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[Kemarit]

It seems that swiatek has no competition recently she is really dominating womens tennis, another easy win today against kasatkina 2 0 she will face gauff in the final she is heavily favourites but gauff seem to be in her best shape i think she will be tough to beat but i still think swiatek will beat her 2 1.

Yes, I think Swiatek will continue her unbelievable run and win this year's Roland Garros. She simply destroys Kasatkina in two sets.

Gauff is the surprised to reach her maiden French Open, but it will be tough for her to upset the way Swiatek is playing right now. I wouldn't surprised though if this match just go two sets for Swiatek.

[Trofo]

It seems that swiatek has no competition recently she is really dominating womens tennis, another easy win today against kasatkina 2 0 she will face gauff in the final she is heavily favourites but gauff seem to be in her best shape i think she will be tough to beat but i still think swiatek will beat her 2 1.

Yes, I think Swiatek will continue her unbelievable run and win this year's Roland Garros. She simply destroys Kasatkina in two sets.

Gauff is the surprised to reach her maiden French Open, but it will be tough for her to upset the way Swiatek is playing right now. I wouldn't surprised though if this match just go two sets for Swiatek.

Swiatek is really without proper competition at the moment. She basically wins every match in straight sets and usually leaves her opponents scrambling for a game or two.

Really hope Gauff can make this an interesting match. She has the game for it and I want to see how Swiatek reacts when she gets pressured a bit.

[Cnut237]

Swiatek is really without proper competition at the moment. She basically wins every match in straight sets and usually leaves her opponents scrambling for a game or two.

Her performances this year have been quite astonishing. I do wish that Barty hadn't retired, as I think she's the only one who could have given Swiatek some competition. It would have been fascinating to see if Barty could have held on to the number one spot... but we'll never know.

Swiatek's incredible 33 match winning run (so far) is already the third best run this century! Ahead of her is only Serena Williams (34) and Venus (35). So if Swiatek wins at Roland Garros, and then just wins her first round match in whatever tournament is next, she's top.

First place overall going back to the last century is Navratilova on 74, so there's still some way to go to match that!

Edit: of course, Swiatek won the semi, so is now already at 34.

[cryptofrka]

Who are your favorites in today's semifinals?

I think that I will go with Zverev today, he was really good against Alcaraz. The odds are 3.50, they played twice on clay in 2021 with 1 easy win apiece.
Nadal was brilliant in some moments against Đoković and the general rule is 'don't bet against Rafa in Paris' - but the odds are too good not to give it a shot.

Ruud is a favorite against Čilić as well - but I will skip that one. I can't find any value there.

[aoluain]

Who are your favorites in today's semifinals?

I think that I will go with Zverev today, he was really good against Alcaraz. The odds are 3.50, they played twice on clay in 2021 with 1 easy win apiece.
Nadal was brilliant in some moments against Đoković and the general rule is 'don't bet against Rafa in Paris' - but the odds are too good not to give it a shot.

Ruud is a favorite against Čilić as well - but I will skip that one. I can't find any value there.

I think Nadal will continue his winning form but I have a +6.5 handicap on Zverev, I'm
thinking this will be close.

The same goes for the second semi, I think Ruud will win but a handicap bet is on Cilic,
he seems very driven at RG and the closer he gets to the final the better he is getting


What do you all think about Gauff's chances against Swiatek? is it worth doing
a handicap on her or maybe wait for an in play bet and better odds on Swiatek?

[Trofo]

Who are your favorites in today's semifinals?

I think that I will go with Zverev today, he was really good against Alcaraz. The odds are 3.50, they played twice on clay in 2021 with 1 easy win apiece.
Nadal was brilliant in some moments against Đoković and the general rule is 'don't bet against Rafa in Paris' - but the odds are too good not to give it a shot.

Ruud is a favorite against Čilić as well - but I will skip that one. I can't find any value there.

I took Zverev to take at least one set @1,6 which should pass easy if he puts in another performance like against Alcaraz. I actually think Nadal has more problems against tall players with strong strokes then against Djoković and Zverev fits both of those categories.

Their match from Madrid, Zverev win, does not really count. Those conditions are favouring Zverev to the max while hampering Nadal top spin bounce.

In other match I have Čilić to take at least one set @1,4 and over 38,5 games on other

[bct_ail]

Who are your favorites in today's semifinals?

I think that I will go with Zverev today, he was really good against Alcaraz. The odds are 3.50, they played twice on clay in 2021 with 1 easy win apiece.
Nadal was brilliant in some moments against Đoković and the general rule is 'don't bet against Rafa in Paris' - but the odds are too good not to give it a shot.

Ruud is a favorite against Čilić as well - but I will skip that one. I can't find any value there.

Well, that will not be an easy task for Zverev. Nadal is the favourite and Zverev the outsider. But that can also be an advantage for him. No one has spoken much about him yet. Mainly only about Djokovic, Nadal and Alcaraz. So he can play freely.
They are currently playing the first set in a tiebreak.

