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winning when you are not playing great is a real champion, and that is what missing in Tsitsipas or Medvedev

Alcaraz made it through this round, Coric is SF, and probably Tsitsipas in final, looking at other half of the draw

Tsitsipas is a good bet today, but has no value, due to low odds, he should certianly win, but 2:0 is not his usual, so handicap option is not good and winning odds are low

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Well, Alcaraz won 6:4, 7:5 but Khachanov also played really well.

We have the first quarter finals to be played between Khachanov and Alcaraz. Will this going to be hard fighting, because Khachanov played hard against Rublev to secure his position on the quarter finals. Based on the players in the quarter finals I believe Alcaraz, Zhang, Coric and Tsitsipas to reach the semifinals.

When bookies give odds like that I am always taking underdog. Alcaraz win on the bookie I used is @1.06 while i can get Khachanov [email protected]. Yeah Alcaraz is big favorite and he even covered that handicap last time they met on clay but I will take that bet much rather than ML. Small stake only since Alcaraz really should win this one comfortably.

About odds, today there is Alcaraz vs Kachanov. The Spaniard odd is around 1.08-1.15. Ok he is the strong favorite but this odd is to low I don't know if he deserve a bet

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Altmaier and Struff. But it is a surprise that they have got so far.

Alcaraz v Zverev ended in a massive anti-climax for anyone hoping Zverev was going to
be a worthy challenger - 6-1 & 6-2.

The perdormance from Zverev in Madrid so far give hope that it will not be an easy match for Alcaraz. Last year Zverev lost the final in Madrid and he will not reach it this year. But he had said he wants to be fit again for the Fench Open and so today it is a test of maturity for him.

Yes, Barcelona Alcaraz beat Tsitsipas 6-3 and 6-4, What can Tsitsipas do this time
around to overcome Alcaraz?

Re Medvedev, no I havent been betting either way on him and eventhough I have been
watching bits and bobs of certain matches I actually havent bet that much on the
Madrid tournament. My last bet was Friday on Musetti but he got beaten by Hanfmann
which was disappointing after his decent run at Barcelona to get to the semi final there.

This should be a repeat of the last final with Alcaraz and Tsitsipas getting there. Draw was a bit weak from the start and nobody really with the form and game good enough to seriously threaten them. Maybe Khachanov on his best day but clay isn't really his favorite surface.

I hope you guys made some money on Medvedev, he isn't even top 20 player when clay is the surface and I am taking handicaps against him in every round and then ML as soon as he has proper opponent. I think I just lost one bet ever in this way and that was when he won against Zverev recently.

Medvedev has still a good bit to go to be consistent on clay even though he was seeded
number 2 for this tournament.

Alcaraz v Zverev ended in a massive anti-climax for anyone hoping Zverev was going to
be a worthy challenger - 6-1 & 6-2.

In these rounds of 16 the only top seeds left to play are Tsitsipas², Fritz⁸
and Khachanov¹⁰, I cant see any of them beating Alcarav and taking the title.

Nice win by Karatsev against Medvedev. 7-6 / 6-4. Despite he was not the favorite of the day he performed really well, he has made a great match today with just few errors.
Medvedev again not in a perfect shape (probably he has some cold?) and not able to perform at highest level as usual. 
By the way it seems he will be present in Roma ! https://www.internazionalibnlditalia.com/players/daniil-medvedev/

Until this statement from the White House from yesterday, it was completely uncertain what the final decision of the US government would be on this issue.

But this is not new. It was already known a few months ago that the vaccination status for Covid will no longer be requested from 11 May. But anyway. I am happy that Djokovic can play in the USA again.

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The perdormance from Zverev in Madrid so far give hope that it will not be an easy match for Alcaraz. Last year Zverev lost the final in Madrid and he will not reach it this year. But he had said he wants to be fit again for the Fench Open and so today it is a test of maturity for him.

In America, the Covid rules have changed again, probably due to great public pressure, and just a few days after the opposite decision or recommendation of epidemiological experts, the White House has just announced the decision that from now on even unvaccinated travelers can travel to America.

Now there is another chance for Zverev to show that he is on the right way after his injury, but the problem he now has is called Alcaraz in great shape. Unless Zverev really succeeds in making a comeback to his pre-injury shape, this game is going to be a relatively easy one for Alcaraz. Zverev should consider this a serious chance to test his boundaries once more. It is now 14 weeks post-injury and in my opinion he should at least be able to put up a hard fight, but I also see another disappointment coming for him.

Djokovic's attitude is very irresponsible, he must take seriously and respect the laws of other countries and including his country, when countries say that people must be vaccinated then people must be vaccinated, rules are to be followed, laws are to be fulfilled, he is a professional athlete, he knows that it is forbidden to use drugs in order not to get tired easily, so he does not use drugs because he fears being penalized, so what makes him think that with vaccines he should be an exception? Where have you seen a country change the rule because of it and harm many people? that wouldn't be right, what kind of good example would come if they allowed him to play even without having vaccinated? that would be wrong, all people need to respect the rules even when they don't like it


the world is constantly evolving, and it is natural that in sport they put more technology to facilitate a lot of things, despite that it will be taking people's jobs, and it is necessary to put technology to facilitate people's work, but it is very surprising that they are only thinking to put this in 2025, honestly 2025 is too far away, are they really going to put this? why could 2025 be placed in this same year? for me I have the impression that this subject still needs a lot of discussion and for that reason they won't put it this year or next year, and when that happens then not even in 2025 they won't put it, long things always end badly, they always end with infinite delays

Followed this match between Medvedev and Shevchenko while it was 1-5 in the first set. And some how he brought it all the back to 4-5 but lost.
Then the second set was all Daniil taking it convincingly. The third and final set was very rocky for the Russian as he went down 4-2 but took it 5-7.
So that makes it 8-0 for Medvedev when it comes to deciding sets to win the match so far this tennis season.
Remember he dropped 4 in a row last year when it took three sets to close it. This is a very bad record to hold of the 2022 season going 8-11.

Watching Swiatek v Alexandrova right now. Interesting match, this one. Swiatek took the first set relatively easy 6:4 and was ahead 5:2 in the second. Then something happened and she started losing game after game and got to 5:5. Swiatek took her serve 6:5 but Alexandrova won her's and took it to the tie break. She was leading 3:0 and finally managed to win it 7:3. Now can't wait for the deciding set - this will be entertaining!