Hijikata vs Dimitrov
Rinky Hijikata, one of the rising stars of 2024, has been putting in some decent performances in preparation for the US Open. Now at the highest ranking of his career, Hijikata has a tough match in the second round. Grigor Dimitrov, who was impressive in his first match here, will take to the court with the confidence of having dominated Hijikata in both of their previous meetings. The former world number 3 is likely to put up another comfortable match.
Well it did end in an easy win for Dimitrov, we have mentioned here a while back that Dimitrov
is having a fantastic time now for at least this season, he moves to Round 3.
Ruud vs Monfils
Former finalist Casper Ruud performed well in his opening match at the 2024 US Open. 37yo Gael Monfils beat Diego Schwartzman in four sets to advance. Ruud is undoubtedly my favorite in what promises to be one of the most enjoyable matches of the second round, but we have to remember that Monfils recently beat Carlos Alcaraz. So Molfis still has the power to get big wins. I expect a competitive match.
Monfils also won the recent UTS New York tournament, albeit with different rules, But Ruud came out
on top over 5 sets. Not sure how far Ruud can go on the hard courts, its not his strongest surface.
Sinner goes today and has dropped a set already against McDonald in the first round. I wonder how
his mental state is with the "Drug" scenario going on in the background? He is massive favourite at 1.02
while Michelsen is 14.1, I wonder if an over bet 29.5 is on the cards here @ 1.62 ?
On the womens side I am watching both Osaka and Paolini. This is Osaka's favourite surface, its the big
stage and has probably been targeting this all year. She isnt getting easy draws recently and plays
Muchova tomorrow in the second round. Paolini plays Pliskova today which she should win.