For the other game I do not have a favourit.

[Trofo]

Anybody watching Nadal-Zverev? Really strange second set with bunch of breaks, WTA stuff. Not a good day for Zverev, spilling 6:2 in set one tie break, not managing to serve out for second set and just now bad ankle twist. I think this match is over and most bets are off. If he comes back after this I'll be really surprised.

Hopefully this will not be a long break for him, but it did not look good.

[casperBGD]

Cilic is up after first set with Ruud

was not aware of that, but Cilic is first active player out of top4 (top3 with Murray) that reached semi-finals on all GS
it was a domination decade, or fifteen years, and it is a question does it near to an end

Ruud has break in second set, but Cilic is closer to final, IMO

[Joca97]

Anybody watching Nadal-Zverev? Really strange second set with bunch of breaks, WTA stuff. Not a good day for Zverev, spilling 6:2 in set one tie break, not managing to serve out for second set and just now bad ankle twist. I think this match is over and most bets are off. If he comes back after this I'll be really surprised.

Hopefully this will not be a long break for him, but it did not look good.

Really a sad outcome of the match. Really bad injury for Zverev and now he will be off the field for a really long time and he was really close to that no1 position. Nadal is just lucky and has a good chance to win the rolan garros again

[Cnut237]

Really a sad outcome of the match. Really bad injury for Zverev and now he will be off the field for a really long time and he was really close to that no1 position.

Yes, a terribly unfortunate end for Zverev, and he will likely be out for quite some time. I hope he recovers quickly.

Nadal is just lucky and has a good chance to win the rolan garros again

There's been a fair amount of anti-Nadal sentiment in this thread recently, and I have to say I don't really understand it. Nadal is certainly not "just lucky". Remember he was actually a set up and winning the match when Zverev suffered his horrible injury. Remember also that Nadal has won this tournament an absurd 13 times. Remember also that his career record at Roland Garros reads as follows: Won 111, Lost 3. There is quite simply nothing comparable to this in modern tennis. He is a phenomenon. Yes Zverev's injury was unfortunate for Zverev, but there is not really any argument against the fact that Zverev was losing the match at the time of his injury.

[Jating]

Anybody watching Nadal-Zverev? Really strange second set with bunch of breaks, WTA stuff. Not a good day for Zverev, spilling 6:2 in set one tie break, not managing to serve out for second set and just now bad ankle twist. I think this match is over and most bets are off. If he comes back after this I'll be really surprised.

Hopefully this will not be a long break for him, but it did not look good.

Really a sad outcome of the match. Really bad injury for Zverev and now he will be off the field for a really long time and he was really close to that no1 position. Nadal is just lucky and has a good chance to win the rolan garros again

Very unfortunate ending for Zverev, we don't want players to end their game with injury specially in a grand slam semifinals match.

So now it will be Nadal vs Ruud, first man from Norway. But I think with the way Nadal is playing, he might win another RG and put cemented his name as the best clay court player.

Wish Zverev's injury is not that bad, just a ankle twist.

[BitcoinAccepted]

I can't imagine Ruud is going to win this. Nadal is just too good and also a lot to experience. He cannot be beaten here in Paris, and certainly not by Ruud. Although Ruud is of course not a bad player at all. Still the top 10 in the world. But Nadal also knocked out Djokovic in a big way. It would be a huge sensation if Ruud wins this tournament, but I think the chances are very small. Too bad for Zverev, of course.

[Yaunfitda]

I can't imagine Ruud is going to win this. Nadal is just too good and also a lot to experience. He cannot be beaten here in Paris, and certainly not by Ruud. Although Ruud is of course not a bad player at all. Still the top 10 in the world. But Nadal also knocked out Djokovic in a big way. It would be a huge sensation if Ruud wins this tournament, but I think the chances are very small. Too bad for Zverev, of course.

Looking at the current odds, Ruud is 4:1 underdog against Nadal. So that is a big line coming from Nadal to win. So I would agree that Casper is going to really play hard and flawless if he wanted to upset the best clay court player we have seen. But Maybe Ruud can win at least a set here, I reckon. Zverev though is just unlucky, he leads both set at 4-2 but can't convert it specially the 1st set.

[Trofo]

I can't imagine Ruud is going to win this. Nadal is just too good and also a lot to experience. He cannot be beaten here in Paris, and certainly not by Ruud. Although Ruud is of course not a bad player at all. Still the top 10 in the world. But Nadal also knocked out Djokovic in a big way. It would be a huge sensation if Ruud wins this tournament, but I think the chances are very small. Too bad for Zverev, of course.

Looking at the current odds, Ruud is 4:1 underdog against Nadal. So that is a big line coming from Nadal to win. So I would agree that Casper is going to really play hard and flawless if he wanted to upset the best clay court player we have seen. But Maybe Ruud can win at least a set here, I reckon. Zverev though is just unlucky, he leads both set at 4-2 but can't convert it specially the 1st set.

