This one is in honour of an ever greater man, and fellow gambler's lounge enthusiast who has been on an incredible run of late. Freak - I salute you.
Here are today's matches with approximate odds.
Beijing - the way I read it, the QF are scheduled to be on before the 2nd round matches - I hope this is a mistake.
Moya 2.24 v 1.80 T. Johansson
Nalbandian 1.70 v 2.44 Ferrero
Coria 1.04 v 21.00 Matsui
Wessels 1.20 v 6.00 Wang
Youzhny 1.20 v 6.00 Udomchoke
Nadal 1.06 v 18.00 Gimelstob
Nadal/Gimelstob v Wessels/Wang
Youhzny/Udomchoke v Coria/Matsui
Bali
Bondarenko 4.30 v 1.30 Li
Davenport 1.06 v 20.00 Camerin
Nakamura 6.00 v 1.20 Schnyder
Pennetta 2.80 v 1.60 Schiavone
Bucharest
Mathieu 1.44 v 3.25 Serra
Mayer 1.60 v 2.40 Pavel
Puerta 1.50 v 3.00 Andreev
Hanescu 1.40 v 3.35 Ramirez-Hidalgo