Tennis League All Thread

[Trofo]

I am interested in Tsitsipas vs. Alcaraz, this would have been easy for Tsitsi couple of months ago but now I feel he started to lose his form and we could have much closer match. Maybe even upset. My bet is on Alcaraz +7.5 @1.75. Was thinking between that one and Alcaraz to take at least one set.

Very good call my man, shame I didn't take this upset, bt the odds wasn't big enough to interest me even with a boost. Even thought I might have a Medvedev chances at the Sportsbet special yesterday (3-0, no tie breaks, but missed 3.5 aces a set).

Osaka, Tsitsi out to a precocious teen, and I missed betting on both, but I'll keep a closer eye out on weekend.

All the favorites in the Atp part of US open are slowly losing. Djokovic has his path wide open to the semi finals . I think he will win it all in straight sets. Medvedev also playing really good i think now we can already expect a final between these two. Djokovic is fighting for history !

I watched almost whole match between Tsitsi and Alcaraz yesterday (except that 4th set which ended 6:0) and I must say this match was all about Alcaraz. Tsitsi played really well but Alcaraz just blew him of the court. He had more than 40 winners against fast player who does not let you score winners. This guy is going to top 10 fast and I am betting on him till the end of tournament. I just hope for some good odds, but this win has put him on everyone's radar and all odds on him keep dropping. If he can keep hitting the ball like yesterday I am thinking even Djokovic would loose first 2 sets before scraping the third and then winning the match

When you think young Spanish player, you always have an image of some clay specialists who can keep the ball in play forever. Could not be farther from truth for Alcaraz. Maybe best thing to explain it for someone who did not watch him play is to paraphrase his answer when Spanish press called him new Nadal and he said he does not want to compare to other players but if he has to choose one it would be Federer.

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[aoluain]

Haven't seen the match between Berettini and Moutet, good second set for Moutet, but that's it, Berrettini won the next two games.

I think Karatsev vs Thompson is also a good match, stretches to 5 set, Thompson winning the first 2 sets, but then lost 3 straight, including the last one, 6-1.

Game to watch tomorrow, Bautista-Agut vs FAA.
Berettini vs Ivashka.

Its an interesting game between berretini and ivashka both are doing good berretini reaching 3 finals an one title and not to mention reaching wimbeldon final and ivashka winning winston salem atp and not losing a set in the last six games i personaly think this will be a tight game with more than three sets and even ivashka can win this one.

Bautista-Agut vs FAA was also another 5 set match. FAA was in control of the match in the first two sets and then Bautista-Agut claim the last 2.

And I thought that Baustista-Agut can win the match in the 5th. But FAA took control early and didn't give up and won the game.

Rublev vs Tiafoe - tied 1-1, going into the 3rd set. I have Rublev -5.5 but not sure if he can won with this handicap. I should have gone maybe over, but let's see.

Ah yes I thought Felix AA would win that, it was always going to be close.

Rublev v Tiafoe, thats a big win by Tiafoe to beat the no.5 seed, I didnt bet
on any of those games.

I did bet on Osaka to beat Fernandez but sadly in a close match Osaka lost.

[Jating]

^^ I bet on Rublev vs Tiafoe, Unfortunately, I have Rublev winning, so it's a bad bet for me.

After the Tsitsipas lost I thought that there will be no surprises anymore, but I was wrong.

Probably the "safe" bet is Djokovic vs Nishikori or Medvedev vs Evans, but who knows.

Alcaraz Garfia vs Peter Gojowczyk, I do love to see Alcaraz continue to win and see how far he can go in this very tough tournament, lots of promises for this kid, still 18 but already beaten a top player in Tsitsipas.

[Trofo]

Probably the "safe" bet is Djokovic vs Nishikori or Medvedev vs Evans, but who knows.

Djoković should have an easy time against Nishikori but odds are very low and I don't like to play that big handicaps. Nishikori simply does not have a single shot that could get him advantage in any point.

I am on the WTA side of draw today. There are 3 great matches today and I placed a bet on all underdogs since all of them should be decided on couple of balls. You can even get odds around @1.5 for my selections to take a set.
Kontaveit (28) - Swiatek (7), Kontaveit in great form while Swiatek lost a bit of hers, should be great match
Sorribes Tormo - Raducanu, never saw Raducanu play live so I had to play this to cover that error. She is in great form and has won against some really good opponents lately
Bencic (11) - Pegula (23), Pegula brought me so much winning tickets at great odds in the first part of the season so i had to give her some credit. Have a feeling this one could screw my ticket.

