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[bitbollo]

just over match between Sinner and Gasquet.
the french player was not bad at all in the first and third set showing nice tennis.
Sinner seems in a good shape after missing Roma Internazionali. There are good chance for him, anyway after this tournament he can also reach the 1st place in ATP.

@aoluain
nice parlays, it seems something funny.
during these big tournaments, players in top ranking are always trying to avoid a defeat in firsts matches... but of course odds are reflecting it

[aoluain]

just over match between Sinner and Gasquet.
the french player was not bad at all in the first and third set showing nice tennis.
Sinner seems in a good shape after missing Roma Internazionali. There are good chance for him, anyway after this tournament he can also reach the 1st place in ATP.

@aoluain
nice parlays, it seems something funny.
during these big tournaments, players in top ranking are always trying to avoid a defeat in firsts matches... but of course odds are reflecting it

Yea, Sinner is going well, the more rounds he can survive the fitter he will become and obviously
the chances grow of him winning the title.
My two under bets ended up 50/50, one win, one loss.

Alcaraz didnt have it all his own way and dropped a set against de Jong, I'mnot sure if it was the case
with Alcaraz in the match but before hand while I was making the bet I had it in the back of my head
that he can have off times in a lot of matches which allows his opponent to come back into it, but
I went ahead with the match thinking de Jong is a relatively unknown player . . .

Alcaraz winner under 27.5 - 1.82
Sinner winner under 30.5 - 1.81

Keeping it Italian, its busy today . . .
Darderi v Griekspoor
Fognini v Paul
Kokkinakis v Zeppeiri
Coboli v Rune - This is an interesting one, Rune has showed he is very beatable in the last few weeks
Monfils v Musetti

[rdbase]

The loss of record highest title winner of French Open, Rafael Nadal and another great player Andy Murray on the firs round was sad but not surprising. These old players should now retire like how Roger Federer did with much more dignity. 
Today was ought to be a great day for 2nd round of Men's single in French Open but the rainfall in Paris suspended most of the matches. Angry fans got their tickets returned. The only match that's going on is Andrey Rublev vs Pedro Martínez where Rublev already have a two set advantage and would likely win on straight sets.
There's another match going on in women's single where defending champion Iga Swiatek is playing against Naomi Osaka. Osaka once an Australia open winner looks no match for Iga who is on a rampage of titles.

That is why almost all the earlier matches were showing as incomplete until the later matches were done.
What to expect from the French Open in May but rain to back up matches and delay things.
Typical where life moves slow in the city of lights. But they finally have moved on with the rounds for today.

There's another match going on in women's single where defending champion Iga Swiatek is playing against Naomi Osaka. Osaka once an Australia open winner looks no match for Iga who is on a rampage of titles.

Naomi was very much a match for Iga today. She is coming back after a 15 month break
and "almost" won the match, she was serving for the natch in the 3rd set when Iga broke her
and went on to win the following 3 games in a row.

Naomi said after the match that she was happy overall with the performance against the
world number 1 on her favourite surface and mentioned she would like to play her on a
hard court which is Naomi's favourite..

More from the womens side eventhough there are a lot of match suspensions

Gauff and Jabeur are also through to the third round.

Very surprised with Osaka because in the last set it was looking like a win going up 5-3.
I remember looking at the odds and Swiatek balloned up to 7.00x
If I had any remaining balance on my betting account I would of threw on a couple tens because we have all seen Iga do this before late into these tournaments.
She is not No.1 for a reason other than to make things difficult for her opponents on her own terms.

[bitbollo]

Rune was able to win the tie break in final set even with Cobolli in great shape and with a nice advantage.
Odds were in favour of Rune, @1.45, for sure he made a lot of effort to reach the win.

Probably in a match like this, the better experience of the Danish player was the sparkle for the victory.
Cobolli played very well but wasn't able to close out at the decisive moment.

