Tennis League All Thread

[Ratash]

The bastad tournament had so many surprises we thought that rublev and Ruud could make it far but the two finalists were able to beat them, cerundolo vs baez was not what i expected i thought it would be more competitive but cerundolo was far superior especially in the second set and he managed to beat baez 2 0 congrats to him for this well deserved win.

[SirLancelot]

I believe that match fixing happen all the time, there are multiple things someone can fix and not just winning or losing the match, and those allegations and people getting exposed is just who were bad enough to get caught, I think there are too many that successfully fixed with no proof behind.

This is true not only for tennis but also for all other professional sports on which many people bet.
When big money is at stake, of course there are plenty of opportunities for collusion and fraud.
Tennis is a sport in which realistically only the first 40-50 players on the ranking list can live richly, the next 100-200 players survives and the rest not even that.
Tennis is also a very expensive sport, and of course many lower-ranked tennis players without sponsors cannot afford expensive trips and participation in better-paid tournaments.
If you can't make big money in lower paying tournaments and the costs are high, what's left for you? For some tennis players, the answer is obvious, to try to make money in other, illegal ways and at least somehow monetize their tennis career.

I agree with your point but still I am feeling if players from top 50 are involved in match fixing then still it's not going to have any serious impact on this game because they are already having exit door in early rounds so mostly in game like tennis is having no serious trouble with this match fixing because if you are having top 50 players could be rich then surely they deserve because they are having some good hard work for this position, and they will never do things like this.

With this all we recently have too many big names in different sports are enjoying gambling and betting, but they are not doing any fixing or related to this which is also having no impact on this game with this all I am feeling it's just having very low ratio for match fixing in this Tennis.

[aoluain]

The bastad tournament had so many surprises we thought that rublev and Ruud could make it far but the two finalists were able to beat them, cerundolo vs baez was not what i expected i thought it would be more competitive but cerundolo was far superior especially in the second set and he managed to beat baez 2 0 congrats to him for this well deserved win.

It was an all Argentinian final. I took Cerundolo on handicap and I bet on him a
few times through the tournament.

In the tournament in Newport, U.S, Cressy beat Bublik. I didnt bet on that one, I was
really indecisive.

Hamburg is on this week and Alcaraz is playing tomorrow, I wonder can he commence
his winning form from before Wimbledon?

[bct_ail]

Hamburg is on this week and Alcaraz is playing tomorrow, I wonder can he commence
his winning form from before Wimbledon?

Yes, he will play against Nicola Kuhn from Germany. That will probably be a very quick win.
Tomorrow Basilashvili will also play against Karatsev. That will certainly be more interesting. I do not dare to make a prediction here. Both can win the match.

Tomorrow and Wednesday are supposed to be very hot in Hamburg. Up to over 40°C. We should take that into account when betting.

[Ratash]

It seems that newport tournament didn't disapoint that final was really cool and competitive a two sets to one victory for cressy which was not a surprise it could've gone either way both players had a great performance in this tournament and the winner was decided with the tie break in the third set, this game couldn't be more close.

[aoluain]

Hamburg is on this week and Alcaraz is playing tomorrow, I wonder can he commence
his winning form from before Wimbledon?

Yes, he will play against Nicola Kuhn from Germany. That will probably be a very quick win.
Tomorrow Basilashvili will also play against Karatsev. That will certainly be more interesting. I do not dare to make a prediction here. Both can win the match.

Tomorrow and Wednesday are supposed to be very hot in Hamburg. Up to over 40°C. We should take that into account when betting.

The odds are suggesting its going to be close, maybe a handicap bet on Basilashvilli might
be a consideration +4.5 @ 1.3 on Rollbit.

Basilashvilli this year has dissapointed, he didnt carry his in form momentum into 2022 he hasnt
really featured anywhere IMO. So yea hard to bet on that one.

[Rabi3]

Hamburg is on this week and Alcaraz is playing tomorrow, I wonder can he commence
his winning form from before Wimbledon?

Yes, he will play against Nicola Kuhn from Germany. That will probably be a very quick win.
Tomorrow Basilashvili will also play against Karatsev. That will certainly be more interesting. I do not dare to make a prediction here. Both can win the match.

Tomorrow and Wednesday are supposed to be very hot in Hamburg. Up to over 40°C. We should take that into account when betting.

The odds are suggesting its going to be close, maybe a handicap bet on Basilashvilli might
be a consideration +4.5 @ 1.3 on Rollbit.

Basilashvilli this year has dissapointed, he didnt carry his in form momentum into 2022 he hasnt
really featured anywhere IMO. So yea hard to bet on that one.

