Betting agencies across the World must love it when someone walks into one of their stores with a handful of cold hard cash and an idea on who will win a Mens Grand Slam Doubles title.
The proof is in the pudding, it's a chook raffle, an event that makes the 'form guide' look silly on most occasions due to the outrageous talent that the two on two format owns World wide.
Any Sports Betting Agencies who put out short odds of top seeded teams winning major titles are simply doing so because of a Stock Market terminology known as 'Market Sentiment' which refers to the feeling or general tone of the current trading climate.
Anyone who knows anything about tennis however will go through the 'stock list' and find a team who does not 'trade' regularly on the market so to speak and invest their money in what is commonly referred to as a 'high risk' return.
Sorry about the technical terminologies. I left school at the start of Year 12 to try my luck at tennis, silly idea looking back however I developed a mind from the whole experience that I will simply refer to as 'complex'.
Tennis made me think quite possibly more than school education ever did so I suppose that is why if ever I sent my current 'homework' to my past teachers they may in fact read it with a smile and say ' Geez, maybe Glenn was listening after all'.
Either that or they may think that I hit one tennis ball too many and my brain is completely fried. Quite possibly that may be more to the point. Back to the headline.
I wasted many dollars and had many sleepless nights as I used to try to pick the winners of tennis events due to my apparent knowledge of the sport that possessed my mind from a very young age.
Maybe it was the ego that goes hand in hand with cashing in a winning ticket that would initially send me into a frenzy of pre tournament form searching as I wrote out tickets that I believed would net me a week's wages or enough to buy a small Island in the Pacific.
Either way I loved trying to find a winner in my chosen sport so rather than just watch the event I felt compelled to put my money where my mouth was.
Dumb idea GT.
Here's the proof for you that tennis 'form' is about as consistent as rocking horse shit.
Now I am not prepared to go back too far so I am just going to give some statistics on the Grand Slams of 2017. It's fascinating.
Australian Open 2017 - Mens Doubles won by Peers and Kontinen, seeded 4. The number 1 seeded pair of Mahut and Herbert went out in the quarter finals and the number 2 seeded pair of Murray and Soares did not trouble the scoreboard, they lost first round.
Wimbledon 2017- Mens Doubles won by Kubot and Melo, seeded 4 over the 16th seeded team of Marach and Pavic. The number 1 seeds who were in fact the team who won the Australian Open, ( Peers and Kontinen ) lost in the semis and the number 2 seeds Herbert and Mahut lost in round 2.
French Open 2017 - Mens Doubles won by Harrison and Venus over Gonzalez any Young. NEITHER TEAM OWNED A SEEDING.
Kontinen and Peers were again seeded 1 and Mahut and Herbert were seeded 2. Neither team troubled the score board. Neither team won a match.
US OPEN 2017 - Mens Doubles won by Rojer and Tecau, seeded 12 over the number 11 seeds Lopez and Lopez. The number 1 seeds Kontinen and peers lost in the semi finals and the Wimbledon Champions Kubot and Melo lost in the second round.
In conclusion I think it's fair to say that owning the Number 1 seeding in Mens Doubles in a Grand Slam is about as tasty as a fish milkshake. It is not worth the paper it is printed on and holds about as much esteem as a one armed bricklayer does in Baagdad.
Being seeded one, two or even three in a Grand Slam in Mens Doubles is dangerous territory as the free wheeling teams who seem to sneak under the radar a little more are seemingly the teams who come away with the chocolates more often than not.
Bet at your own peril.........
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