Betting down the House - A GBM Blog

 And we're back (back again! [Loudmouth's back, tell a friend.  He is back, he is back, he is back, he is back, na na na....) Alright, enough bad Eminem rapping.  But we are pretty pumped since our bet came through yesterday...Stricker won outright but easily covered the 6.5 (in fact, the only two sets Tsitsipas won were both tiebreaks!)  Onto today's match, where we have the older, big-hitting, slightly immobile Stan Wawrinka vs. the younger, big-hitting, slightly immobile Tomas Martin Etcheverry. The Pick: Wawrinka -5 games (-110) First of all, a statistical comparison between the two players: W-L Hld% Break% SPW% RPW% Wawrinka 12-7 82.2 19.7 65.9 35.7 Etcheverry 5-6 76.6 19.1 62.7 35.6 Overall, we can see that Wawrinka overall is a bit better, mostly due to performing better on serve (82% vs. 77% hold percentage for Etch). Also, it's worth looking at each player's recent form, looking at performance since Aug 1.   Etcheverry's last 3 matches: vs. Virtanen (US

 Hi All, WE ARE BAAAACCCCKKK!!!!! Now that we are back to another Grand Slam, it's time to do another write-up of a match taht should be generating more hype.  We've got the cruiserweight championship of the world (or at least the second round), featuring the young 21-year old contender Dom Stricker in the red corner and the 25-year old reigning, defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas in the blue corner!  (yes I realize that previous statement was basically 100% incorrect but it made sense for the blog) The betting line is Tsitsipas -6.5 games, moneyline is -800/+525, O/U is set at 35 games. First set line is Tsitsipas -2, -385/+265 on ML, O/U is 9.5 (over favored at -135/under at +105).   The Pick: Stricker +6.5 games (-120), also like overs especially in first set The Breakdown Tsitsipas is clearly the better player by any objective measure.  He was given a direct entry into the tournament and has a top 10 seed.  Stricker meanwhile qualified into the tournament and the list of