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[wheelz1200]

It seems that the wimbeldon champion is becaming more and more clearer nadal and djokovic are looking really solid unlike kyrgios who is having some difficulties, the most interesting game in the quarter final for me is djokovic vs sinner, will sinner be able to perform like he did against alcaraz and will that be enough for him to get past djokovic.

I have a feeling Kyrgios will be at his best when he plays against top players, he struggles most when playing against solid players that he considers beneath his level.

I am having horrid results in Wimbledon this year and it is connected with me not watching much of it. This is absolutely the worst big tournament I watched in recent times, almost like 250 series and not GS. We have all the heavy favorites without big clashes. I lost interest on day two when Cilic and Berrettini dropped out because of covid and another of my favorite Hurkazc lost on day 1. Nobody left to challenge Djoko and Nadal, so much so that I am only following Kyrgios now and hoping he will made it to the final.

For some reason I don't feel like djok and Nadal will end up playing against each other.  If they do who does everyone have.  On grass I think djok has the advantage.  Obviously on clay we know who would be the favorite.  Without looking not sure how djok and Nadal do on grass.  Gonna check it out now.

[Rabi3]

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Not watching (can't really) but wonder what the odds would have been on Garin after losing the 2nd set, huh? Slow start, provided at least a challenge on 2nd set and then tie break, seems like he's putting up some fight too on 4th set too, up 4-2 right now, been inching away since taking 2-0 lead. Least gives me hope ha.

Kyrgios though, in trouble or just wants to win things hard?

man, congrats on Garin, he probably saw that I was counting him out, and strike back to enter QF with Kyrgios, that also played fifth setter to reach QF
it is interesting statistics that Kyrgios played six or seven fifth setters on Wimbledon in career, and won all of them, so entering fifth set with Kyrgios is hardly desirable here

Fritz is in QF, waiting for Nadal, that is leading 0:2 against Van Z

Fritz did beat Nadal I the final of Indian wells this year on hard court, I don't know if it's gonna be different here, I'd avoid betting on Nadal's favour, grass is not his best court to play on, maybe Fritz to win a set is a good and safe option.

[babygun]

I have a feeling Kyrgios will be at his best when he plays against top players, he struggles most when playing against solid players that he considers beneath his level.

I am having horrid results in Wimbledon this year and it is connected with me not watching much of it. This is absolutely the worst big tournament I watched in recent times, almost like 250 series and not GS. We have all the heavy favorites without big clashes. I lost interest on day two when Cilic and Berrettini dropped out because of covid and another of my favorite Hurkazc lost on day 1. Nobody left to challenge Djoko and Nadal, so much so that I am only following Kyrgios now and hoping he will made it to the final.

I think a lot of players will play their best tennis when they are up against the top players (I had the same when I played tennis in the past). Do you think Kyrgios is going to make it to the final? He seems to have a shoulder injury but I hope he can surprise us all and just win the tournament.

[vennali]

Tough test for both favorites. Nadal vs Fritz and Djokovic vs Sinner. I think if Djoker gets past Sinner, he will surely reach the finals as I think he should be able to beat Goffin/Norrie in the next round. Sinner absolutely dismantled one of the favs in Carlos Alcaraz with a convincing 4 set match win. How surprising is it that we are going to witness one of Garin or Kyrgios into the semi-finals of Wimbledon?

[Vaskiy]

Tough test for both favorites. Nadal vs Fritz and Djokovic vs Sinner. I think if Djoker gets past Sinner, he will surely reach the finals as I think he should be able to beat Goffin/Norrie in the next round. Sinner absolutely dismantled one of the favs in Carlos Alcaraz with a convincing 4 set match win. How surprising is it that we are going to witness one of Garin or Kyrgios into the semi-finals of Wimbledon?

All these matches are going to be interesting. I was much into the game of Nick Kyrgios vs Cristian Garin, because both have given similar performance. They're close in terms of age, rank. Both are playing against each other for the first time. Nick Kyrgios is expected to make a win based on the odds.

