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what a great game played by Sinner yesterday
In an extremely balanced match, he was able to achieve a victory that was never achieved before against Djokovic! Could we talk about a "handover"?
Certainly the dear Italian player will be a number one in the coming years

Didn't expect that Alcaraz would loose, but as you say, it is not the end of the world. Even the greatest of all time do loose some matches so nothing unusual that Alcaraz looses a match here. In every sport upsets happen and sometimes you can make some good money out of it also

At the moment I write, Novak Djokovic's game against Jannik Sinner is taking place. well, Novak Djokovic is the current number 1 in the world, he is 36 years old and on the other side we have Jannik Sinner who currently occupies the number 4 position. this will be an interesting game, novak has already beaten sinner 3 times , but I see that in this game Sinner will be victorious, even before this game started I looked at Sinner as the favorite and this is being confirmed now that they are playing, Sinner is doing much better than Novak and at this rate I believe that Novak sinner had emerged victorious. before the game started the odds for if the sinner came out with victory was @ 2.50, whoever bet on the sinner before the game started, will make a good profit if the sinner comes out of this game with victory

Regarding the remaining two games, I see Carlos Alcaraz's game against Andrey Rublev as a game in which Alcaraz will come out victorious, he is being seen as a favorite by the bookmakers and in my opinion he will come out victorious. In another game between Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev, I see Medvedev coming out victorious, he is being seen as a favorite by the bookmakers and in my opinion he will win this game. Of the 17 games these two tennis players played against each other, Medvedev won 10 games while Zverev won 7. I see that with another defeat in the next game, there would be 11 victories for Medvedev

...and I may be wrong but was that the year Sinner was called in as substitute? Ah its a pity for hi really,
it kind of puts a dampener on an average year for him.

So I'm guessing Hurkacz will be called in now?

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Djokovic v Sinner tonight, can this be the match which Jannik can beat Novak? odds are close enough,
1.62 v 2.30. I'm guessing it will be a 3 setter anyway.

Breaking: Tsitsipas withdraws from his match against Rune after just 3 (!) games. According to sources he incurred some sort of a leg injury. Details are most likely to follow. This is not the first time the Greek player has to withdraw from the ATP finals due to injury. Back in 2021 he had to call it quits due to elbow injury.

Surprising for sure, Zverev hasnt had a fantastically great season this year and then
to beat Alcaraz over 3 sets with the second 2 sets in a comfortable way was impressive.


I suppose we do have to cut Alcaraz a bit of slack, he is still young, is #2 on the
ATP rankings and he has a long hard season with 6 tournament wins, probably
the same in quarter and semi final appearances.

there's always a lot of pressure when you have to prove you're number one.
I personally thought that he would have lost like a final this year against Rune, but he was able to bring the result, meanwhile Alcaraz probably "pays for this pressure", perhaps even a minimum of "inexperience" after a season at the highest level.

Surprising win for Zverev against Alcaraz at the tournament in Turin. The door opener for Zverev was his strong first serve. For coming into this tournament as an outsider, he has regained respect with this performance. But against Medvedev and Rublev he will have to play with the same concentration.

With that win yesterday Djokovic has retained his #1 ATP position meaning he cannot
lose it this year and is #1 for the 8th time. It kind of feels like he relishes in records now,
he has done everything else now, except the Calendar Grand Slam.

On breaking the rackets he said in his press conference that he wasnt happy that
he did it but he also said he wanted to win this first match to secure the year end #1,
so the pressure was on for him.

Watching Djokovic v Rune, a very entertaining match so far. Djokovic won the opening set on a tie-breaker 7:6, lost the second one (again a tie break) 6:7 and third set is now under way 2:2. Djokovic made an early break but got broken by Rune a bit later. He then destroyed two(!!!) of his rackets crushing them with his foot!   

Great win by Jannik, strong performance.

Medvedev v Rune up next.

Tomorrow there are the next matches, Alcaraz v Zverev with Alcaraz obvious favourite
@ 1.47 v's 2.45 for Zverev. Only thing is Alcaraz hasnt exactly been on his game in
a last few weeks, I recon thats why Zverev's odds are lower.

Medvedev v Rublev, Medvedev favourite @ 1.50 and Rublev at 2.60, I think I'll go with
the two favourites.

Sinner has just won the match against Tsitsipas 2-0 (6-4; 6-4)
There was no really match (even if the result is not showing too match) but Jannik was able to win both sets without any real hurdle.
Of course I bet on him but also because the greek player is not the best one of that surface and today match was a clear sign of it.
Lets see next matches here in Torino for ATP Finals

I laughed when you mentioned his father, the guy who would always babble every point in his son's match even when his son wasn't looking at him at all he would always babble as seen during the Paris Masters, and remember how Medvedev accused Tsitsipas of getting coaching from his father during that match in Australia Open and it was not allowed at that time.

Why doesn't anyone name Alcaraz as a favorite? Even though he hasn't had anything good after Wimbledon, he is still the favorite for the semifinals with Medvedev from that group, and even to become champion because his target is to be ranked number one at the end of this season.

Yes I will go for both Sinner and Djokovic. Sinner in particular will be seriously focussed
on these finals, he is favourite today @ 1.37 to 3.1 for Tsitsipas who has had IMO a
mediocre year with as above a lot of inconsistency. Sinner on the other hand has had an
improved year.


Thats it, all players have a few different variables to their game, Tsitsipas seems to have
one or two more to contend with, which cannot be good.


Djokovic has to be favourite to win the title outright and is favourite @ 2.4.

Good points you mentioned there! Yes, Sinner is on his home soil and also huge crowd support is guaranteed. Djokovic indeed defeated the Danish player not so long ago, another advantage for Nole.

On Tsitsipas, I wouldn't agree he's not always weak, he can play really great. He's just inconsistent. I guess everything will depend on his physical form, mood, his dad and probably 100 other factors. 

Sinner and Djokovic are the favorites especially Sinner that plays in his own country and will have a big support. Djokovic defeated Rune last week and is in huge form so this two matches are a good parlay on both of this guys. Tsitspas is weak on behand and everyone is taking advantage of it

Nitto ATP finals starting tomorrow in Turin, Italy with two grandiose matchups:

Sinner v Tsitsipas
Djokovic v Rune

My bets are marked in bold. Sinner has been showing very consistent performance lately, and he took a break right before the ATP finals in order to recover. Completely the opposite, consistency is not the strongest point of Tsitsipas.

Last year's champion seems to be in great shape atm so imo he has more chances against the young Dane tomorrow.

Yea without taking anything away from Fognini his performance was kind of
amplified by the fact that a lot of the top players were not playing, but he still had to
put in quality performances!


Humbert got the job done in two sets and well done to his tournament win, he deserves
it actually in recognition of his performances over the last few months.

Humbert is in really good form at the moment and playing at home is an advantage. He performed well in the second half of this year, but he never got further than the semi-finals.

In contrast that Fognini reaching the semi-finals is surprising. But it shows that, despite his age, he can still play for a few more years if he is physically and mentally on top.

Humbert is the favourite in this match. But it will not be an easy game for him and it remains to be seen who will reach the final.

Fognini is in the last stages of his career and is having a great week. However, Humbert is playing at home and has played some good matches in this tournament. Humbert will want to take this opportunity to break into the top 20 before the new season.
Herbert, who is far from his old self in singles tennis, had a good week and lost only one set until the semifinals. Shevchenko, on the other hand, pulled off one of the big surprises with his performance against Khachanov and will go into his match against Herbert as a slight favorite. However, I think the crowd will be on Herbert's side and that could give the veteran a boost.