Let's talk about Rybakina vs Svitolina.......
Svitolina is coming off a highly emotional match (Putin's invasion weighing heavy on her mind) This has nothing to do with tennis but as we have seen previously in the WTA extreme highs and lows are a factor. Put beating Iga than absolutely taking a dump against Ostapenko. Navarro playing at the highest level against Coco and next match today looked like a completely different player. The question is does Svitolina do the same? As we know Rybakina's biggest hurdle is her health. She has an impressive 38-7 record this year with three titles, 3-2 against top 10 opponents.
It's funny you say this, when I was watching that Kalinskaya match and they kept showing Sinner over in the box I thought about jokingly posting to go all in on Medvedev if she lost lol.
I'm mostly going to just watch today. I have a pending bet on Siniakova/Townsend I placed yesterday. Still like that one but I've been pretty cold on my last few doubles picks. Ostapenko might be a bit more motivated in doubles if she loses this morning though, which looks probable at this point.
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Hard to go against him in this event. He is well rested that is for sure. The reigning champ Rublev is an emotional wreck right now and cannot be trusted until he gets his confidence back. Pretty excited to see Nadal back in action. Nadal/ Alcaraz at the Olympics is a MUST WATCH on the clay.
Siniakova/Townsend have looked really good their last two matches and seem to be getting into a good flow here. Hsieh/Mertens will be an interesting matchup. They have looked great as usual and they did against Gauff/Pegula but the Americans looked about as good as me and one of my buddies would playing at Wimbledon.
I switched over to the Barb match after Siniakova/Townsend was over and ended up taking Routliffe at plus money after it went to the third set. It definitely looked like Barb may have tanked that final set. The whole match Barb was serving just like she's been serving all tournament and they were winning those games easily. Then the Siegemund serve was their problem every time with multiple games in the final two sets lasting 10-13 minutes on her serve. Then in the final set they break Siegemund early but then Routliffe gets broken back and Barb is serving at 4-4 in the third. Barb uncharacteristically double faults twice, loses the game to love, and Routliffe serves out the set 6-4. It was a long match that lasted late into the evening and her total time on court yesterday is definitely concerning going into a semifinal match today.
Thoughts on first semi....
Paolini has become everyone's darling for good reason as she has been hot as a firecracker this season. The fans are behind her, and Center court has yet to see Vekic this season. Shriver indicated yesterday she would get her on Center court this morning for an hour to hit balls. Paolini has been great playing as the valued dog but this match she is a favorite -160 to -175 area. Paolini's biggest scare was Keys and Vekic does have allot of similarities. Can Vekic handle the big stage is my biggest question?
Incredible match to watch. No vested interest in the match and was still a ball of nerves for each player. Not sure why Vekic continued to attempt the drop shot. I felt like I was watching an episode of Rocky. No pain, no pain. Congrats to the Italian Stallion and to our Paolini backers. 
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No investment made but a nice confidence booster moving forward.
. Speaking of doubles Barbora Krejcikova had a long three set match that lasted over three hours. In addition to the time spent on court against Osapenko. That is a lot of time on court on the eve of her semifinal.
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