Tennis: The majority of Yanina Wickmayer's matches are on hard court (174-111 hard only record). Today she's playing vs Polona Hercog who plays the majority of her matches on clay court (200-79 clay only record). Yet when you look at Hercog's hard court history you find she does not win win nearly as many matches--less than 50% (85-92 hc record).

They have never played each other before, but today they are playing in the first round of WTA Indian Wells. I am predicting Wickmayer will win because she has performed well on hard court in the past, while Hercog simply has not. Betting 0.001 BTC on Wickmayer @1.548 odds: https://nitrogensports.eu/betslip/3873b04K2p1R2ZnSEFnWkRaU2MrUG9QVk8wQT09/r/595422/

http://www.tennisexplorer.com/match-detail/?id=1415623

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Wickmayer won 2-1. She lost the first set 0-6, then won the next two 6-4, 6-4. I wonder why she lost the first set 0-6? Maybe tennis players can conserve energy by conceding a set when down. Is it worth holding a serve in a losing set? I'm not familiar with the strategy, if it is one, and I wonder what players employ this strategy often?

profit (-0.00695 BTC)