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On clay Iga is just too strong, its a pity in a way that Sabalenka got injured but I think she
was the biggest challenge to Iga, no disrespect to Paolini or any other of the players.

I think if Osaka continues to improve ang get up to speed she will be am even bigger challenge,
she cam close to beating her in Clay which is not her favourite surface. Obviously the US open
later in the year is probably what she is targeting but it will be interesting to see what happens
on Grass - neither player has won it - looking forward to this actually, hopefully they meet
each other at some stage . . .

Iga Swiatek's biggest challenges on clay were Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina and when both of them lost in the quarterfinals, it strengthened Iga who would become champion again. Carolina Muchova, who was her opponent in last year's final, might be one of the challengers, but unfortunately, a long injury means she cannot participate in many tournaments and there is currently no sign that Muchova will return to playing.
There are many predictions that Iga Swiatek can match Nadal's record at the French Open but I think her career journey is still too long and many unexpected things can happen, but after the French Open and entering the grass seasons Iga has never been a favorite

It is very impressive to see that Carlos Alcaraz was able to win the French Open, meaning he was 100% in the Grand Slam final that he went through, and at his current age he has quite a long career ahead of him, if he can experience fewer injuries he is predicted to be one of the players who can win many titles Grand Slams.
There is a GS title he has to defend after this which is Wimbledon and Sinner is also quite good on grass, so both of them will compete again, then what about Djokovic? not very clear about him even though the grass is one of the surfaces where he performs very well.

As expected, Iga Świątek won the Women's single title of French Open 4th time, 3rd consecutive.
On the Men's single, Carlos Alcaraz had his first ever French Open title after the defending champion Novak Djokovich withdrew due to injury.

Men's tennis would be a highly competitive ground when and if Novak Djokovich retires. Djokovich has been the unchallenged power for a while. And there are no clear stars like Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal at the moment.
For Women, Iga Świątek and Aryna Sabalenka has some lead and younger players are too coming up for challenge and it would remain a challenging competition.

As predicted it was an "easy" win for Carlos Alcaraz.
Zverev can't keep the pace of Carlos.

Next appointment is for next month in Wimbledon and there it should be a different story.

Alcaraz now can challenge for the Number one ATP Sinner.


It will be a fun race until the end of the year between these 2.

Alcaraz simply has an extra gear when needed. He played a really good tournament and deserves the title, he'll be the biggest favorite for the upcoming Olympic games as well.
Would have been interesting if Đoković didn't forfeit, but probably wouldn't end differently.

Swiatek on the other hand made an already boring sport barely watchable.

Zverev, just like Tsitsipas, showed he still lacks consistency in his tennis, there were episodes where he was flawless and Carlitos didn't stand a chance. But there were some awful moments too, like losing his serve game to 0 several times for example. This lack of consistency also lead to this painful loss. Sascha sounded a bit bitter after the match when he congratulated Carlitos with his 3rd GS title (Sascha is yet to win his maiden GS).

Interesting your quote on "clear gap" and I agree bitbollo and @Webetcoins, eventhough
it was a 5 set final early in the 5th set it was clear to me he would win.

The big one for me was the lack of intensity by Zverev again in the 5th set. I didnt make a
bet but I was tempted to do an over of some kind.

I think Carlos is headed for the #1 position, watch out Jannick!

Alcaraz was very impressive in some points he played...
there is a clear gap between him and Zverev... the starting odds at @1.35 for the Spaniard was not bad... Despite the physiotherapist's intervention 3 times, he was able to handle the whole match.

We are currently having last game in progress with Alcaraz done impressive comeback and after losing two sets fight back for the title Zverev is also having good game but still he is not capable of having win this title but as he won second and third sets I have feeling today he can do but Alcaraz is surely one of the best new generation talent which is currently doing amazing stuff and things are clearly indicating about his long future with much success and records.

We have won for the Alcaraz as he breaks too many points in last two sets and completely outclass Zverev with his skills and amazing talent on Clay, congrats to winner and good luck for his long run here in this amazing game.

Ah it was a tough ask for Jasmine to beat Swiatek, at least she took a few games
off her. Jasmine was happy enough to get to the final itself and delighted to be in
the top 10 as a result. She said herself that she never dreamed she would have either!

Today I was hoping herself and Errani would win the doubles final but it wasnt to be.