[aoluain]

Rune was able to win the tie break in final set even with Cobolli in great shape and with a nice advantage.
Odds were in favour of Rune, @1.45, for sure he made a lot of effort to reach the win.

Probably in a match like this, the better experience of the Danish player was the sparkle for the victory.
Cobolli played very well but wasn't able to close out at the decisive moment.

Ah it was so close for Cobolli, he's been playing great tennis lately while Rune hasnt
been in top form at all.

Musetti did well to beat Monfils in straight sets but books a date with Djokovic
tomorrow as a reward!

Keeping this an all Italian post 😁 Sinner is back in action and faces Kotov, there shouldnt
be any worries for Jannik today.

[Iranus]

Rune was able to win the tie break in final set even with Cobolli in great shape and with a nice advantage.
Odds were in favour of Rune, @1.45, for sure he made a lot of effort to reach the win.

Probably in a match like this, the better experience of the Danish player was the sparkle for the victory.
Cobolli played very well but wasn't able to close out at the decisive moment.

You know, on paper, Rune is definitely a better player. I actually did not think that Rune was going to face such problems against Cobolli. . Of course, every prediction was going to be in favor of Rune in that match. But the way he had to win the match was definitely unexpected.

In the next match, he is going to play against Kovalik on clay surfaces. Actually, on paper this match also looks to be very easy for Rune. But we saw what happened in the last match. Who says nothing like that is going to happen in the next match? Meanwhile, I am also thinking about if Rune actually got enough rest. He had to go through a lot in the last match.  that’s why he might struggle in the next match as well. Tired body like that needs more than two days to properly recover in my opinion.

Kovalik vs Rune winning rate:

[bitbollo]

Sinner has just won against Kotov. 6-4 6-4 6-4
Each set was practically the same, one break and Sinner won. Kotov was pretty upset during the match... the difference between the two players was evident even without a strong score by Sinner.
Odds were very low for the whole match even for single point/set. There is no space for surprise here...
@Iranus
I think that Rune is an atypical player since he can always fight also when it seems there are no hope.
I will not point to much on tired body since he is really young and able to recover very quickly.
But of course his match are interesting due the high odds vs the normal that you will have on his game...

[CLS63]

Ofner was very bad in the 4th set. But I knew that he was going to react to that not to be bagel. I know that it looks like a big risk considering the amount I bet but the winnings were really satisfying. 

French supporters for Roland Garros are extra bad this year. They don't have any respect to the game. They are continually making noise which isn't a good attitude at all.

[aoluain]

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Wow, would have been very nice winnings.

Corentin I think is one of those players who performs best at home on French soil...and
with the rowdy French fans. I think the organisers have banned alcohol for the tournament
on the stands.

Two interesting matches on ATM, Machac v Medvedev, I think Machac has a real chance
here even after losing the first set tie break.

Zverev v Griekspoor, Zverev looks subdued and Griekspoor has taken the first set, really
difficult to know how this goes, a possible over 41.5 on here @ 1.85

[bitbollo]

like a game of chess, the Russian Medvedev was able to win in the most delicate moment of the match, managing to take advantage of two "easy" errors made by Machac.
it was certainly a good match for both players...the final result is not as obvious as it might seem, in the third set Medvedev only scored 1 point... I think he has the chance for a progression in this tournament, he likes this surface and has enough experience for a great result.

[tsaroz]

Interesting events going on French Open today. World number one and the defending champion Novak Djokovich is struggling against Number 30 Lorenzo Musetti. They both have 1 set each and Musetti is looking to win the third. This could be either a surprise defeat for Novak Djokovich or a long match.
On another match today, Casper Ruud reached the third round defeating Tomas Martin Etcheverry in a 4 set contest. No 6 Andrey Rublev was defeated by No 35 Matteo Arnaldi while Daniil Medvedev is into the third round. Jannik Sinner had a straight set win against P Kotov to reach the round of 16.

