CzechPunter

Well, I see that not that many of you are taking chances this week! No wonder, the Olympics are a heat crapshoot, especially in the WTA. They are apparently moving the starting times from tomorrow, which is a few rounds too late. Badosa among the victims.

Maximilian Marterer to beat Giulio Zeppieri at 1.73 with William Hill I watched a bit of Zeppieri against Sakamoto yesterday and I didn't like the Italian. If this wasn't on Italian ground, Marterer would be much shorter I reckon. I like that he's already had to play here, though, that means he's at least somewhat motivated.

Pretty mad week again, Alcaraz was a big shock, for one. Also Kudla, etc.

Well, it's Paire. At the odds, you either back Uchiyama or stay away, he's unbackable as the favourite outside France. I'm leaning towards no bet, but good luck!

Nikoloz Basilashvili (+1.5 sets) to beat Alexander Zverev at 3.38 with Pinnacle This will be the first challenge for Zverev, hard to gauge where he's at based on his matches against Lu and Galan, who are poor by ATP standards. Basilashvili did well against Sonego and he has that upset potential in him. I wouldn't play this at 2.50, but I'm more than happy to back the upset at 3.38. It's just a set, after all.

Well, I'd argue against Kovalik being an unknown. Munar was the favourite, though, no doubt.

Stefano Travaglia to beat Holger Rune at 1.93 with Pinnacle Rune seems ripe for a letdown somewhere and his performance against Martin wasn't too convincing. Travaglia has a poor form this year, but, to be fair, he was playing main events instead of Challengers like Rune. This looks like a good opportunity to get somewhere and I think he's still the better player of the two all things considered.

Spoke to soon about surprises! Now Barty, Jabeur out!

Well, the first batch of matches didn't bring us all that many surprises, it just seems like the tournament is well set up for Djokovic to win. I saw a couple of matches, Basilashvili was hilarious. He really didn't want to be out there, frustrated as heck, but won so comfortably that he couldn't even throw the match away! Should be a fun clash with Sonego.

There's always risk, but Ruud will want to win unlike Kopriva and he shouldn't go completely missing like Ymer did. He'd be the fav for the title.