the world, side the No29 in the scheme Zarina Diyas from Kazakhstan with 6:2, 6:1. So, the athlete from San Francisco qualified for the third round in Miami.
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Jankovic and Halep will fight for the title
The third placed Simona Halep and the No18 in the scheme Jelena Jankovic will meet in the final on Sunday in the Tournament of category "Prime binding" in Indian Wells.
The Romanian qualified without a game after that the world number one Serena Williams came out on the court in jeans and explained that she get an injury.
"I was training on the court and everything was fine, but literally two minutes before the end of the activity set I began to serve and felt a sharp pain in the knee. I served again and it cut me again. I get a review of doctor; I get an injection that happens to me for the first time. If it was another tournament, maybe I would not be agreeing to put injection. I wanted to give 200% of myself, but it will not be this year, "said the American.
The forecasts predicted by sure bet of the doctors were, however, that the injury is not too serious and Williams hopes to be able to play the tournament in Miami next week.
In the played semi-final Jelena Jankovic beat No24 Sabine Lisicki from Germany after 3:6, 6:3, 6:1 and for the second time reached the title match, which she has won in 2010.
The German broke in the opening game and then took the first set. In the second she twice led with breakthrough, but after 3:2, the Serbian prevailed and to end of the match gave to Lisicki just one more game.
"I fought hard, I didn`t deliver and I was playing for each point. The turn in the second set came when I began to achieve winners from backhand. It restored my confidence. I am happy that I am back in the final here," said the former world number one Jankovic in the interview on the court.
Simona Halep leads with 3-1 wins in the clash of the Balkan tennis stars. The last time both played in the Australian Open in 2014, when the Rumanian dominated with 6:4, 2:6, 6:0.
The Romanian qualified without a game after that the world number one Serena Williams came out on the court in jeans and explained that she get an injury.
"I was training on the court and everything was fine, but literally two minutes before the end of the activity set I began to serve and felt a sharp pain in the knee. I served again and it cut me again. I get a review of doctor; I get an injection that happens to me for the first time. If it was another tournament, maybe I would not be agreeing to put injection. I wanted to give 200% of myself, but it will not be this year, "said the American.
The forecasts predicted by sure bet of the doctors were, however, that the injury is not too serious and Williams hopes to be able to play the tournament in Miami next week.
In the played semi-final Jelena Jankovic beat No24 Sabine Lisicki from Germany after 3:6, 6:3, 6:1 and for the second time reached the title match, which she has won in 2010.
The German broke in the opening game and then took the first set. In the second she twice led with breakthrough, but after 3:2, the Serbian prevailed and to end of the match gave to Lisicki just one more game.
"I fought hard, I didn`t deliver and I was playing for each point. The turn in the second set came when I began to achieve winners from backhand. It restored my confidence. I am happy that I am back in the final here," said the former world number one Jankovic in the interview on the court.
Simona Halep leads with 3-1 wins in the clash of the Balkan tennis stars. The last time both played in the Australian Open in 2014, when the Rumanian dominated with 6:4, 2:6, 6:0.
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Crystal Palace - QPR (Premier League)
Crystal Palace takes QPR in an interesting match of the 29th round of the Premier League. The game is starting on March 14, 2015 and the odds offered by the leading bookmaker bet365 are as follows: 1.83 for a home win, with a draw at 3.60 and 5.00 for the victory of the guests.
Crystal Palace occupies the 12th position in the standings with a total of 30 points. The team conceded two defeats in the last three rounds, but both were from teams occupying the top half of the table - 1-2 against Arsenal and 1-0 against Southampton. When Alan Pardew replaced Neil Warnock in the coaching position, "eagles" began to earn points, as recorded wins over teams like Stoke City, Leicester, West Ham and Burnley. The team is away from the danger zone and took a comfortable position near the middle of table. For today`s meeting, Pardew will not be able to rely on the midfielder Mile Jedinak, who is suspended, but in game returns one of the top strikers Glenn Murray.
QPR continues to struggle for survival. Even after the departure of Harry Redknapp nothing happens except a positive one victory, but is only one in the last 11 rounds in the league. The only comforting thing is that QPR has lost slightly, and even some of the losses came with goals in the final seconds of the meetings. Acting head coach Chris Ramsey remains without the services of midfielders Joey Barton and Leroy Fer and defender Richard Dunne.
Undoubtedly Crystal Palace is favorite in this match. Despite the poor performance of the team, Pardew should not have problems. QPR experiencing serious difficulties in an away games, and is quite difficult to score away from home.
Recommended bets: For Crystal Palace @ 1.83 at bet365
For Over 2.5 goals @ 2.05 at Betfair
For Crystal Palace and over 2.5 goals @ 2.87 at Betfair
Crystal Palace occupies the 12th position in the standings with a total of 30 points. The team conceded two defeats in the last three rounds, but both were from teams occupying the top half of the table - 1-2 against Arsenal and 1-0 against Southampton. When Alan Pardew replaced Neil Warnock in the coaching position, "eagles" began to earn points, as recorded wins over teams like Stoke City, Leicester, West Ham and Burnley. The team is away from the danger zone and took a comfortable position near the middle of table. For today`s meeting, Pardew will not be able to rely on the midfielder Mile Jedinak, who is suspended, but in game returns one of the top strikers Glenn Murray.