[Trofo]

Tough test for both favorites. Nadal vs Fritz and Djokovic vs Sinner. I think if Djoker gets past Sinner, he will surely reach the finals as I think he should be able to beat Goffin/Norrie in the next round. Sinner absolutely dismantled one of the favs in Carlos Alcaraz with a convincing 4 set match win. How surprising is it that we are going to witness one of Garin or Kyrgios into the semi-finals of Wimbledon?

All these matches are going to be interesting. I was much into the game of Nick Kyrgios vs Cristian Garin, because both have given similar performance. They're close in terms of age, rank. Both are playing against each other for the first time. Nick Kyrgios is expected to make a win based on the odds.

Kyrgios at his top level beats Garin at his top level every time on grass and does it easy. Problem is, we never know when Kyrgios will manage to present his top level while I am quite sure Garin will play a good match and fight it out for every single point.

Sinner could be a test for Djokovic and Fritz already showed that he can beat Nadal this year. I am looking at outsiders to take at least one set as the bets to go for.

[aoluain]

Tough test for both favorites. Nadal vs Fritz and Djokovic vs Sinner. I think if Djoker gets past Sinner, he will surely reach the finals as I think he should be able to beat Goffin/Norrie in the next round. Sinner absolutely dismantled one of the favs in Carlos Alcaraz with a convincing 4 set match win. How surprising is it that we are going to witness one of Garin or Kyrgios into the semi-finals of Wimbledon?

All these matches are going to be interesting. I was much into the game of Nick Kyrgios vs Cristian Garin, because both have given similar performance. They're close in terms of age, rank. Both are playing against each other for the first time. Nick Kyrgios is expected to make a win based on the odds.

Kyrgios at his top level beats Garin at his top level every time on grass and does it easy. Problem is, we never know when Kyrgios will manage to present his top level while I am quite sure Garin will play a good match and fight it out for every single point.

Sinner could be a test for Djokovic and Fritz already showed that he can beat Nadal this year. I am looking at outsiders to take at least one set as the bets to go for.

Yea when I see that draw I too would love to see Sinner produce the same Tennis he
did against Alcaraz, that would for sure trouble Djokovic, Which I would love to see.

Kyrgios firstly getting to the final would be great for him and then to win it would be
something fantastic. Hopefully he can realise he doesnt need to bring the circus act,
just bring his Tennis and he will beat Garin.

I'm the same as Trofo, I've had terrible luck this GS with betting, Cornet losing yesterday
was another.

[tbterryboy]

Tough test for both favorites. Nadal vs Fritz and Djokovic vs Sinner. I think if Djoker gets past Sinner, he will surely reach the finals as I think he should be able to beat Goffin/Norrie in the next round. Sinner absolutely dismantled one of the favs in Carlos Alcaraz with a convincing 4 set match win. How surprising is it that we are going to witness one of Garin or Kyrgios into the semi-finals of Wimbledon?

Surely now things are not easy for giants as they are fighting against few new generation players those have ability to beat them at court specially Sinner is having good time in last few months with Djokovic is also still in good shape which mean we can expect tough challenge. For other matches all are going to be more competitive as Goffin was in good shape, but recently he lost his concentration and now Norrie is also doing amazing.

Kyrgios can face some hard time as he is now having some issue with his shoulder which is not good signal and Nadal is having good matches after bad start, so he is also can go into last four or two as usual.

[casperBGD]

All these matches are going to be interesting.

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pretty interesting QF, bearing in mind how Wimbledon started this year

Djokovic should handle Sinner, probably not in straight sets, but eventually will come through
Norrie should pass as well, this is really far from Goffin, and this could be 3:0
Kyrgios is under question, Garin continued his dream, will fight for every ball, and has to finish this in four sets, since Nick has not losed fifth set on Wimbledon in career (what a statistics)
Nadal could lose today, Fritz beat him to break his undefeated series this season, and could do it again, so I am staying away from this one

Norrie outright bet is still active

[cryptofrka]

This match is really getting very interesting at both  Nakashima and Kyrgios have won two sets each and now it's all down to the last set. It seems that Kyrgios will win this last set as Kyrgios leads the last set by 4-1.
Even if he lost the match, you would lose the bet because you bet on 3-0 which is not going to happen. Right?

