Analyst · 0-7 on settled picks
“So yeah, I'm going to take Roberto Bautista Agu 14 to one [8:58] to win his quarter to my best bet as well. We are in agreement.”
Roberto Bautista Agut lost in the first round of Wimbledon 2023 to Roman Safiullin and did not win his draw quarter; the quarter was won by Novak Djokovic, per Wikipedia. (Lost R1)
“And at 10-1, he's my favorite bet to win the quarter.”
Frances Tiafoe (seeded 10th, in Quarter 2) lost in the third round to Grigor Dimitrov; Quarter 1 was won by Alcaraz, and Tiafoe was not even in Quarter 1, per Wikipedia. (Lost R3)
“So I'm going to go first with a Roland Garros rematch. [45:55] Arthur Feiss is plus 122 against Alejandro Davidovic Fakina.”
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Arthur Fils 7-6(3), 6-1, 6-2 in the Wimbledon 2023 first round. (Davidovich Fokina def. Fils 7-6(3), 6-1, 6-2)
“And then I guess I'll also add [49:04] Mackie McDonald plus 180, [49:08] Alexander Bublik kind of mentioned [49:11] wanting to fade Bublik.”
Alexander Bublik beat Mackenzie McDonald 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the Wimbledon 2023 first round. (Bublik def. McDonald 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4)
“but Medvedev plus 900 to win, which it would be wild to think about even last year or three weeks ago.”
Daniil Medvedev was upset in the first round of the 2023 French Open by 172nd-ranked qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-6, 6-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4; Novak Djokovic won the title (NBC Sports). (Medvedev lost R1 to Wild)
“So it's really Struff who's my favorite bet in this quarter.”
Jan-Lennard Struff was eliminated in the first round of the 2023 French Open by Jiří Lehečka and did not win his quarter (Wikipedia / Jan-Lennard Struff Wikipedia). (Struff lost R1)
“The number I like here is cam Nori who's plus 600. And, uh, I don't understand really why, because he's phenomenal so far.”
Cameron Norrie lost in the third round of the 2023 Australian Open to Jiri Lehecka in five sets; Stefanos Tsitsipas won that quarter and reached the final. (Norrie lost R3 to Lehecka 6-7(8), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4)