Basilashvili  is so inconsistent, and I noticed a big drop in Karatsev's performance lately, this one is tough to bet on, I would personally avoid it, however in the same tournament Carreno Busta will be playing against the Italian Nardi, I think it's better to bet on carreno busta to win in straight sets, the odds are not bad @1.57

[püsür]

The final match did not go to the fifth set, but as I predicted, Djokovic opened late and lost the first set. After that, he put his weight on the game and always managed to do the right thing in the important breaking moments of the match that went head-to-head. Kyrgios's arguing with the audience and arguing with the referee caused a loss of concentration. I've never seen players doing this take advantage of themselves. It was a dream tournament for Kyrgios, straight to the final without playing Nadal but experience prevailed. He cannot yet match Djokovic's experience and game finishes. Still very admirable though.

[babygun]

The final match did not go to the fifth set, but as I predicted, Djokovic opened late and lost the first set. After that, he put his weight on the game and always managed to do the right thing in the important breaking moments of the match that went head-to-head. Kyrgios's arguing with the audience and arguing with the referee caused a loss of concentration. I've never seen players doing this take advantage of themselves. It was a dream tournament for Kyrgios, straight to the final without playing Nadal but experience prevailed. He cannot yet match Djokovic's experience and game finishes. Still very admirable though.

It is the first time ever that Kyrgrios managed to reach so far in a grandslam, so hopefully he can repeat that. He played a very good tournament but it is a pity that he didn't won. He just needs to get his head straight and maintain his focus because he can easily go crazy again on small things.

[romero121]

The final match did not go to the fifth set, but as I predicted, Djokovic opened late and lost the first set. After that, he put his weight on the game and always managed to do the right thing in the important breaking moments of the match that went head-to-head. Kyrgios's arguing with the audience and arguing with the referee caused a loss of concentration. I've never seen players doing this take advantage of themselves. It was a dream tournament for Kyrgios, straight to the final without playing Nadal but experience prevailed. He cannot yet match Djokovic's experience and game finishes. Still very admirable though.

It is the first time ever that Kyrgrios managed to reach so far in a grandslam, so hopefully he can repeat that. He played a very good tournament but it is a pity that he didn't won. He just needs to get his head straight and maintain his focus because he can easily go crazy again on small things.

Kyrgios needs to go long, he had got an opportunity through the injury of Nadal. Reaching the grand slam final by a player positioned at the 45th rank is really a big thing. If he could continue his performance in the similar way, surely he can make big wins in the future tournaments. In most of the matches to thrill the audience Djokovic used to give chance for the opponent to win the first set and come back with a win.

[bct_ail]

Does anyone else remember John McEnroe?  He was also very emotional. I sometimes try to compare him with Kyrgios. But I found McEnroe more likeable back then. He did not go below the belt very often but still had style. But Kyrgios gets personal very quickly. If he becomes more likeable in that area then he also gets different respect from his opponents.

[dezoel]

Kyrgios needs to go long, he had got an opportunity through the injury of Nadal. Reaching the grand slam final by a player positioned at the 45th rank is really a big thing. If he could continue his performance in the similar way, surely he can make big wins in the future tournaments. In most of the matches to thrill the audience Djokovic used to give chance for the opponent to win the first set and come back with a win.

There is no doubt Kyrgios is one of the best talent from Australian current tennis generation but sadly due to his personal issues and behaviour he is facing many times fines and other penalties which is having bad impact on his career, but one thing is sure still he can do much better than he is doing because he is a good player and have talent to beat any big player at any forum.

With Current situation which is having some setbacks for many tennis players with this he can develop himself and can go through at some better spot because now in coming years still we have few bans and restriction's for many players at different countries with this all there is good time for him to give his best and have some better honour in this game.

[bct_ail]

The odds are suggesting its going to be close, maybe a handicap bet on Basilashvilli might
be a consideration +4.5 @ 1.3 on Rollbit.

Basilashvilli this year has dissapointed, he didnt carry his in form momentum into 2022 he hasnt
really featured anywhere IMO. So yea hard to bet on that one.

Basilashvili  is so inconsistent, and I noticed a big drop in Karatsev's performance lately, this one is tough to bet on, I would personally avoid it, however in the same tournament Carreno Busta will be playing against the Italian Nardi, I think it's better to bet on carreno busta to win in straight sets, the odds are not bad @1.57

That was pretty clear in the second set. While Basilashvili only had to give up a serve in the first set he did not win a game in the second. Maybe it was too hot or he did not want to win. Karatsev will play tomorrow against Galán. Karatsev should win that game.

[aoluain]

The odds are suggesting its going to be close, maybe a handicap bet on Basilashvilli might
be a consideration +4.5 @ 1.3 on Rollbit.