Yeah, if you bet on a correct score, it doesn't help you if he loses by a different score than the one you placed your bet on.
I went to bet on it but ultimately decided not to - I expected the odds to be at 4 or more and they were around 2.70 - which wasn't attractive at all.

Nadal was looking good again yesterday - he lost only 19 games in his last 2 matches. Fritz will be a big challenge for him though - he is the only remaining player in the draw that is yet to lose a set.

[bct_ail]

I'm curious to see if Kyrgios nerves will hold. He could handle himself against Nakashima, but the way he behaved in the match against Tsitsipas was quite inappropriate from a human point of view. If he would just concentrate on his game, he would certainly be even better. But some people never change.

[Cnut237]

Tough test for both favorites. Nadal vs Fritz and Djokovic vs Sinner. I think if Djoker gets past Sinner, he will surely reach the finals as I think he should be able to beat Goffin/Norrie in the next round. Sinner absolutely dismantled one of the favs in Carlos Alcaraz with a convincing 4 set match win. How surprising is it that we are going to witness one of Garin or Kyrgios into the semi-finals of Wimbledon?

Djokovic beats Sinner.
Norrie beats Goffin.
Kyrgios beats Garin.
Nadal beats Fritz.

I think these will all be fairly easy wins, although Fritz at the moment on grass is good enough to give Nadal some trouble.

Semis, Djokovic beats Norrie, Nadal beats Kyrgios (who has a trademark implosion). Again it's Nadal who has a tougher match than Djokovic.
Final I suspect Djokovic will beat Nadal, but it could be close, and if the odds are favourable I might be tempted to bet on Nadal. Also depends if Nadal has had two 5-setters in his quarter and semi.

[bitbollo]

I'm curious to see if Kyrgios nerves will hold. He could handle himself against Nakashima, but the way he behaved in the match against Tsitsipas was quite inappropriate from a human point of view. If he would just concentrate on his game, he would certainly be even better. But some people never change.

Kyrgios is a player who uses the technique of provocation to annoy the opponent and create "tension" in the match. he wouldn't surprise me so much if he still had this attitude even versus Garin.

I am really curious to see the match of Sinner today. I think he could win at least a set against Djokovic and maybe try for the big jackpot

[Juggy777]

I'm curious to see if Kyrgios nerves will hold. He could handle himself against Nakashima, but the way he behaved in the match against Tsitsipas was quite inappropriate from a human point of view. If he would just concentrate on his game, he would certainly be even better. But some people never change.

Kyrgios is a player who uses the technique of provocation to annoy the opponent and create "tension" in the match. he wouldn't surprise me so much if he still had this attitude even versus Garin.

I am really curious to see the match of Sinner today. I think he could win at least a set against Djokovic and maybe try for the big jackpot

@bitbollo Kyrgios is an interesting character, because he uses each and every emotion possible to get into the opponent’s head and now he’s also done the unthinkable by breaking the rigid dress code at Wimbledon. Lastly it’ll be interesting to see if he can make it to semis or even the finals, because I’m curious to see if he’ll break the dress code again and what will he do next to rile up his opponent.

[Joca97]

I'm curious to see if Kyrgios nerves will hold. He could handle himself against Nakashima, but the way he behaved in the match against Tsitsipas was quite inappropriate from a human point of view. If he would just concentrate on his game, he would certainly be even better. But some people never change.

Kyrgios is a player who uses the technique of provocation to annoy the opponent and create "tension" in the match. he wouldn't surprise me so much if he still had this attitude even versus Garin.

I am really curious to see the match of Sinner today. I think he could win at least a set against Djokovic and maybe try for the big jackpot

Kyrgios dosent surprise me at all in this tournament with his provocation,im already used to watching him doing stupid stuff so nothing surprises me anymore. When he threw that chair on the field once i cant get shocked anymore. I have seen his arm also hurt and that he was in pain so hopefully it is okay and he can continue in the next rounds

[Cnut237]

I'm curious to see if Kyrgios nerves will hold. He could handle himself against Nakashima, but the way he behaved in the match against Tsitsipas was quite inappropriate from a human point of view. If he would just concentrate on his game, he would certainly be even better. But some people never change.

