Clijsters wins U.S. opener
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08/30/2010 -
Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Reigning champion Kim Clijsters was a
straight-set opening-round winner Monday at the U.S. Open.
The second-seeded former world No. 1 Clijsters got past Hungarian Greta Arn
6-0, 7-5 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Clijsters steamrolled Arn in 18 minutes in the bagel first set, but the
Belgian then fell behind 0-4 in the second before rebounding to avoid a three-
set afternoon. Clijsters won seven of the last eight games to advance.
The 27-year-old Clijsters is seeking her third U.S. Open championship, She
beat Dane Caroline Wozniacki in last year's finale here and has now won her
last 15 matches in Flushing. She also titled here in 2005 and skipped the
2006-08 editions due to either injury or retirement. Clijsters came out of
retirement last summer and captured the U.S. Open in only her third tournament
back.
Clijsters was also the U.S. Open runner-up in 2003.
Sixth-seeded French Open champion Francesca Schiavone cruised with a
6-1, 6-0 dismantling of Japan's Ayumi Morita, while former U.S. Open runner-up
Elena Dementieva drubbed Belarusian Olga Govortsova 6-1, 6-2. Dementieva
reached the final here in 2004.
Other seeded victors on Day 1 were No. 28 Russian Alisa Kleybanova and No. 29
Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko.
Last year's U.S. Open darling, American Melanie Oudin, advanced with a 6-3,
6-0 throttling of Ukrainian Olga Savchuk. The teenage Oudin reached the
quarterfinals here a year ago, including an upset victory over Dementieva.
Additional Monday wins came for Italians Sara Errani and Maria Elena Camerin
and Brit Elena Baltacha.
The 2010 U.S. Open champion will earn at least $1.7 million.
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What Is the Point Spread?
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.
How to Read Point Spreads
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:
- Philly wins the actual game by any amount of points
OR
- Philly loses the game by less than 7 points.
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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.
For Those Who Like to Consider Things Mathematically
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
- Subtracting the point spread from the favorite’s score (thus the minus sign before the number) and then compare to the underdog’s score
OR
- Adding the point spread to the underdog’s score (thus the plus sign before the number) and then compare to the favorite’s score
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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New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox early favorites to win 2008 World Series
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