[rdbase]

Interesting events going on French Open today. World number one and the defending champion Novak Djokovich is struggling against Number 30 Lorenzo Musetti. They both have 1 set each and Musetti is looking to win the third. This could be either a surprise defeat for Novak Djokovich or a long match.
On another match today, Casper Ruud reached the third round defeating Tomas Martin Etcheverry in a 4 set contest. No 6 Andrey Rublev was defeated by No 35 Matteo Arnaldi while Daniil Medvedev is into the third round. Jannik Sinner had a straight set win against P Kotov to reach the round of 16.

After watching today many of the higher ranking players were struggling in their matches.
Zverev dropped his first set and took it in five sets, so an early scare for the number 4.
Cerundolo taking out Paul who is number 14 out of the tournament.

Djokovic is just finishing his fourth set so it is even at two all. But it didn't look so good an hour ago and his odds were very high for the top player in the ATP tour.
Many were saying on the sportschat that I was on that Novak was dead and it was over.
But being the number 1 in the world he has been here many times, so knows how to comeback from the dead as he has several times before.

[EFS]

Djokovic made another legendary comeback. I saw this match by chance after watching the CL final game and I couldn't believe it was live at this hour. Musetti played well but experience spoke for itself. The GOAT Djokovic is here to win another Grand Slam. He spent a lot of energy today but if he regenerates well he will go all the way. I don't think he will have such a hard time to beat Cerúndolo. Alcaraz and Sinner will be the most difficult opponents for him, if he doesn't face them, his chances will be even better.

[aoluain]

Interesting events going on French Open today. World number one and the defending champion Novak Djokovich is struggling against Number 30 Lorenzo Musetti. They both have 1 set each and Musetti is looking to win the third. This could be either a surprise defeat for Novak Djokovich or a long match.
On another match today, Casper Ruud reached the third round defeating Tomas Martin Etcheverry in a 4 set contest. No 6 Andrey Rublev was defeated by No 35 Matteo Arnaldi while Daniil Medvedev is into the third round. Jannik Sinner had a straight set win against P Kotov to reach the round of 16.

After watching today many of the higher ranking players were struggling in their matches.
Zverev dropped his first set and took it in five sets, so an early scare for the number 4.
Cerundolo taking out Paul who is number 14 out of the tournament.

Djokovic is just finishing his fourth set so it is even at two all. But it didn't look so good an hour ago and his odds were very high for the top player in the ATP tour.
Many were saying on the sportschat that I was on that Novak was dead and it was over.
But being the number 1 in the world he has been here many times, so knows how to comeback from the dead as he has several times before.

I think possibly the 5 set matches suit him more now, we have seen on numerous
occasions that he can drop the first 2 sets and still win the match. But things are different
now, more of the top 10 players can beat him.

And Zverev OMG I really thought he was a gonner, Griekspoor did well but didnt
have the experience to finish it in the 5th set perhaps.

Djokovic made another legendary comeback. I saw this match by chance after watching the CL final game and I couldn't believe it was live at this hour. Musetti played well but experience spoke for itself. The GOAT Djokovic is here to win another Grand Slam. He spent a lot of energy today but if he regenerates well he will go all the way. I don't think he will have such a hard time to beat Cerúndolo. Alcaraz and Sinner will be the most difficult opponents for him, if he doesn't face them, his chances will be even better.

I think there are a few players who will be in his way TBH, on his side of the draw
its Ruud, Zverev and Medvedev, on the other its Sinner, Alcaraz.

[Strongkored]

Interesting events going on French Open today. World number one and the defending champion Novak Djokovich is struggling against Number 30 Lorenzo Musetti. They both have 1 set each and Musetti is looking to win the third. This could be either a surprise defeat for Novak Djokovich or a long match.

I couldn't watch the match just paying attention to the livescores, and it was like a wild match because it was very intense especially in the first to fourth sets, and it must be admitted that if we look at the statistics Lorenzo Musetti was the best at that time, he did more winners than Djokovic as well as fewer unforced errors, but the fifth set was all bit off for Musetti and he was unable to win a game.
I think this victory increases Djokovic's confidence to get to the final and in the final it is very likely that Sinner will be waiting for him, although it is still possible to change because several other players still look solid such as Medvedev, Alcaraz and also Zverev

On another match today, Casper Ruud reached the third round defeating Tomas Martin Etcheverry in a 4 set contest.