Kyrgios is a player who uses the technique of provocation to annoy the opponent and create "tension" in the match. he wouldn't surprise me so much if he still had this attitude even versus Garin.

I am really curious to see the match of Sinner today. I think he could win at least a set against Djokovic and maybe try for the big jackpot

@bitbollo Kyrgios is an interesting character, because he uses each and every emotion possible to get into the opponent’s head and now he’s also done the unthinkable by breaking the rigid dress code at Wimbledon. Lastly it’ll be interesting to see if he can make it to semis or even the finals, because I’m curious to see if he’ll break the dress code again and what will he do next to rile up his opponent.

I don't think it's intentional, it's just his personality. He's definitely not a cold, logical mastermind who plays psychological games with his opponents in order to beat them. That's more the sort of thing Djokovic does when he feigns injury at vital moments in a match.

Kyrgios is very different, he's just Kyrgios, very talented and flamboyant but highly erratic, and always bubbling just below the surface. Every match he turns out to play he has to beat two opponents, the one across the net, and the one causing chaos inside his own head.

[bitbollo]

I'm curious to see if Kyrgios nerves will hold. He could handle himself against Nakashima, but the way he behaved in the match against Tsitsipas was quite inappropriate from a human point of view. If he would just concentrate on his game, he would certainly be even better. But some people never change.

Kyrgios is a player who uses the technique of provocation to annoy the opponent and create "tension" in the match. he wouldn't surprise me so much if he still had this attitude even versus Garin.

I am really curious to see the match of Sinner today. I think he could win at least a set against Djokovic and maybe try for the big jackpot

@bitbollo Kyrgios is an interesting character, because he uses each and every emotion possible to get into the opponent’s head and now he’s also done the unthinkable by breaking the rigid dress code at Wimbledon. Lastly it’ll be interesting to see if he can make it to semis or even the finals, because I’m curious to see if he’ll break the dress code again and what will he do next to rile up his opponent.

I think that at a certain level some "social etiquette" of behavior is the bare minimum. we are talking about a public figure, who in his career will be able to cash in as much as a small company! I think this attitude is intentional, and at times even exaggerated

[btc_angela]

I'm jumping on the Djokovic bandwagon here, so I put a handicap bet -6.5, at 1.87 against Jannik. I might go for the over/under bet later, but for now that is the bet that I already put on.

I know that Sinner just 'upset' Alcaraz in 4 sets. So I wouldn't be surprised if Djokovic drop another set as well,  but I think Djokovic can cover that spread even in a 4 or 5 set win.

[vennali]

I'm jumping on the Djokovic bandwagon here, so I put a handicap bet -6.5, at 1.87 against Jannik. I might go for the over/under bet later, but for now that is the bet that I already put on.

I know that Sinner just 'upset' Alcaraz in 4 sets. So I wouldn't be surprised if Djokovic drop another set as well,  but I think Djokovic can cover that spread even in a 4 or 5 set win.

Sounds like a good bet. that odds for -5.5 and I'd have jumped the gun. I expect Djoker to win the match in 4 sets. How closely contested? I guess we'll have to wait and find out.

[buwaytress]

man, congrats on Garin, he probably saw that I was counting him out, and strike back to enter QF with Kyrgios, that also played fifth setter to reach QF
it is interesting statistics that Kyrgios played six or seven fifth setters on Wimbledon in career, and won all of them, so entering fifth set with Kyrgios is hardly desirable here

Fritz is in QF, waiting for Nadal, that is leading 0:2 against Van Z

Small win, but yeah, must have been exciting for the guy, and I fancy his chances against Kyrgios too -- time for streaks to end and records to fall, right?

I did take a 15/1 against Nadal last night after first set so lost that one, but think I might also back Fritz the same way (live if down the first set).

Was actually going to do the same now against Djoko to sort of squeeze out some value but he might actually lose this first set... Sinner's really grinding it out!