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Altmaier with an amazing win over Sinner in five sets and i think nobody expected this loss from Sinner so early. Favorites keep on dropping like flyes. After Medvedev now Sinner is gone and i wonder who will be next. Altmaier goes on Dimitrov now and i think Dimitrov can win this easily because Altmaier is probobly tired from the match against Sinner.

The match was interesting and took more than 5 hours, quite impressed with what was shown by the two players especially Daniel Altmaier, when finally he was able to take the 4th set, and the fifth set became so very wild for both players but Altmaier was able to take this final set even though he had looked nervous so that several match points failed to be completed, this was a very emotional victory for the non-seeded players.
When we see the seeded players being defeated by the non-seeded players through a very tight match, it's a fun thing because the match went very interesting, so this competition does not always have seeded players even though in the end it is still the seed who will become the champion.

Sinner vs. Altmaier. Difficult match for Sinner. Altmaier demands everything from him and could cause a small sensation with a little more power.

Some matches have unexpected results. In many matches the supposedly weaker opponent manages to win at least one set. Or Bautista for example. Lost in 5 sets against Varillas (ATP Rank 94). The odds were not so bad and one should have bet on Varillas early in set 3.

In one of the similar match between Tsitsipas and Carballes Baena the match ended in direct sets. The second set alone looked close reaching the tie breaker. Comfortable win for Tsitsipas 6-3 7⁷-6⁴ 6-2 while the players on his category have struggled at some instance. Previously he lost to Medvedev in the Italian Open semifinals. This time once again he hopes for the best to happen.

Djokovic struggled in the first set but managed to win it and later destroyed Fucsovics in the second set and later on won the match easily. Looks like Djokovic is getting back into form and might even win the whole thing,while Alcaraz won 3-1 and lost one set to Taro Daniel but still managed to go into the next round.

I have "closed" my bet on Baez since he was at 1.01 on 5th set (score 4-0  - Monfils to serve).
In that time the french player odd...was at 50-60! He realize an impressive win, a talented player that is actually able to compete at higher level against younger players. I am not sure if he will be able to continue his journey in RG but it's always a pleasure see this player playing tennis

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About Fognini, well probably he is now "a mature player" and maybe he is able to not get completely crazy for nothing.
I'm glad to see him at this point in the tournament probably he deserve also a bet on the next match against Ofner....

With time to contemplate this after 24 hours I suppose you are right about Medvedev,
what added to the shock/surprise/news was the way he lost to this unknown guy.

Of which Seyboth Wild, he plays again tomorrow as the favourite against Pella, it
will be interesting to see if he can back up his win...

On Fognini, he is an interesting character, frustrating to watch sometimes and
very talented, but yea the mental side was lacking 

Novak Djokovic  -  Marton Fucsovics

the game will start in a few hours, Marton Fucsovics who currently occupies position number 83 and who recently this year managed to reach position number 31 (unbelievable that he came far but fell), is 31 years old and has a sad history in clashes against Djokovic that's because Marton Fucsovics already played against Djokovic in 4 games and lost in all 4 games, so this would be the 5th game and if he loses again which is more likely to happen then he will undoubtedly be very uncomfortable, meanwhile Djokovic who currently occupies the number 3 position and who already reached number one in 2011 comes to this game more comfortable because he will play against an opponent that he has already beaten 4 times, I think that looking at odds and data Djokovic will win this game

Alcaraz - Taro Daniel

expected victory for Alcaraz, although since the beginning of the game it was expected that Alcaraz would win this game, his opponent did not give up and continued to strive so that he had a chance to change Alcaraz's great favoritism, congratulations to Taro Daniel who lost but fought as well as he could until the end of the game and congratulations to Alcaraz for the victory, waiting to see the result of the next games, the favorites don't seem to be having many difficulties to beat their opponents

Medvedev loosing on clay is not surprising. I mean this is his 7th appearance in RG and fifth time he lost in first round. This is not surprise this is actually expected of him 
Must admit that he was looking good for his standards on clay recently and I expected he will have a bit better success this year.

Fognini was always a super talented player but mentally all over the place. Clay is his favorite surface and older he gets he gets more stable. Yes he is missing a lot of the flair he had couple of years ago but I wouldn't bet against in this RG. Better to just watch his matches.

Medvedev lost was really a surprise and congratulations to those who bet against him.

Fognini ATP rank 130_ I noticed him again after a long time in the match against Struff in Miami. Now that he has won in Paris against AAF (okay, AAF was injured, but anyway) and he has also won against Kubler. Now he will play his next match against the Austrian Ofner who surprisingly beat Korda. Fognini seems to be picking up steam at the age of 36.