Casper Ruud always has the opportunity to be a strong contender in this tournament, but when he meets top 10 players his record is not very good.

[rdbase]

Djokovic made another legendary comeback. I saw this match by chance after watching the CL final game and I couldn't believe it was live at this hour. Musetti played well but experience spoke for itself. The GOAT Djokovic is here to win another Grand Slam. He spent a lot of energy today but if he regenerates well he will go all the way. I don't think he will have such a hard time to beat Cerúndolo. Alcaraz and Sinner will be the most difficult opponents for him, if he doesn't face them, his chances will be even better.

Legendary isn't quite the word for what he did and at an ungodly hour in France.
Same here as I thought the game between the two were over with but low and behold they were still playing!
Believe at the end of the final frame in the post match interview Djokovic mentioned it was 4am local time in Paris.
Having it end 6-0 in the final set, I think he wanted to finally end it so he can go to sleep.

Watching ranked 9th Tsitsipas at the moment and he dropped the first set and is now in jeopardy of losing the second.
This is what I was mentioning about last night with these higher ranking players losing to the unknowns on this tour.

[cryptofrka]

I did try Musetti against Đoković for a small amount, but I'm surely gonna put some big bucks on Cerundolo.
The odds were close to 7 this morning and are now at around 6, which is still great value. I'm kinda bummed I didn't react to it earlier, but I hate betting on something that happens the next day.

It's actually crazy that they never played against each other considering that Cerundolo is 25 years old and is playing professionally for 6 years. He's having a great RG so far and Đoković is coming to this game after a tough 5-setter against Musetti.

[tsaroz]

Novak Djokovich did win the game in 5th set and we already have some results from the Fourth round of French Open in Men's single category.

Stefanos Tsitsipas won against the Matteo Arnaldi in 4 sets to reach the quarterfinals.

Carlos Alcaraz has a straight set win against Félix Auger-Aliassime.

Seeded no 10, Grigor Dimitrov won a competitive straight set win against seeded no 8 Hubert Hurkacz.

Jannik Sinner won against Corentin Moutet in 4 sets.

Now the matches that are left in Fourth Round are

Novak Djokovic vs Francisco Cerúndolo
Taylor Fritz vs Casper Ruud
Alexander Zverev vs Holger Rune and
Alex de Minaur vs Daniil Medvedev

[bitbollo]

...
Jannik Sinner won against Corentin Moutet in 4 sets.
...

After the first set, the odds for Sinner as final winner "explode" to @1.40 from the initial value of @1.02
Crazy value both odds.
Yes the first set was pretty a nightmare for the Italian, but probably Moutet has done his "show" too early.
The other sets were just Sinner winning any point...  6-3 6-2 6-1 a match were Moutet was only able to defend and nothing more...

[aoluain]

...
Jannik Sinner won against Corentin Moutet in 4 sets.
...

After the first set, the odds for Sinner as final winner "explode" to @1.40 from the initial value of @1.02
Crazy value both odds.
Yes the first set was pretty a nightmare for the Italian, but probably Moutet has done his "show" too early.
The other sets were just Sinner winning any point...  6-3 6-2 6-1 a match were Moutet was only able to defend and nothing more...

When I checked the odds after the first set Sinner was 1.35

It was Sinners first time playing Moutet and the first time playing his unorthodox style
of playing but he managed to get to understand it already at the end of the first set then
Sinner was able to win the following 3 sets. Thats the beauty of best if 5 sets, no
need to panic if you lose the first.

It was a good match, I watched it all and never feared for Sinner, I knew he would be able
to pull through.

He now has a finals replay from Rotterdam against Dimitrov, he should win that also.