QPR continues to struggle for survival. Even after the departure of Harry Redknapp nothing happens except a positive one victory, but is only one in the last 11 rounds in the league. The only comforting thing is that QPR has lost slightly, and even some of the losses came with goals in the final seconds of the meetings. Acting head coach Chris Ramsey remains without the services of midfielders Joey Barton and Leroy Fer and defender Richard Dunne.
Undoubtedly Crystal Palace is favorite in this match. Despite the poor performance of the team, Pardew should not have problems. QPR experiencing serious difficulties in an away games, and is quite difficult to score away from home.
Recommended bets: For Crystal Palace @ 1.83 at bet365
For Over 2.5 goals @ 2.05 at Betfair
For Crystal Palace and over 2.5 goals @ 2.87 at Betfair
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Soccer Picks
Today, we are offering you a colourful palette of matches from various country tournaments that may find interesting and thrilling! And why not place some bets then? Take a look at our soccer predictions:
Blackburn Rovers vs. Bolton
The 11th team in the provisional ranking, Blackburn Rovers welcomes the 17th - Bolton today. Blackburn entered the match with a victory from the last round, while Bolton is in a series of four consecutive losses in the meetings as a guest. Bolton is the second weakest guest in the English Championship Division with just 11 points gained from 17 matches away from home. Blackburn can boast with a convincing victory in the last home game against Bolton with 4:1. You can see that there are enough reasons to expect the home team to win. Not surprisingly, our football forecast according arbitrage betting is 1.
Groedig vs. Sturm Graz
Groedig is currently the 8th while Sturm Graz occupies the 4th position. The two teams are in a radically different form. After the relaunch of the League after the winter break, Groedig has had 3 losses in 3 matches. Sturm Graz has won in the last two meetings. Sturm Graz has a noticeable advantage in the direct duels - 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the past 5 ones. This is going to be a derby between a team, who is struggling to participate in Europe against a team, who is struggling not to drop out. Well, our soccer forecast according arbitrage betting is 2.
Koper vs. Celje
These are two roughly equivalent teams with approximately the same odds offerd by bookies. This is not the only reason to believe that the match will end without a winner. The guests are the team, who has the most draws in the Slovenian Cup. The hosts did not have a draw in ten games at home, which is also favourable statistics for our bet, because this series is about time to end. In October, the game between two teams ended in a draw, so why not do it now? Our soccer prediction is X.
Hibernian vs. Livingston
Hibernian is a team in amazing shape and is the second in the standings, so we expect to cope without a problem against its opponent, who is on the last position and is in a series of four consecutive losses. And Hibernian has had 9 wins and 3 draws in the last 12 duels. In the last game between the two teams, Hibernian has won it with 4:0 as a guest. As a host it should be even easier for the team to win, but we are looking for only two goals difference. Our football prediction is 1 with handicap -1 goal.
Blackburn Rovers vs. Bolton
The 11th team in the provisional ranking, Blackburn Rovers welcomes the 17th - Bolton today. Blackburn entered the match with a victory from the last round, while Bolton is in a series of four consecutive losses in the meetings as a guest. Bolton is the second weakest guest in the English Championship Division with just 11 points gained from 17 matches away from home. Blackburn can boast with a convincing victory in the last home game against Bolton with 4:1. You can see that there are enough reasons to expect the home team to win. Not surprisingly, our football forecast according arbitrage betting is 1.
Groedig vs. Sturm Graz
Groedig is currently the 8th while Sturm Graz occupies the 4th position. The two teams are in a radically different form. After the relaunch of the League after the winter break, Groedig has had 3 losses in 3 matches. Sturm Graz has won in the last two meetings. Sturm Graz has a noticeable advantage in the direct duels - 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the past 5 ones. This is going to be a derby between a team, who is struggling to participate in Europe against a team, who is struggling not to drop out. Well, our soccer forecast according arbitrage betting is 2.
Koper vs. Celje
These are two roughly equivalent teams with approximately the same odds offerd by bookies. This is not the only reason to believe that the match will end without a winner. The guests are the team, who has the most draws in the Slovenian Cup. The hosts did not have a draw in ten games at home, which is also favourable statistics for our bet, because this series is about time to end. In October, the game between two teams ended in a draw, so why not do it now? Our soccer prediction is X.
Hibernian vs. Livingston
Hibernian is a team in amazing shape and is the second in the standings, so we expect to cope without a problem against its opponent, who is on the last position and is in a series of four consecutive losses. And Hibernian has had 9 wins and 3 draws in the last 12 duels. In the last game between the two teams, Hibernian has won it with 4:0 as a guest. As a host it should be even easier for the team to win, but we are looking for only two goals difference. Our football prediction is 1 with handicap -1 goal.
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