Last week saw some hope from British tennis with Andy Murray through to the second week of Wimbledon and some better performances from the women but yet again there will be no British representation in the senior finals though Liam Broady from Stockport has made the Boys final.
My own set of predictions failed to set the world alight as well with five from ten and a loss of £2.50 on the week taking profits for the blog back to zero.
This weekend has a whole host of sporting action including the Wimbledon finals, Haye vs Klitschsko to unify most of the World Heavyweight boxing titles, ODI cricket, Moto GP from Italy, Superleague rugby and of course not forgetting the most gruelling sporting event on the calendar as the Tour de France begins it's three week journey.
In the Wimbledon finals I'm prediction Sharapova to win the ladies title, seven years after her last success in South West London and for Novak Djokovic to win his first Wimbledon crown.
One day cricket has moved to Lords for Sunday's match between England and Sri Lanka and my forecast is for a home win. In the much anticipated Boxing showdown I'm sticking with the patriotic theme and going for a Haye win in a match that is unlikely to match all of the build up hype.
Last week's MotoGP saw a new winner on the podium with Ben Spies taking the race but this week I'm predicting Casey Stoner to return to winning ways and for Marco Sioncelli to make his long awaited breakthrough on to the podium in his home race.
The Engage Superleague has been carrying on through the British summer and this weeks predictions are for the Dragons to win at Bradford and Hull KR to defeat Wakefield.
My final set of predictions this week are for the Tour de France which for a change this year has started in France and without a prologue time trial but a proper road stage. In other changes the points scoring systems for both the Green and Polka Dot Jerseys has changed this year in an effort to boost the chances of out and out sprinters for Green and the best climbers for the Polka Dot. Brits will should be challenging for two jerseys as Mark Cavendish has a team built to support him for Green as he looks to add to his fifteen previous stage wins whilst fresh from his recent success in the Dauphine Librere Bradley Wiggins is chasing at least a podium finish in Paris if not the ultimate prize of the Yellow Jersey. Realistically, this may be beyond him if Contador's form from the Giro d'Italia continues but in a three week race anything can happen.
Today's stage is not entirely suited to the sprinters so I'm predicting a win for Wiggins' Sky teammate Boasson Hagen and a top three finish for sprinter Pettachi who will probably better handle the climb at the end than most of his other Green Jersey rivals.
In summary the predictions are:
Wimbledon Tennis
Sharapova to win the Ladies Title at 8/13
Djokovioc to win the Mens at 13/9
ODI Cricket
England to win at Lords tomorrow at 4/5
Heavyweight Boxing
Haye to win at 7/4
Moto GP from Mugello
Stoner to win at 13/8
Simoncelli to podium at 81/100
Engage Superleague
Dragons to win at Bradford at 7/10
Hull KR to defeat Wakefield at 1/7
Tour de France Stage 1
Boasson Hagen to win at 16/1
Pettachi to make top 3 at 21/4
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