Might as well go for those high odds against the heavily sided favorites since what everyone witnessed with Medvedev and Thiago Seyboth Wild.
Think they mentioned he was a 172nd ranked player and Danill was 2nd seed.
https://www.atptour.com/en/news/medvedev-seyboth-wild-roland-garros-2023-tuesday
That is a huge disparity between ATP rankings to have even been questioned.
https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2023/05/30/daniil-medvedev-french-open-roland-garros/

Anyone else catch the Gaël Monfils vs Sebastian Baez match last night? It was the very last one of the day which lasted nearly 4 hours.
https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-monfils-baez-first-round-report

Many were saying when he was down 1-4 in the final set he would be announcing his retirement from tennis, Due to him being 36 years old and at this age your joints, knees and leg muscles are well worn out especially playing on clay courts.
Just look at Nadal who did not appear at this tournament due to a reoccurring injury to his abdomen last year but now I think he is having problems with his hip since the Australian Open.

At odds @10 or more, I'll surely toss some money on Fucsovics against Đoković today.
Đoković seems out of focus, Fucsovics is a decent player and the odds are simply too good not to give this a try.

I expect Đoković to win, of course - but I doubt it will be as easy as the bookies expect.

Didn't continue to watch this match after he was able to take two sets, it's a shame it looks like he will still be a special hardcourt and the Rome Open will be his best clay title, and this defeat adds to the length of his bad statistics at the French Open which can only last a few rounds and this time immediately lost the first round.

Could it be that she hasn't fully recovered yet? because her defeat by Rybakina in the Italy Open final was because she withdrew in the second set due to an injury she had, it's a shame but I suspect it's because she hasn't fully recovered yet.

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Getting free bets from sportsbet I think it will be very interesting to use it to bet on several matches yesterday and it's bad that Kecmanovic, after winning two sets, actually lost the next three sets, the last three sets had to go through tiebreaks and he lost the 3 tie breaks that occurred

Thats a big disappointment with Medvedev. Similar game happened with the women's singles match. It was the match between Kalinina and Parry. Kalinina last match was the finals against Rybakina in the Italian Open. Here she have lost the match in the very first round 2-6 3-6. Maybe this isn't a big disappointment, still a loss after the finals is something bad. Earlier she defeated Kudermetova in the semifinals and Haddad Maia in the quarter finals.

Unbelievable result from this guy Seyboth Wild, and actually an unbelievable result
from Medvedev, its a massive turnaround from such good results this year on clay.

Great bet cryptofrka on this new guy, lovely payout @ 4.85.

My only bet today which landed was on Ruud under 28.5

For tomorrows bets I'm doing 2 straight bets: Musetti to beat Shevchenko @ 1.27
and Norrie to beat Pouille @ 1.26

Well nobody expected that Medvedev would lose in the first round of a huge grand slam even tho its on clay. Seyboth Wild played an amazing match and even tho Medvedev won a tournament on clay he still is terrible on that surfice and still needs to work on his gameplay on clay.

he is just non-first-class material, won some tournaments, had a luck to be no.1, but far from something special

now lower part of the draw is really interesting, and Sinner got a real boost, hopefully he will not crash under expectations from him to reach far this season
Rune and Ruud started solid in other QF potential pair

Thats an awesome bet and a big win. Not everyone have got the courage to go at these high odds when the player involved is on the top line.

From the scoring pattern, it looks like he's out of control from the very beginning. The first two sets reaching the tie breaker itself shows how good Seyboth Wild have
played against Medvedev. The efforts in the first two sets would've made Medvedev tiresome to play in the consecutive sets 7⁶-6⁵ 6⁶-7⁸ 2-6 6-3 6-4.

Based on the he plays, there are more chances of winning bets against him if watched closer.

Fognini has had these issues for years now and these kinds of players don't do themselves any favor. There are a couple of examples when top players slowed their career down because of frequently freaking out. Kyrgios is the best example for that. Federer, Djokovic and Nadal all three said that it is so hard to stop Kyrgios unless they felt that he is about to lose his nerves. What a weakness that is and he did it so often. You also never get the crowd behind you, which could be another disadvantage. Now that his last mental breakdown was in Rome when he played against Rome, some of the eyes will be on him. He even asked whether referee in Rome whether he is stupid. But I don't understand why they don't install the hawk-eye even on sand there. When it comes to millimeter decisions, I think it would be better to have the technology.

I watched Medvedev match for 15 minutes and placed a bet on Wild @ 4.85 odds.

It's amazing how big Medvedev's drop in quality is when nothing goes his way. If he just stayed calm, he'd have won eventually - but it's always the same with him.
He started well on clay this year and then fell apart in the most important tournament.

I expected so much more from him a few years ago. Nowadays I just try to place some high odds bets against him.