Konta out of Aussie Open, Baggies' winless streak continues

West Brom’s winless streak continues, 1st round exit for Konta and predictable (but profitable!) victory for Nadal – it’s the Daily Spread Betting Roundup. But how much could you’ve won?

Baggies blow chance to open up lead – West Brom v Stoke
West Brom are not in a good way. That may sound an odd thing to say about a side that has been in 1st place in the Championship for more than half the season. However, the Baggies are now without a win in 6 league games, blowing their chance to open up a 4 point lead at the top as they lost 1-0 at home to Stoke.

The Potters – who are hovering above the relegation zone in 21st – were quick off the mark, scoring after just 9 minutes via Tyrese Campbell. Sell a 1st Match Goal spread of 37-40, and you’d have won 29 times your initial stake.

Better than that, sell a 1st Stoke Goal spread of 59-62, and you’d have picked up 50 times your opening bet.

EVEN BETTER than that, sell a Total Goal Minutes spread of 110-129, and you would have finished the game with 110 times your original wager.

Konta suffers 1st round collapse – Johanna Konta v Ons Jabeur
Each year is worse than the last when it comes to the Australian Open for Johanna Konta. A semi-final in 2016 was followed by a quarter-final in 2017, and back-to-back 2nd round exits in 2018 and 2019. Now, in 2020, she’s fallen at the 1st hurdle, losing 6-4-6-2 to Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur.

That meant you’d need to sell the starting Konta/Jabeur Match Supremacy spread of 2-5 – where the winner gets 10 points plus a further 5 for every set won by – to make 22 times your initial stake.

Similarly, selling a Konta/Jabeur Game Supremacy spread of 0.6-1.6 gave you 6.6 times your opening bet.

No. 1 seed Nadal breezes through – Rafa Nadal v Hugo Dellien
As predictable a result as you could get, no. 1 seed Rafa Nadal saw off Aussie Open debutante Hugo Dellien in straight sets.

However, there is still money to be made from near-certainty with spread betting! Buying a Nadal 3-0 binary spread of 80-88.9 would have netted you 11.1 times your starting stake.