I don't see a way for Ruud to make big problems for Nadal. Everything Ruud does in his game Nadal does better. Čilić would have had minimal chances to shoot trough Nadal on a perfect day. Ruud has none IMHO.

[Rabi3]

I can't imagine Ruud is going to win this. Nadal is just too good and also a lot to experience. He cannot be beaten here in Paris, and certainly not by Ruud. Although Ruud is of course not a bad player at all. Still the top 10 in the world. But Nadal also knocked out Djokovic in a big way. It would be a huge sensation if Ruud wins this tournament, but I think the chances are very small. Too bad for Zverev, of course.

Looking at the current odds, Ruud is 4:1 underdog against Nadal. So that is a big line coming from Nadal to win. So I would agree that Casper is going to really play hard and flawless if he wanted to upset the best clay court player we have seen. But Maybe Ruud can win at least a set here, I reckon. Zverev though is just unlucky, he leads both set at 4-2 but can't convert it specially the 1st set.

I don't see a way for Ruud to make big problems for Nadal. Everything Ruud does in his game Nadal does better. Čilić would have had minimal chances to shoot trough Nadal on a perfect day. Ruud has none IMHO.

i agree, even the odds show that Ruud is not a good competitor for Nadal in Roland Garros with Ruud to win @5.85 and Nadal @1.18, i think Nadal can win the title with three straight sets, and the odds are pretty good for it @2.1, i might consider it.

[Kemarit]

I can't imagine Ruud is going to win this. Nadal is just too good and also a lot to experience. He cannot be beaten here in Paris, and certainly not by Ruud. Although Ruud is of course not a bad player at all. Still the top 10 in the world. But Nadal also knocked out Djokovic in a big way. It would be a huge sensation if Ruud wins this tournament, but I think the chances are very small. Too bad for Zverev, of course.

Looking at the current odds, Ruud is 4:1 underdog against Nadal. So that is a big line coming from Nadal to win. So I would agree that Casper is going to really play hard and flawless if he wanted to upset the best clay court player we have seen. But Maybe Ruud can win at least a set here, I reckon. Zverev though is just unlucky, he leads both set at 4-2 but can't convert it specially the 1st set.

I don't see a way for Ruud to make big problems for Nadal. Everything Ruud does in his game Nadal does better. Čilić would have had minimal chances to shoot trough Nadal on a perfect day. Ruud has none IMHO.

True, although I skipped both of the semi-finals match.

And I would agree that Nadal is unstoppable in clay, we already know this and the one player that might have a chance is his compatriot Alcaraz.

Probably going to be a close 3 set wins for Nadal with  tie-breaks. So the Over might be a bit tricky to bet as the scores will really be perfect.

[buwaytress]

Man. Can't believe the luck I'm having. I actually got refunded on the correct score (3-1) when Zverev retired, but have to say Nadal got away with that. Might have won it eventually but when you're already this far in nursing an injury, you get that kind of walkover and you save your reserves, it's a big deal.

In agreement with everyone else. Had Cilic gone through, and Nadal went the full stretch in the semis, I'd be backing the underdog. But a fresh king of clay and a lucky Ruud? This one's Nadal's to win.

Still, worth a small Ruud win as a hedge (sportsbet superboost takes you almost 5/1!), but I'm going 3:1 Nadal.

[Daniel91]

Cilic is up after first set with Ruud

was not aware of that, but Cilic is first active player out of top4 (top3 with Murray) that reached semi-finals on all GS
it was a domination decade, or fifteen years, and it is a question does it near to an end

Ruud has break in second set, but Cilic is closer to final, IMO

Cilic had a great opportunity to play in the finals of the RG, but he once again succumbed to the pressure, as many times before.
After a long time, Cilic played very well in one GS tournament and was realistically the favorite in this semifinal match.
Unfortunately, Čilić played here for himself and for Ruud, he made a lot of mistakes and practically gave the victory to the opponent.
Realistically, Nadal is the absolute favorite in the final and anything but his victory would be a very big surprise.

[Jating]

Cilic is up after first set with Ruud

was not aware of that, but Cilic is first active player out of top4 (top3 with Murray) that reached semi-finals on all GS
it was a domination decade, or fifteen years, and it is a question does it near to an end

Ruud has break in second set, but Cilic is closer to final, IMO

Cilic had a great opportunity to play in the finals of the RG, but he once again succumbed to the pressure, as many times before.
After a long time, Cilic played very well in one GS tournament and was realistically the favorite in this semifinal match.
Unfortunately, Čilić played here for himself and for Ruud, he made a lot of mistakes and practically gave the victory to the opponent.
Realistically, Nadal is the absolute favorite in the final and anything but his victory would be a very big surprise.

But Nadal against Ruud is not that bad, just have to look at what betting options we got.

The womens finals is about to start, same as with Nadal's case, Swiatek is the favorite to win and it will take a lot from Gauff to win even a set against Iga here. We haven't seen this kind of performance from a lady since the Williams sister, specially Serena incredible run during her prime.