US OPEN TENNIS

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A lot does depend on the players, surfaces, strengths and weaknesses of the two players competing but now I will take a little look at how fitness has a major bearing on the outcome. Some players are obviously much fitter than others and when it comes to competing at the highest level this can matter more than you think. The surface can have a bearing on how fitness will affect the match outcome. Clay for example, is a baseliner’s surface. When players are playing on clay, to succeed at the highest level on clay you need to have great fitness and stamina. The tennis game on clay is usually very long rallies from the baseline, running side to side in a sustained assault on the enemy. Nadal is virtually unstoppable on clay for this reason. He has won the French Open at Roland Garros for FOUR straight years now and his fitness and mainly stamina level is beyond belief. He can just keep running and running and with the technique of his shots added to the fact that he can just run and run …

The easiest place is to check is the bookies or exchange that you will use. For tennis betting I personally use the exchanges as you have the option to trade instead of just having a win only bet. You need to know your players. Research as much as you can, reading tennis websites, watching tennis as much as you can on the tv and reading the sports pages. The more you know about the players the better as you can evaluate their strengths and weaknesses before making your decision. The Game, Set & Match: Punter manual has some very good profiles for over 80 of the top tennis players on the tours at the moment and it’s up to date for 2009. Check The Form You need to find out which player is in better form. Form is vital in tennis and you need to have a very good method for rating the form. Some players may have been performing better but this could have been in smaller, lower standard tournaments so you must compensate for this. The best way to do this is to award the players points depen …