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Who is there? Who actually wants to play tennis? Two key questions that need to be answered before diving into who is going to win in the event before the US Open.
August is the month of big boy, hard court tennis. Right on the heels of the Canadian Open is the Cincinnati Masters. Along with the Sunshine Double and the Madrid/Rome wind-up for the French Open, this is the third instance of back-to-back Masters Series events on the calendar.
Winner, winner, chicken dinner. That’s the saying, right? After a 5/1 winner in Washington, with Alex Zverev doing the back to back, the tour heads to Toronto for the Rogers Cup (Canadian Open).
The last week with three tournaments till the end of the season gets underway Monday, with events in Kitzbuhel, Austria, Washington, DC and Los Cabos, Mexico.
The second week after Wimbledon sees the tour make its way further toward the full summer hard court season. Last week there was one grass and two clay; this week there is one hard, two clay. Next week there is two hard, one clay. So, prepare yourself for multiple surfaces across multiple continents one more … Continue reading Tennis Betting Odds and Predictions: German Tennis Championships, Swiss Open Gstaad, and BB&T Atlanta Open
With British pomp and circumstance in the rearview, let’s dig into Week 29 on the tour and see if there is some value in these minor tournaments.
The next two weeks are the greatest fortnight in tennis as every player is geared up to play the most unique of tournaments. This is Wimbledon.
The true warm-ups for Wimbledon are over, and after a success with Marin Cilic in London at 5/1, it’s time to move on to the traditional Wimbledon preamble in Eastbourne (nee Nottingham) and the newly created tournament in Antalya, Turkey.
Grass season is in full swing and this week represents the true warm-up events for Wimbledon. With this many big names in action, long shots may be hard to uncover, so let’s dig into each tournament and see what’s there.
Things kickoff this week in Stuttgart, Germany and s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, both six hours ahead of EST, so there will be breakfast tennis every morning for North American tennis fans.
