He's going home , he's going.......

Bjorkman's going home..... to play in the Swedish Open in Baastad.

Jonas has had a very tough 3-4 weeks on grass and his 34 yo body is sure to be feeling the strain.If he were not Swedish, I am sure that he would by pass this tournament. In 8 previous visits here, he has lost in the first round on six occasions, once in the second and once in the third.

Bjorkman has no love of the red stuff, on clay this year he is 0-3, he had an identical record last year and was 2-5 in 2004. Thats 2-11 last three years and 3-8 overall in Baastad. He is too good a professional not to try, but this smells of a quick exit and go visit grandma.


Today he meets Alexander Waske , the 31 yo German, is, like JB, a doubles specialist and a seasoned pro.

However, he seems a little more at home on clay than the Swede. This year he is 6-10 on the surface, but beat Vicente, twice a finalist on clay recently, at Roland Garros and lost in a 3rd set tie break to the classy Acasuso in the World Team Championship. He beat the Argentine player in Stuttgart last year, when he was 5-6 on clay.

Jonas won their only previous meeting, this was on a hard court and has little bearing on the match today, where I expect Waske to win.

Looking to keep the good run going, we have had 7/9 winners in the last 3 days and over 19 points profit.

4 points Waske to beat Bjorkman 1.80 pinnaccle/ betfair.

Good Luck.