Basilashvilli this year has dissapointed, he didnt carry his in form momentum into 2022 he hasnt
really featured anywhere IMO. So yea hard to bet on that one.

Basilashvili  is so inconsistent, and I noticed a big drop in Karatsev's performance lately, this one is tough to bet on, I would personally avoid it, however in the same tournament Carreno Busta will be playing against the Italian Nardi, I think it's better to bet on carreno busta to win in straight sets, the odds are not bad @1.57

That was pretty clear in the second set. While Basilashvili only had to give up a serve in the first set he did not win a game in the second. Maybe it was too hot or he did not want to win. Karatsev will play tomorrow against Galán. Karatsev should win that game.

Yea he has gone "off the boil", I didnt put a bet on, too unpredictable.

I did put a -4.5 handicap bet on Alcaraz  which I didnt win because the last set ended in
a tie break win for Alcaraz.

Someone else to keep an eye on is Cerundolo, he won today, hopefully he can carry
his form from his tournament win at the Swedish Open!

[btc_angela]

Does anyone else remember John McEnroe?  He was also very emotional. I sometimes try to compare him with Kyrgios. But I found McEnroe more likeable back then. He did not go below the belt very often but still had style. But Kyrgios gets personal very quickly. If he becomes more likeable in that area then he also gets different respect from his opponents.

Of course, who wouldn't forget John McEnroe, he is also emotional in every match, has an outburst but the fans love him. And one thing about John is that he can back his talk, become member 1, won multiple titles in Open era and on the greats.

As opposed to Nick who just wasted that talent, very inconsistent, attack the fans and even outside the court, he acts and said something that he shouldn't (like sleeping with a fan)., so he is a villain in the eyes of the players and tennis fans.

[Kemarit]

I put a 4 game parlay to have some fun watching the games at ATP Hamburg, Germany Men Singles later evening my time.

It's Rublev + Carreno-Busta + Griekspoor + Fokina = 3.44

It's not a big bet, just enough for me to go through the match and hopefully not able to sleep watching, LOL.

[Trofo]

Did you guys see Rublev's press conference? Mainly he talked about possibility to change nationality so he can play all tournaments. He got hit hard with ban at Wimbledon and he says if some other tournaments go that route he will have to consider changing nationality.

Furthermore he said that russian players tried everything to lift the ban. There was one interesting idea that they take ukranian players as double partners but nothing worked in the end. Really courius if those ukrainian players thought this was good idea. Sort of feels like they would have got some bad press at home if it came to fruition.

[aoluain]

Did you guys see Rublev's press conference? Mainly he talked about possibility to change nationality so he can play all tournaments. He got hit hard with ban at Wimbledon and he says if some other tournaments go that route he will have to consider changing nationality.

Furthermore he said that russian players tried everything to lift the ban. There was one interesting idea that they take ukranian players as double partners but nothing worked in the end. Really courius if those ukrainian players thought this was good idea. Sort of feels like they would have got some bad press at home if it came to fruition.

I actually like Rublev, he is a good guy, he is very passionate about his Tennis
and seems laid back and fun off court. I didnt hear his press conference and I dont doubt
that they tried everything to have the ban lifted. They indeed probably fear for future bans
which will affect their livelihood.

That was a great idea to play with Ukranian partners in the doubles, will we ever know if
those partners would be willing to do it though?

Just thinking off the top of my head, I suspect the Ukranian players are very passionate
about the wrong that is happening in their country more so than how passionate the Russian
players feel, generally speaking. I'm not sure if those feelings and perceptions would be a
factor for the Ukranians NOT to play with Russian partners, IDK

[casperBGD]

Did you guys see Rublev's press conference? Mainly he talked about possibility to change nationality so he can play all tournaments. He got hit hard with ban at Wimbledon and he says if some other tournaments go that route he will have to consider changing nationality.

Furthermore he said that russian players tried everything to lift the ban. There was one interesting idea that they take ukranian players as double partners but nothing worked in the end. Really courius if those ukrainian players thought this was good idea. Sort of feels like they would have got some bad press at home if it came to fruition.

did not heard about it, but interesting story, have to say, did he mentioned Medvedev as well (somehow I do think the have difference stance towards on-going situation)

idea to play with Ukranian partner in doubles looks good just on the paper, it is easy to manipulate it within mass media, in a way you want
having to change nationality is a radical step for him, but he probably wants to play and he is not interested in supporting politicians

[romero121]

Did anyone came across this picture spread around the social media platforms. An 8 year old girl watching the training session of Nadal. This was taken during the year 2006. Can anyone make a guess who is that little girl. Concerned person have confirmed the picture and felt happy seeing it.

Rule : Don't go search on Google.