Dear Andrew, Welcome to the tennis world! You’ve been in the job for around a month, and you have already set a massive target: to make tennis the most popular sport in Australia within five years. Fantastic! But based on your comments in the Herald … Continue readingAn Open Letter to Tennis Australia CEO Andrew Abdo
It’s time for another big underdog I like in round one of the US Open. Maria Sakkari had a great start to the season. She made final in Indian Wells, the quarterfinals in Miami, and the semifinals In Charleston. Then, European clay season started and … Continue readingAlex’s WTA US Open Preview – Wang vs Sakkari
The 4th quarter of the US Open Women’s draw looks like Aryna Sabalenka’s quarter to lose. She was upset in the US Open final last year, won the Australian Open for the second consecutive time this year, and just won Cincinnati without dropping a set. … Continue readingAlex’s WTA US Open Outright Preview – Quarter 4
The 3rd quarter of the US Open Women’s draw features Coco Gauff and a few other interesting players. Gauff is the defending champion and 3rd favorite to win the tournament by betting odds with a price of 10.00(+900). It’s hard to call a season with … Continue readingAlex’s WTA US Open Outright Preview – Quarter 3
The 2nd quarter of the US Open Women’s draw is topped by Elena Rybakina with Jasmine Paolini at the bottom. Rybakina came into the season as one of the very best players on tour and continues to be just that when she’s healthy. Paolini was … Continue readingAlex’s WTA US Open Outright Preview – Quarter 2
The 1st quarter of the US Open Women’s draw, like most tournaments, is Iga Swiatek’s quarter. She’s the top seed in the tournament and favored to win this quarter, but not favored to win the tournament. She’s priced second at 4.50(+350) just behind Aryna Sabalenka … Continue readingAlex’s WTA US Open Outright Preview – Quarter 1
Value in the moneyline here. As well as Kostyuk has been playing in 2024, I do feel the larger body of work that Navarro has produced on the hardcourts over the last 12-18 months. Kostyuk is 2-8 against Top 20 players on hardcourt across the … Continue readingWTA Toronto – Navarro vs Kostyuk
The last time we saw Naomi Osaka at Roland Garros she was pushing Iga Swiatek to the absolute limit. She presents here with a solid draw, and first up she takes on Angelique Kerber in what is her last tournament for her career. It has been … Continue readingWTA Paris – Osaka vs Kerber
Let’s take a look at the quarter by quarter markets and search for some overall value. Quarter 1I could write a fair bit about this section, however it is certainly dominated by Iga Swiatek. The second and third favourites in the section are Danielle Collins … Continue readingWTA Paris Outright Preview
This is a bit of a funny week on the tennis tour for a couple of reasons. Firstly it is a heavy schedule week of tennis across the ATP and WTA. In Umag, there are still 4 more rounds of tennis to be played, however … Continue readingATP Umag – Cerundolo vs Dodig