After I threw The Toy far away (see my previous post) I got it back just in time to start trading Nadal-Berdych last night. Toy has landed NOT so far away from me, LOL

I was bored while waiting for Nadal match to start and inspired by a new month (April !) when writing previous post. And if you still not sure I confirm it was an April fools' joke about my last trade on Betfair. I was happy after Maria Sharapovas match yesterday. Not that she is one of my favorite players but I am always glad to see great players comming back. Playing final in Miami is a very good result already and against Azarenka she has a chance to win. Sharapova have an injury but who knows how serious it really is ? She said:

"It hurt when I did it. I iced it a lot & did an ice bath & got it taped. Yeah, I think I'll be okay. I'm tough."

It's something to have in mind while trading the final but it will be tomorrow. Today we have mens semifinals to think about.

Trading Nadal-Berdych last night was a very interesting experience. Berdych was broken in his first service game, very easy from 3-0 to 6-2 in first set for Rafa. Second set and a very different story ! Berdych holds his serve (1-0) but this time Nadal broken in his first service game. I decided to lay Nadal and just hoping Berdych will hold his serve. He did it and I was going to hedge at 3-0 in second set. Nadal called for a trainer and talking about some issues, hmmm...so what to do now ? I see my green on Berdych growing nicely but I had another Nadal match in mind when he lost second set 6-0 (!!!) to Lukas Lacko just to win 6-3 in final third set. This time I decided not to be greedy and placed my hedge bet before the second set was over. In my age I must take care of my heart and Berdych is one of those players you could expect anything on court, matched at 1.01 against Ramirez-Hidalgo just to lose second set ;)
Final set started with Nadal serving and...0-40 (!) but who is number ONE ? ;) Rafa won 5 points in a row and 1-0 on the scoreboard. I tried to make a few ticks profit in 3rd set but gave up at 2-2, it was great match with 2 players in form. I enjoyed it alot...Nadal won at the end 6-3

Next one was Azarenka-Zvonareva. I decided to lay server before the match started. It was Vera to start serving and she was broken immediately :) Hedge and wait now...Azarenka to serve...at 30-0 another smaller lay of Vera, Vicky holds ! Another break when Zvonareva serving and this time I call it over for me, final hedge and stop of trading for the day/night.

Not a very spectacular profits but I am happy and keep saying any green is good ;)

Horse racing is another story. I had some very good days and some bad days trading horses. A new flat season and yesterday I played with minimum stakes £2 trying my Excel/Gruss combo. I am still not mastering automated betting, still too much to learn. maybe it's not for me. But I like to learn some new stuff and new strategies so i am going to give it a try. I only hope the horses do not eat up my tennis profits LOL

Below some shots from yesterday: