My appologies for letting this blog go a couple of weeks without updates. I was away for a bit and, to be honest, it's kind of hard to keep track of all the disparate tournaments going on right now. But I'm going to make a concerted effort to get a couple of picks up here on a regular basis. It won't be as extensive as during the Grand Slams, but I will be posting whenever I see some value.
One match jumped out at me today. Na Li vs. Alize Cornet in the Fed Cup. Cornet is a star on the rise in the WTA and at 18, I expect big things from her this year. Li is coming off a rib injury that kept her off the tour for six months. That didn't seem to affect her much when she won the Gold Coast last month, but she didn't face anyone too tough in that tournament. Cornet has the talent to challenge the second teir of women (which Li is) so I'll take her at +350. That looks like gold to me.
In other Fed Cup action, I also like Shahar Peer as a small favorite (-150) to beat Dinara Safina. The underdog might seem like the obvious pick since Safina has beaten Peer in three of their four career meetings, but this is the first time Isreal has gone this far in the World Cup, so Peer will be motivated against a country that is notoriously apathetic about international events.
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