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01/13/2012 - Sydney, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Third-seeded Belarusian Victoria Azarenka defeated reigning champion Li Na in Friday's final at the $637,000 Sydney International tennis tournament, a final Australian Open tuneup.
Azarenka earned a 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 victory after employing a strong return game in the third set at Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre. She won 52 percent of the points on return and broke Li twice, while also saving 3-of-4 break points.
She picked up her ninth career title and won a second consecutive match against Li, having defeated her in the season-ending WTA Championships last year. The 22-year-old is 3-4 all-time against Li, who won their meeting in last season's Aussie Open on the way to a final appearance.
The fourth-seeded Li was seeking her sixth career title, but appears to have improved form after a rough end to 2011. She captured her first major title at the French Open, but reached the semifinals of just one more tournament the rest of the year.
Azarenka earned $107,000 for winning the tournament, whose draw featured nine of the top 10 women in the world.
<< Benneteau downs Baghdatis in Sydney semis
Sydney, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Frenchman Julien Benneteau upended former
Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis in Friday's semifinals at the
$434,250 Sydney International tennis event, a final Aussie Open tuneup.
Baghdatis,
<< Ferrer, Rochus make it to Auckland final
Auckland, New Zealand (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded David Ferrer and Olivier
Rochus were both semifinal winners Friday at the Heineken Open, a final
hardcourt Australian Open tuneup.
The two-time Auckland champion Ferrer, who b
<< Eriksson's goal sends Stars past Kings
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Loui Eriksson scored in the third round of
the shootout to lift the Dallas Stars over the Los Angeles Kings, 5-4, at
Staples Center.
The Kings' Trevor Lewis then had a chance to keep the shootout goi
<< Howard sets NBA free-throw attempt record; Magic down Warriors
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - In the end, Dwight Howard had the last laugh.
Warriors first-year head coach Mark Jackson opted to employ a severe case of
"Hack a Shaq," sending Shaquille O'Neal's doppelganger to the free throw line
an NB
Coastal Carolina's Norman added to Shrine Game >>
Conway, SC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Coastal Carolina senior cornerback Josh Norman
has accepted an invitation to play in the 87th East-West Shrine Game Jan. 21
at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla.
The 11th player from the Football Championsh
Benneteau, Nieminen reach Sydney final >>
Sydney, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Frenchman Julien Benneteau defeated
former Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis in Friday's semifinals
at the $434,250 Sydney International tennis event, a final Aussie Open
tuneup.
Sacramento State hires offensive coordinator >>
Sacramento, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sacramento State football coach Marshall
Sperbeck has turned the play calling over to new offensive coordinator Paul
Peterson.
Sperbeck previously handled the offensive play calling since being hired in
20
Pacers head north to battle Raptors >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Indiana Pacers try to string back-to-back wins together
this evening when they visit the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre.
Indiana improved to 4-0 at home on Wednesday, as Danny Granger scored 24
points, lea
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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