Quote from: Strongkored on Today at 04:07:09 AM

Quote from: Joca97 on July 14, 2023, 07:34:47 PM

Quote from: bitbollo on July 14, 2023, 04:30:00 PM

no final for Sinner. not being able to reach the final is not a surprise.... the bookmakers quoted his victory today between @4.5 / @4.80 ... after so many defeats due to injuries at least he seems to have found a decent physical form .. and he is certainly a player who will play at a very high level in the next few years

Well i won my bet on under games and it was pretty close due to Sinner missing those set points. But still Sinner got lucky to come to this stage of the tournament. The best player that he played during the tournament before Djokovic was Halys that is ranked 79th. I think that also had an effect on Sinner because he played only easy matches.

To be honest, I was quite disappointed with yesterday's semifinals, either because Djokovic and Alcaraz were really ready to face their opponents or because their opponents couldn't play with their highest performance, last year Jannick Sinner was able to take two sets from Djokovic but this time not even for a set though, and Medvedev, who looked like he couldn't get out of the pressure of the third set, was a bit hopeful but still couldn't find his best form.
The final between Djokovic vs Alcaraz was as predicted, Djokovic remains the favorite considering he is quite superior in this tournament and rarely sees odds on Djokovic above 1.30 this time he gets 1.54 with Alcaraz 2.55, if many think Djokovic often loses the initial set and after that playing at the highest level of his game but I'm pretty sure he's not going to do that this time and from Djokovics match with all the young players it's surprising the age difference is over 13 years but his fitness doesn't show he's older.

Well done Joca97 in calling the under bet, it was all done in 32 games! and like bitbollo
I am still waiting for bigger things from one of my favourite players.

I too am dissapointed with both finals Strongkored, I actually thought they would have
been closer.

What this means ^{for grass court season at least} is that a grand slam winner
in Medvedev needs to find another level or two to get up to where our finalists are - performance
wise and Sinner probably needs another 2 levels?

Alcaraz or Djokovic for the final? really have not got a clue, both players have been
fairly clinical this year at Wimbledon, maybe I'm edging towards the young gun
if he can replicate his fine drop shots again to mix up his game??