BillyR23 said:
Majchrzak Kamil - Medjedovic Hamad Over 3.5 Sets@ 1.48 on 888
Faria Jaime - Brooksby Jenson Over 3.5 Sets@ 1.48 on 888
Medjedovic didn't show up for his match unfortunately, very passive and weak performance overall (I mean his returns were terrible - it is what it is, but at least you expect a better approach when on serve...), makes me reconsider my opinion on the 23 yo Serbian player - I've seen some good matches from him in the past few seasons and even tho he never made it past the 1st week of a Grand Slam (IIRC he usually went out in the 1st rounds - with the best performance at French Open last year - 3rd Round), I've thought he might develop into a Top10 (maybe even a player to challenge Sincaraz)... Majchrzak won 3-0 (6-3, 6-3, 6-3); Faria vs. Brooksby was luckily a thriller - ended up with Jaime's W in 5 sets
👍😎 I've also went for a small Double with 2 Over 3.5 Sets later in the day (on the 888 Sports Betting Romanian market we have some very good promotions lately), this @ 1.48 seems to be the standard for most of the matches * it does go down closer to the starting time of the events...
PS. we had 7 matches that ended in 5 Sets (this stat is top 3 record for number of matches that needed deciding set in Day 1 * pretty crazy as we had weather issues too and many matches were moved to Day 2, IIRC only 5-6 matches ended with a win in 3 Sets * so a very good start for the Over 3.5 Sets bet), the most surprising one was definitely Mariano Navone def. Novak Djokovic 7-6(5), 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, I mean in the previous post I've mentioned how Nole isn't the player we've got used too for like 20 years (he's still my GOAT), someone that 'destroys' opponents in the 1st week of Grand Slams and rarely loses to players ranked way lower than him... it comes with age I guess, but it's also a bad match-up as Navone is a counter player - someone that can defend really well and stay in the rally and can make the sets/match very long, while Nole nowadays wants/needs short rallies/sets/matches* the 1st 3 Sets of the match were already over 3 hours... I've mentioned this match as Nole received a lot of criticism on social media, with many tennis 'experts' calling for his retirement... wtf?! I can't think of another athlete that's in the conversation of being the GOAT of his sport, that's shown little to no respect (even most of the press conferences for the past few seasons had lots of disrespectful questions/reporters); people seem to forget that even at 39 yo Nole is still ATP Nb. 5 (also his lost matches for the past few seasons came mostly to Sinner and Alcaraz, usually in Semis or Finals of Grand Slams - 2 insanely good players, at the 'Big 3' level, but 15+ years younger than Nole) * probably he'll be out of Top 10 for the 1st time, in like forever haha, after the US Open... I still hope we'll see Nole play at the next Olympic games (2028), also hopefully he'll receive more respect from all the people involved in tennis and/or follow the sport - Nole deserves a good end of arguably the best career an athlete can have!
PS. I've went for a few Over 3.5 Sets for today too, but couldn't post here as I was on the road (IRL stuff), again - it's not needed to be an 'expert' to be successful with this bet, at most close matches you can't go wrong by picking Over 3.5 Sets (where you have followed the 2 players and know their style of play/how consistent they are etc.); but I'll still try to post a few more bets here and hopefully we'll manage to make some profit together...
GLGL all with your bets 💲💰💸