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Disappointing Djokovic starts the rot

This morning I am reminded of a classic headline from The Sun newspaper, which appositely sums up my current situation..'Will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights' I believe was the paper's advice, should Neil Kinnock's Labour party win the general election in 1992.

It was Novak Djokvic's pathetic display in Umag which started the rot and my decline from 50-1 winning genius to what we see today, which quite frankly is a man in the very worst of fortune and a man with all the tennis knowledge of Derek McGovern and the RP combined.

My bets of the day have been beaten in straight sets for the last two days, as have my accas and now my outright bets have departed too without adding any funds to the threadbare Calvert accounts - although I blame that incompetent fool Richard Gasquet for one of those for failing to convert two match points on serve.

The only shining light yesterday, was my lay of the day, Rafael Nadal, trading at odds of almost 4 from 1.16 at one stage of his hard fought victory over Mathieu and thus clawing a little back for me, but other than that, Tommy Haas and Marcos Baghdatis both succumbed to defeat and I am now hoping that a little irony may assist me in Montreal.

The self same Novak Djokovic that couldn't be bothered in Croatia looks like a lock to take care of the annoying Andy Roddick, after both Clement and Baghdatis failed to dispose of the macho fool and I am taking Djokovic to reach the final in this event at least. Is nobody else totally bored with Roddick and his whining and with his aggravating coach, Jimmy Connors - a man whose sole contribution to commentary is the word 'mmm' after each and every winner?

Strangely, the quarter finals tonight will be Roddick and Djokovic's first match up and I am as sure as I can be that the Croatian will come out on top. I make Djokovic today's bet of the day at the widely available 1.7 and the outright price of 12 seems worth a saver tournament bet and I will be snapping that up shortly.

In the other quarters, Nadal and Federer look total certainties to dispose of Frank Dancevic and Lleyton Hewitt respectively, so the only match worth a trade will be Davydenko v Stepanek, if you are of a mind to trust in the dodgy Russian's commitment to the cause. Strange how that incredibly painful foot injury from last week has cleared up isn't it? Stepanek may be worth risking at around 1.7 to rid this event of Davydenko.

No lay of the day today, unless you're banking on the crowd winning another set for Dancevic as they did last night, or Federer misfiring against Hewitt. Can't see either of those things happening and so no lay today.