[Joca97]

Probably the "safe" bet is Djokovic vs Nishikori or Medvedev vs Evans, but who knows.

Djoković should have an easy time against Nishikori but odds are very low and I don't like to play that big handicaps. Nishikori simply does not have a single shot that could get him advantage in any point.

I am on the WTA side of draw today. There are 3 great matches today and I placed a bet on all underdogs since all of them should be decided on couple of balls. You can even get odds around @1.5 for my selections to take a set.
Kontaveit (28) - Swiatek (7), Kontaveit in great form while Swiatek lost a bit of hers, should be great match
Sorribes Tormo - Raducanu, never saw Raducanu play live so I had to play this to cover that error. She is in great form and has won against some really good opponents lately
Bencic (11) - Pegula (23), Pegula brought me so much winning tickets at great odds in the first part of the season so i had to give her some credit. Have a feeling this one could screw my ticket.

This bets are really hard honestly to predict o most all of the players are currently evenly matched. Bencic dosent win titles lately at all but i wouldnt count here out she is the favorite in yhis match . Also Kontaveit plays really good if the balls comes to here and that she plays like she wants too . If Swiatek goes and push her to the sides of the court she will be in deep trouble

[Trofo]

I am on the WTA side of draw today. There are 3 great matches today and I placed a bet on all underdogs since all of them should be decided on couple of balls. You can even get odds around @1.5 for my selections to take a set.
Kontaveit (28) - Swiatek (7), Kontaveit in great form while Swiatek lost a bit of hers, should be great match
Sorribes Tormo - Raducanu, never saw Raducanu play live so I had to play this to cover that error. She is in great form and has won against some really good opponents lately
Bencic (11) - Pegula (23), Pegula brought me so much winning tickets at great odds in the first part of the season so i had to give her some credit. Have a feeling this one could screw my ticket.

This bets are really hard honestly to predict o most all of the players are currently evenly matched. Bencic dosent win titles lately at all but i wouldnt count here out she is the favorite in yhis match . Also Kontaveit plays really good if the balls comes to here and that she plays like she wants too . If Swiatek goes and push her to the sides of the court she will be in deep trouble

I agree they are hard to predict. I see all three e of them as being really close matches, so I see value to go for slight underdogs. These are not high stakes bets for me as was Alcaraz yesterday. This is more of testing the water since I did not watch WTA side on US open yet and this will force me to do so and get information for future match ups.

Men side doesn't interest me much today except for Monfiels-Sinner match, could be a cracker if Monfiels comes out playing good, just placed another bet on Sinner. Have to use that Eurosport player subscription to the maximum Great way to watch all the matches from US open, you even get one free month to try it out.

[Joca97]

I am on the WTA side of draw today. There are 3 great matches today and I placed a bet on all underdogs since all of them should be decided on couple of balls. You can even get odds around @1.5 for my selections to take a set.
Kontaveit (28) - Swiatek (7), Kontaveit in great form while Swiatek lost a bit of hers, should be great match
Sorribes Tormo - Raducanu, never saw Raducanu play live so I had to play this to cover that error. She is in great form and has won against some really good opponents lately
Bencic (11) - Pegula (23), Pegula brought me so much winning tickets at great odds in the first part of the season so i had to give her some credit. Have a feeling this one could screw my ticket.

This bets are really hard honestly to predict o most all of the players are currently evenly matched. Bencic dosent win titles lately at all but i wouldnt count here out she is the favorite in yhis match . Also Kontaveit plays really good if the balls comes to here and that she plays like she wants too . If Swiatek goes and push her to the sides of the court she will be in deep trouble

I agree they are hard to predict. I see all three e of them as being really close matches, so I see value to go for slight underdogs. These are not high stakes bets for me as was Alcaraz yesterday. This is more of testing the water since I did not watch WTA side on US open yet and this will force me to do so and get information for future match ups.

Men side doesn't interest me much today except for Monfiels-Sinner match, could be a cracker if Monfiels comes out playing good, just placed another bet on Sinner. Have to use that Eurosport player subscription to the maximum Great way to watch all the matches from US open, you even get one free month to try it out.

Bencic destroyed Pegula in straight sets 6-2 6-4 as i expected. Also Swiatek won the first set pretty easily against Kontaveit. Also on the other hand in the atp tour Nishikori was able to win the first set in the tie break and was leading 1-0 but Djokovic won 6-3 in the second set and is really struggling.

