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Surprisingly Villa had eight out of the 22 shots on target last week against City. Even with my claret and blue tinted specs on I didn't see that many!
Anyway, no one got last week's competition prediction right, so let's do it all over again this weekend. For a £200 Total Goals bet, tell me how many games will be played in the Men's Australian Open Final. Correct client first out of the hat will win. Email yours truly at themole@sportingindex.com before it starts at 8am on Sunday.
Yours in clues; there have been an average of 39.2 games in the last five Men's finals.
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| Normal service was resumed on Wednesday as England, fresh from giving Australia a generous three game start in the One Day International series, finally halted any hint of a returning smug Aussie grin. Although it wasn't anyone from the victorious side that had this punter smiling, instead it was the raw all-rounder Steve 'the flasher' Smith who pleased our man after buying his Match Performance at 33 for £30 in the Adelaide Australia Day encounter. With one point for a run, 10 points for a catch and 20 points for a wicket, the youngster did his best to be a thorn in Andrew Strauss' side by firstly getting rid of Prior, Pietersen and Bell with his leg spin (the latter knocked over in the space of just three balls) and then doing his best to chalk off the 299 target with a 46 run demonstration of improvised strokeplay. But in vain or not, it didn't matter, as those three wickets and 46 runs ensured a 106 Performance make-up, worth £2,190 to the client. |
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| Going into the first tennis major of the year, it was impossible to split the two best players in the world as both Federer and Nadal were available to buy on the Australian Open Outright Index (60-40-20-10-5) at 34, a price which tempted one punter to get with Nadal long term, putting up a rather chunky £250 stake. Despite the Spaniard being seeded above his great rival there's not a lot between the two at the moment, except maybe a decent knee or in this case a thigh! After forcing his first round opponent to retire, Rafa breezed through in straight sets all the way to the Quarters where he met fellow countryman, David Ferrer. But after just three games, our man must've known he was in trouble when the nine-time slam winner called for a medical time out. After returning with strapping on his thigh and a grimace on his face, there was only going to be one winner. The shock quarter-final straight sets defeat for the title favourite earning just 10 points on the Index, a £6,000 loss. |
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