No wins at all this weekend for Italian players, even the mens doubles yesterday
with Vavassori and Bolelli, still shows Italian Tennis is on the up still.

Now we have just few minutes left into WTA Final between Paolini vs Swiatek this is going to be fourth final for the Polish in last five years with she already won three times and Italian star Paolini is going to play her first Roland Garros final with she is also having double final as well which is good for her as things are going clearly Polish star is going to win with odds are not good @1.05 most chances we will have this final ended in quick time because she is hot and having good time in last few games.

After three sets there were fair chance Sinner can win but Alcaraz have good fight back and not allowed him to have any chance against him on Clay court now we're going to watch final between Zverev vs Alcaraz with in last three meetings we are having Zverev winner for the two times but still Alcaraz is favourite to win this final game easily.

I saw the incredible match played by Sinner and Alcaraz, incredible, truly incredible, analyzing the match I would say that there was a big improvement on Sinner's part on clay (he was never good) and his technique on clay improved a lot. what for alcaraz is his specialty, I noticed that alcaraz is really physically strong compared to sinner who instead manages to destroy his opponents mentally which is still a lot of stuff, I think that in the next few years unless someone new arrives we will see some beauty between these two guys

Sinner yesterday was very close to the win, there was a strong fight with Alcaraz.
Now he is the number 1 in ATP. Even without reaching the title he has already reach a top result.

For sure Zverev needs a lot of effort to reach the title...
Alcaraz on this surface is able to play with confidence.

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Odds for Paolini winner for the WTA final... are @11 !!!

Your both bets was good as I was also expecting in the first match Alcaraz vs Sinner this is going to be five set match because both players are having same quality and performance in this event with Alcaraz is doing good at the Clay which is his best point, and we have this match ended with the score of 3–2 for the second match Zverev was looking much better and stronger but as we have first set win for the Ruud there were thoughts maybe this match will be also gone for the five sets, but we have good display of game from the German, and he has done good with win this match into four sets now most chances we will have another title for the Alcaraz who is surely at the top with his commanding game.

As predicted Alcaraz won.
He is stronger on this surface.
We will see on the next slam, on Wimbledon but he is improved a lot.

Alcaraz should have an easy game now vs Zverev.

We are having four hours tough battle between these two new generation players for the spot into final and things were really tense during this match but at the end we have better player as winner after winning first set Sinner were looking in good command but Clay boy Alcaraz done good comeback and fightback for the win after going down 1–2 he won this match by the score of 3–2 which is surely amazing from him.

Both done good job and have good exchange of power services which keep fans to the best tennis which is not going to have future of this game as well now in few minutes we will have second semifinal which will be played between Ruud vs Zverev hopefully we will have Zverev into final.

I had an over 37.5 bet on and after the first set with Sinner breaking Alcaraz twice I
really thought it was not going to be a 5 setter, how wrong was I but my bet was good.

It was a thrilling match, very even all the way through with multiple breaks, I didnt see
the stats but I'm guessing Sinner won more points?

Rune v Zverev on now and Zverev is already broken in the first set, still a long way to go...
I've gone with an under 39.5 bet here.

semi-finals today for Roland Garros. The terrible young three are still all in and these 3 are destined to dominate for the next decade.
The most important semi-final will certainly be the first to be played today between Alcnaz and Sinner.
It is difficult to predict the victory even considering the long stop Sinner was forced into in recent months.

Probably Alcaraz will win.

I agree with everything you say, I also think it will be very challenging for djokovic to
win another tournament. He is 37 now, Rafa 38, it looks like these are the years where
the body starts to say enough.

Ruud, yea he might be a clay court specialist  or his favourite surface but I think
Zverev, Sinner and Alcaraz have more to their game. Zverev is favourite @ 1.77 v 2.00

and to take it a bit further I dont think Zverev can beat either Alcaraz or Sinner ATM.

Novak Djokovic's injury is regrettable, but the fact that he has been playing top tier for years without a serious injury is something that needs to be studied. He took great care of his body, but the challenges of aging eventually showed up at some point. He had a successful meniscus operation. I wish we could have seen him win another tournament, it will be difficult for him to recover now.
I don't know if it will be Alcaraz or Sinner in the final, but I think Zverev will beat Ruud. One of these three guys will be the champion. Ruud wouldn't have beaten Djokovic if he wasn't injured.