Didn't quite make the monthly cut, finished (somewhere around) 3rd. Overall a good month though, ended up at 25-6 on locks for the month.
James Blake vs Milos Raonic
Now while the match isn't played on paper, I'd like to start with the rankings. Normally I hate rankings, all that is, is someone's opinion on which team is better than another. While tennis rankings are actually calculated, and thus, slightly more reliable, I still wouldn't pick on rankings. That being said, there is a HUGE ranking disparity in this one. Raonic is ranked 16th in the world compared to Blake who is 114th. That's a big difference. Now of course Blake is probably slightly better than that ranking (at one time he was 4th in the world) but has been having major knee problems since 2010. Additionally, Blake has only made it out of the first round once in his last four matches. Raonic has the highest percent of service games won in 2012. I'll take Raonic as my lock.
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