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Ekaterina Alexandrova to beat Sofia Kenin at 1.66 with Bet365 Kenin looked really unmotivated against Shnaider, let's see which of her sides will turn up tomorrow...

Matteo Berrettini to beat Holger Rune at 1.80 with Bet365 I don't even know when Rune has last beaten someone this good, and his last week's performance didn't exactly inspire much confidence. Berretini ran Rune close in Cincinnati, and the situation is better for him this time around.

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Slightly on Alcaraz.

Tight, but got there!

Machac, but not by a huge margin.

Aryna Sabalenka - Under 12.5 games (vs. Ashlyn Krueger) at 1.53 with Bet365 This should be a fairly routine win for Sabalenka, unless Krueger fires on all cylinders like she did against Sun. She will be under more straightforward pressure here, though, so I don't expect that to happen.

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Xinyu Wang to beat Veronika Kudermetova at 2.00 with Bet365 No reason to favor Kudermetova here imo. She's not a top top player anymore, and there's a lot of support for the Chinese in this tournament (even if the stadium is half-empty, everyone's cheering like crazy).

Yes, Watson was really bad indeed. Two veterans slugging it out, low quality match. Worked out well!

Mananchaya Sawangkaew to beat Zarina Diyas at 1.90 with Bet365 Backing Sawangkaew to get her first win over Diyas. The conditions are better for her bigger hitting here, Diyas looked a bit sluggish against Watson, and she's slowly aging away, while Sawangkaew has a decent future ahead of herself.

Arina Rodionova to beat Mai Hontama at 1.72 with Bet365 Hontama had a virtual walkover in the previous round, and she's done very little aside from that win over Yastremska recently. I saw here play against Lansere, not much to gather from there, but the conditions should favor players that can hit bigger, and that's Rodionova here. She also won their only previous meeting rather convincingly.

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Eva Lys to beat Sonay Kartal at 2.10 with Bet365 I don't see a reason for Lys to be the underdog in this one. She was awesome against Mertens, while Kartal hasn't really impressed me this week (I've seen matches from both Lys and Kartal this week).

Not a great start, anyone faring better?

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova to beat Marina Stakusic at 1.57 wih Bet365 AKS looked very competent last week, while Stakusic hasn't been in form for quite a while now. The conditions suit AKS better as well imo.

Aleksandra Krunic to beat Kamilla Rakhimova at 3.00 with Bet365 Krunic looked good in the conditions against Marino, and Rakhimova will face an uphill task to recover mentally and physically from such a great effort last week. At 3.00, this is worth a shot imo.

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Hopefully you mean over 2.5 sets there @timovk for Zheng and Sabalenka!

I haven't watched much from this year's US Open so far, but I'm a bit baffled by seeing Wozniacki as the favourite against Haddad Maia, considering that this will be her first real opponent.

It's also worth pointing out that the surface at the US Open has been relaid (all courts), and that it should be substantially faster than before.

Elise Mertens to beat Veronika Kudermetova at 1.57 with Bet365 Kudermetova is having a really bad season, and her loss against Carle just proved that all over again. Mertens is way more stable.

Zeynep Sonmez to beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich at 2.25 with Bet365 Good H2H, Sonmez is getting a lot of support, and I liked how she played against her in the French Open.

Pablo Carreno-Busta to beat Aleksandar Vukic at 1.72 with Bet365 PCB has been on point since his return, and Vukic obviously doesn't have the same level as Zverev/Rune. He also likes Winston Salem quite a lot, I wouldn't be above 1.57 here.