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06/13/2010 - Halle, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lleyton Hewitt battled back from a set down to unseat five-time champion Roger Federer in the final at the Gerry Weber Open.
Hewitt took a 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 victory to snap the top-seeded Federer's 29- match win streak at the Wimbledon tuneup, dealing the Swiss star his first loss at the tournament since the 2002 semifinals, when Federer lost to Nicolas Kiefer.
Federer went on to avenge that loss the following year in the final and hadn't lost at this venue since. He skipped the tournament in 2007 and 2009.
The loss is also a rare one on grass for Federer, who was 76-1 on the surface since 2003 heading into Sunday's title match, with that lone previous defeat coming against Rafael Nadal in the 2008 Wimbledon final.
But Hewitt, the eighth seed and a former Wimbledon champ, rallied for a second straight match to take the win in a little under 2 1/2 hours. The Australian had taken a three-set win over Benjamin Becker in the semifinals.
In the 25th career matchup between the two, Hewitt snapped a 15-match losing streak against Federer to record his first title of the year. It is his 29th career ATP crown and first since April 2009, when he won on clay in Houston.
This was Hewitt's first appearance in Halle, as he usually preps for the year's third Grand Slam event at the Queen's Club, where he has won four times.
Federer, meanwhile, has used this event as a springboard to incredible success at Wimbledon. He has played in the final at the All England Club in each of the past seven years, winning the coveted championship six times. However, Sunday's result dropped him to 1-2 in title matches this year.
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the College World Series.
Florida, which won 7-2 in the opener of this best-of-t
Li tops Sharapova for Birmingham crown >>
Birmingham, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Li Na of China earned her first title
of 2010 Sunday with a straight-sets victory over Maria Sharapova in the final
of the Aegon Classic.
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Reds face Greinke in finale at Great American Ball Park >>
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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