Tennis

The stars and stripes will be flying high on Day 2 with a total of 9 American men in action including Tiafoe, Opelka and Korda. One of them, big serving Reilly Opelka facing the toughest task of all and that is taking on former champion Carlos Alcaraz. There will not be an empty seat in the house for the night session! Reilly Opelka vs Carlos Alcaraz 12:10pm Tuesday | Arthur Ashe Stadium Alcaraz -6.5 ($2.10) This will be the first meeting between the pair and that may work in Opelka’s favour. Getting a handle of his serve can be very…

Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka headlines the women’s schedule on day 1 but there are a host of major winners in action including Raducanu, Ostapenko, Vondrousova and Azarenka. The locals will also have plenty to cheer on with the duo of Pegula and Navarro to lead the way for the American contingent. Aryna Sabalenka vs Rebeka Masarova 5:40am* Monday | Arthur Ashe Stadium Over 17.5 games ($2.10) This could turn out to be a tricky first-up assignment than expected for Sabalenka. Their only prior meeting on tour came on grass in Berlin earlier this year with the world number 1 posting…

Sinner and Alcaraz continue to widen the gap to the rest of the field. They have contested the last two Grand Slam finals and barring a monumental upset, the two will line up again on the final Sunday of the tournament. We will get a good look at several of their rivals on Day 1 including 24-time major winner Novak Djokovic and the American duo of Shelton and Fritz.   Novak Djokovic vs Lerner Tien 11:00am* Monday | Arthur Ashe Stadium Tien To Win A Set – YES ($1.91) The 2023 US Open was the last major success for Novak Djokovic…

Last year’s tournament was a successful one from a betting perspective with best bet Aryna Sabalenka ($3.50) winning the title. Value bet Emma Navarro won her quarter ($6.50) but neither have made it to the top of the list of picks twelve months on. Form is the most relevant factor in women’s tennis so we will be looking elsewhere including multiple players on the rise at big prices. BEST BET Iga Swiatek ($3.60) A sign of a champion player is their ability to bounce back when they are down and to continue developing their game despite having climbed to the…

At one stage from 2005 through to 2007, the duo of Federer and Nadal accounted for 11 consecutive Grand Slam titles. With Djokovic and Murray later joining the party, the so-called ‘Big 4’ dominated men’s tennis. That is only something we can dream of right now as the gap between the top two (Sinner and Alcaraz) and the rest of the field is getting bigger. They have won the last 7 majors between them and have contested the final in each of the last two. BEST BET Carlos Alcaraz ($2.70) Alcaraz will have been disappointed with his performance in the…

It is the final we all wanted and expected. There is a huge gap between the top two players in the world (Sinner and Alcaraz) and the rest of the field. This is the second consecutive Grand Slam that the pair meet in the final with Sinner eager to avenge his loss to Alcaraz at the French Open after blowing three match points in the fourth set. Since being handed a lifeline when Dimitrov retired in their 4th Round clash, Sinner has been a man on a mission. He was won his last two matches in straight sets which includes…

We will have a new Wimbledon champion following a fortnight of upsets in the women’s draw. The trend continued in the semi finals with Anisimova beating top seed and world number one Aryna Sabalenka to make her first ever major final. She will face a proven performer in Iga Swiatek but the performance of the 5-time major champion comes as a surprise as she had previously never made it past the quarter finals here. Swiatek has been in devastating form at the All-England club and has a huge edge with respect to experience at this level. Having gone more than…

As has been the case over the last two years, Alcaraz is finding his best form when it matters most – in the second week of a major. Norrie had his chance to break the Alcaraz serve in the second game but after saving four break points faced in that game, the defending champion put the pedal to the metal and never looked back. He was in cruise control – winning 89% of 1st serve points and bringing out every tool in the back including the drop shot, slice backhand and backhand down the line for clean winners. Fritz needed…

We were on the money in Sabalenka’s quarter final match with Over 18.5 games saluting easily and Siegemund winning at set at $3.50. The world number one was broken 6 times in the match and won only 33% of 2nd serve points. It was the second consecutive match that she won fewer than 40% of 2nd serve points and she must now contend with her toughest opponent yet. Anisimova ran into some troubles of her own in the second set against Pavlyuchenkova but saved 5 set points in the tiebreaker to close the match out. It is not only the…

The market suggests that we will witness a Swiatek/Andreeva semi final but the duo of Bencic and Samsonova may have something to say about that. Samsonova is yet to drop a set in the tournament and Bencic has made five career finals this surface (grass) on the WTA Tour. Mirra Andreeva vs Belinda Bencic Quarter-final Andreeva -3.5 ($1.80) From her first match on tour Andreeva was touted as a future major champion and she may get to the top of women’s tennis sooner than expected. She has improved with every match at the All-England Club and in a 6-2 6-3…