US Open

[jimlosaltos]

Out. Over 30 doubles in three matches, I believe.

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Updated betting odds to win the tournament. Fritz looks like a smart money bet. Maybe not $25000 though.

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[jimlosaltos]

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Updated betting odds to win the tournament. Fritz looks like a smart money bet. Maybe not $25000 though.

Darn. And I put all money on Nick Kyrgios

[jimlosaltos]

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Welcome to the New World Order (stroke's image)

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[stotty]

Not that I am watching much of the US Open, sadly, but Sinner looks the strong favourite from hereon. I don't believe the bad press has affected him all that much, which in itself is a strong indicator he might be innocent. He's head and shoulders the best player left in the tournament to me.

That's a remarkable stat illustrated on stroke's photo. Twenty one years of sheer dominance.

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Not that I am watching much of the US Open, sadly, but Sinner looks the strong favourite from hereon. I don't believe the bad press has affected him all that much, which in itself is a strong indicator he might be innocent. He's head and shoulders the best player left in the tournament to me.

That's a remarkable stat illustrated on stroke's photo. Twenty one years of sheer dominance.

No doubt, as remarkable as their run in the Majors was, their run in the Masters 1000's was even more remarkable to me. They simply took all the air out of tennis for a couple of decades. Novak actually won every Masters 1000 twice. Mind boggling. And yes, no doubt, Sinner is the oddsmakers strong favorite to win the tournament at this point. That being said, as the poor sucker bettor who lost $25,000 betting on Alcaraz vs Van de Zandschup, and lost it all vs a payout of $250 if he had won, there are no absolutes.

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Match of the day Grigor and his beautiful game vs Rublev. Rublev is a very very slight favorite. No one has benefitted from the big 3 being pretty much gone more than Grigor. He is younger than other great players such as Gasquet, Monfils, Tsonga that pretty much could not win the big titles because of the big 3. Grigor still has a chance and he is thriving without them in the draw.

[jimlosaltos]

Not that I am watching much of the US Open, sadly, but Sinner looks the strong favourite from hereon. I don't believe the bad press has affected him all that much, which in itself is a strong indicator he might be innocent. He's head and shoulders the best player left in the tournament to me.

That's a remarkable stat illustrated on stroke's photo. Twenty one years of sheer dominance.

Sorry about your TV streaming issues.

Have you tried ESPN? ESPN Plus / ESPN 3 carries a lot of the early rounds before

LinK: https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/...schedule-dates

[jimlosaltos]

Match of the day Grigor and his beautiful game vs Rublev. Rublev is a very very slight favorite. No one has benefitted from the big 3 being pretty much gone more than Grigor. He is younger than other great players such as Gasquet, Monfils, Tsonga that pretty much could not win the big titles because of the big 3. Grigor still has a chance and he is thriving without them in the draw.

They're certainly off to a good start Grigor taking the first set and just took the lead 6-5 in the second.

UPDATE: Grigor took the 2nd set tiebreak ! Wondered how he was doing so well on his first serve, not that it isn't always good but 85%, and he has hit 134 MPH and ave 121 MPH. Go, Grigor, go, we singletons of the world stick together !

I'd add the Grigor is playing much better in the last year than he had for several. Aside for his aesthetics <g> he plays more tactically than most players these days. His run to the Paris final ( 2023?) was best I'd seen since he won the ATP Tour Final beating in Paris, Medvedev, Musetti, Hurkacz and Tsitsipas before losing to Djokovic (I think).

Meanwhile, back in Louie Armstrong, Ruud is taking it to Fritz so far. Here's one I didn't see coming: Rudd has won 92% of his first serve points vs 86% for Fritz, has a higher ave 1st serve speed, and has held the only BPs in the match so far. Maybe have to delay my Sunday trip to the gym and watch that one <g>.

[stotty]

Sorry about your TV streaming issues.

Have you tried ESPN? ESPN Plus / ESPN 3 carries a lot of the early rounds before

LinK: https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/...schedule-dates

Doesn't stream the US Open in my part of the world sadly...

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Grigor is really taking the ball on early on both sides. I have always thought that that was the biggest difference between him and Fed, even though their technique looks identical. Grigor seems to be looking more like Fed than ever taking the ball on.

[don_budge]

Go Navarro!!!

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Great wins by Grigor, Taylor, and Morgan. Fritz is the oddsmakers distant number 4 favorite to win the tournament, but I like his chances more than Zverev and Med, who have much stronger odds to win it.

[jimlosaltos]

Great wins by Grigor, Taylor, and Morgan. Fritz is the oddsmakers distant number 4 favorite to win the tournament, but I like his chances more than Zverev and Med, who have much stronger odds to win it.

Fritz- Zverev quarterfinal could be tense. H2H 5-4 for the German but (I had forgotten this) Fritz won their last meeting, that at Wimbledon in 5 sets from down 2 sets, 46 67(4) 64 76(3) 63

I know he's a long shot, but that half is opening up so -- maybe Grigor? I'd love that.