[Rabi3]

in the atp tour Nishikori was able to win the first set in the tie break and was leading 1-0 but Djokovic won 6-3 in the second set and is really struggling.

after Djokovic broke Nishikori's serve in the beginning of the second set, a big roar from Serbian came out showing how big of a pressure he's in every single match, everyone now is expecting him to win every match, and the media is playing a big role at that, now every time he loses a set it seems to them as if it's a big deal, even though he's quite successful this year but everyone keep expecting more and more, in some ways it sucks to be him.

[Kemarit]

in the atp tour Nishikori was able to win the first set in the tie break and was leading 1-0 but Djokovic won 6-3 in the second set and is really struggling.

after Djokovic broke Nishikori's serve in the beginning of the second set, a big roar from Serbian came out showing how big of a pressure he's in every single match, everyone now is expecting him to win every match, and the media is playing a big role at that, now every time he loses a set it seems to them as if it's a big deal, even though he's quite successful this year but everyone keep expecting more and more, in some ways it sucks to be him.

Yeah, that's how Djokovic win, I mean he will lose one set and then totally destroyed his opponents on the next game. I'm not really sure if there is pressure, but he is mentally prepared to beat everyone in his path. Pressure could come in if this is the semis or finals. For him this is just an ordinary game that he needs to focus and win every point as much as he can.

[aoluain]

^^ I bet on Rublev vs Tiafoe, Unfortunately, I have Rublev winning, so it's a bad bet for me.

After the Tsitsipas lost I thought that there will be no surprises anymore, but I was wrong.

Probably the "safe" bet is Djokovic vs Nishikori or Medvedev vs Evans, but who knows.

Alcaraz Garfia vs Peter Gojowczyk, I do love to see Alcaraz continue to win and see how far he can go in this very tough tournament, lots of promises for this kid, still 18 but already beaten a top player in Tsitsipas.

I also have Medvedev and Alcaraz to win today. Alcaraz is showing his potential in this
tournament and is lighting his light for the future if he can keep progressing

in the atp tour Nishikori was able to win the first set in the tie break and was leading 1-0 but Djokovic won 6-3 in the second set and is really struggling.

after Djokovic broke Nishikori's serve in the beginning of the second set, a big roar from Serbian came out showing how big of a pressure he's in every single match, everyone now is expecting him to win every match, and the media is playing a big role at that, now every time he loses a set it seems to them as if it's a big deal, even though he's quite successful this year but everyone keep expecting more and more, in some ways it sucks to be him.

Yeah, that's how Djokovic win, I mean he will lose one set and then totally destroyed his opponents on the next game. I'm not really sure if there is pressure, but he is mentally prepared to beat everyone in his path. Pressure could come in if this is the semis or finals. For him this is just an ordinary game that he needs to focus and win every point as much as he can.

Well as per the French Open final Djokovic can actually lose 2 straight sets and
still win! That was against Tsitsipas but I'm not sure he could get away with it
against the likes of Medvedev.

[Karartma1]

Matteo Berrettini advances at the Us Open, landing in the round of 16 (vs. Otte). In New York, the n.8 of the ranking defeated in the third round the Belarusian Ilya Ivashka, n.53 of the ranking. Berrettini won in 5 sets. Don't ask me why but this guy in my opinion could reach the final and even win. I will place a pretty bold bet on him winning US Open this year! Reaching the final is @15.

[Jating]

Matteo Berrettini advances at the Us Open, landing in the round of 16 (vs. Otte). In New York, the n.8 of the ranking defeated in the third round the Belarusian Ilya Ivashka, n.53 of the ranking. Berrettini won in 5 sets. Don't ask me why but this guy in my opinion could reach the final and even win. I will place a pretty bold bet on him winning US Open this year! Reaching the final is @15.

Yeah, I think that Berrettini is one bread of players that can play both surfaces, clay and grass or any other fast surfaces. Good luck with your bet, he seems to be a long shot but who knows. Berrettini will face Otte next, I think he can a good chance to win here and advance to QF.

Broosksby - another kid who is on the roll and good win for him against Karatsev. So he is the underdog, but I was able to squeeze some bet on him.

FAA vs Tiafoe, hard to predict this one but might go for 4 or even 5 sets.

[mv1986]

Walk over for Zverev, might be good or bad for him, I don't know. It means more recovery time for him, but then again he is a guy who needs to keep rolling and not lose his rhythm.

Anyway, he is in shape again as it seems and he might be a threat to Djokovic in the semifinal I think? Two more games to go to meet the real master then.

[btc_angela]

Walk over for Zverev, might be good or bad for him, I don't know. It means more recovery time for him, but then again he is a guy who needs to keep rolling and not lose his rhythm.

Yep, some players needs to get going and doesn't need a break. This players have been training to have a stamina, play today and just needed a couple of hours to do double and win again.

