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The first week of Wimbledon 2008 was particularly profitable for me this year but I couldn’t help thinking about the bet that got away.

On Tuesday I had myself a six bet accumulator and after Nicolas Kiefer, Tommy Haas, Arnaud Clement, Dmitry Tursanov and Ernest Gulbis all did the bizzo I was waiting on Boris Pashanski to win for a small fortune.

I was more than bullish too with the world number 114 up against Guilford’s Chris Eaton.

Eaton was ranked 661 in the world and having just lost in the first round of a Challenger event in Uzbekistan surely he’d roll over and die for me?

Not a bit of it.

I watched in absolute horror as he smashed down 24 aces en route to winning in straight sets and to add insult to injury ‘er indoors nonchalantly confessed that he was “a bit of alright” as he celebrated at the end.

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Speaking of Wimbledon I had a call from a pal of mine, The Skipper, who was at The Championships on Friday.

It was only 2pm but he was already well away on the Pimms.

However he’d have to go some to beat my own personal all-comers drinking record at a tennis event.

In 2005 I drank no fewer than 31 coke can size cans of San Miguel at the Seat Godo Barcelona Open.

How I wasn’t arrested I’ll never know.

By mid-afternoon on said day I was caught urinating in the stands during Carlos Moya’s second round match with Jarkko Niemenen and later still began throwing obscenities at 6’5 powerhouse Max ‘The Beast’ Mirnyi after the big Belarussian beat Juan Monaco and thus scuppered a five-fold accumulator I had running.

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My Euro 2008, rather like Alan Shearer's TV trousers, was a bit hit and miss.

I barely put a foot wrong in the group stages but managed to lose heavily on all four quarter-final matches after lazily backing all four favourites to win in 90 minutes.

I redeemed myself in the semis by backing Draw Half-Time Germany/Spain Full-Time in their respective matches.

So to the final and I was thoroughly convinced that Spain would end 44 years of hurt and so smashed into them with a four-figure punt that would mean I’d be holidaying in the back garden this year if it went awry.

Thankfully for all concerned Fernando Torres did the business, Spain collected the trophy and I collected a healthy wedge, thus ending the best footie tournament since World Cup ’90 on a massive high.

Cheeky’s Punt of the Week: Serena Williams to win Wimbledon at 9/4 (General).