Anyway, he is in shape again as it seems and he might be a threat to Djokovic in the semifinal I think? Two more games to go to meet the real master then.

He is one threat, but there are others still in the hunt for this grand slam. So Djokovic might be tested here. He will be facing another rising star, Brooksby so let's see how the match will go. Djokovic could win but this match can last 5 sets and stretch him out.

[Strongkored]

Anyway, he is in shape again as it seems and he might be a threat to Djokovic in the semifinal I think? Two more games to go to meet the real master then.

I see this is very possible, I saw Zverev is Djokovic's toughest opponent, he is becomes very possible player who can shatter Djokovic's dream to take all the GS title this years.

today's women's match, E. Svitolina vs. S. Halep, the odds in several bookies are not much different between the two players, a tight match is very likely, I think it will be 3 sets.

[CryptoBuds]

Image credit: https://www.tennisworldusa.org

Finally, former top 20 players, Ivo Karlović has gone his retirement life after US Open exit. Though his rank is 221 in the world & he is not much satisfied with it, but I think he has served more in the US Open than any other tennis player. I wish him well in his retirement life.

[Trofo]

Walk over for Zverev, might be good or bad for him, I don't know. It means more recovery time for him, but then again he is a guy who needs to keep rolling and not lose his rhythm.

Yep, some players needs to get going and doesn't need a break. This players have been training to have a stamina, play today and just needed a couple of hours to do double and win again.

Sometimes you need matches and sometimes you can use time to rest and heal. Zverev had great couple of months winning everything last few tournaments he played and if this was regular tournament I would be sure that break will do him good. But this is grand slam and forfeit means not one day of rest, it means 3 days of rest before next match and that could be a bit too much.

Just watching Schwartzman, who was 2:0 down and break down in the third. Managed to turn 3rd set and I have a feeling this match is going to 5th set. Not a really flashy match, more like to players grinding it to the end. Good think Medvedev started so I can watch them simultaneously

Edit: Just realized, Zverev played full three sets before forfeit happened so first half of my post is redundant. He spent more than enough time on court and I am sure he does not mind that match ended a bit earlier.

[mv1986]

Walk over for Zverev, might be good or bad for him, I don't know. It means more recovery time for him, but then again he is a guy who needs to keep rolling and not lose his rhythm.

Yep, some players needs to get going and doesn't need a break. This players have been training to have a stamina, play today and just needed a couple of hours to do double and win again.

Anyway, he is in shape again as it seems and he might be a threat to Djokovic in the semifinal I think? Two more games to go to meet the real master then.

He is one threat, but there are others still in the hunt for this grand slam. So Djokovic might be tested here. He will be facing another rising star, Brooksby so let's see how the match will go. Djokovic could win but this match can last 5 sets and stretch him out.

Well he has some severe breakdowns every now and then. It pulls him down and he doesn't deliver on his best. That sucks massively! Zverev is a contender for the first ranks, but he has his blackouts and that is what weakens him. Djokovic has very small blackouts! he usually manages to get beyond them!

[aoluain]

Walk over for Zverev, might be good or bad for him, I don't know. It means more recovery time for him, but then again he is a guy who needs to keep rolling and not lose his rhythm.

Yep, some players needs to get going and doesn't need a break. This players have been training to have a stamina, play today and just needed a couple of hours to do double and win again.

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Just watching Schwartzman, who was 2:0 down and break down in the third. Managed to turn 3rd set and I have a feeling this match is going to 5th set. Not a really flashy match, more like to players grinding it to the end. Good think Medvedev started so I can watch them simultaneously

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What a match, you were right not a flashy match, van de Zandschulp had over 70 unforced
errors and Schwartzman over 50. But history made van de Zandschulp the qualifier takes the win,
really happy for him.

On the womens side I watched a fantastic march between Kerber and Fernandez, top level
tennis and another upset as Kerber bows out.

Two new comers above into the quarter finals.

[Ratash]

Walk over for Zverev, might be good or bad for him, I don't know. It means more recovery time for him, but then again he is a guy who needs to keep rolling and not lose his rhythm.

Anyway, he is in shape again as it seems and he might be a threat to Djokovic in the semifinal I think? Two more games to go to meet the real master then.

Yes zverev is a real threat for djokovic so does medvedev and especially when djokovic lost two sets which mean he is not that invinsible and if zverev is in top performance like he was in the olympic games he and medvedev has a real chance but in the us open seem that medvedev is looking more strong he did not lose sets yet and he is more motivated since he want to get the number one spot and he seems more focused.