Quote from: Dump3er on July 09, 2025, 10:49:56 PM

Quote from: Haunebu on July 09, 2025, 08:22:14 PM

Sinner vs Djokovic will probably turn out to be one heck of a cracker. Am expecting Sinner to go through since he knows how to takedown the Joker nicely. Alcaraz should defeat Fritz and go to the final as well.

Bet on Alcaraz to win the Wimbeldon 3rd time in a row since the dude is in the form of his life and is on an insane winning streak. Also, I am expecting Bencic to win the championship now.

That is what I hope for, but it could be quickly over if Djokovic doesn't find into the game quickly. Djokovic needed less momentum when he was younger. He could solve it with his pure skill. But nowadays I think momentum is important for him, especially it the most difficult matches against top 5 players. Sinner's performance against Dimitrow was so bad that I think this time Djokovic has a chance. The last four matches against Djokovic were all won by Sinner.

I do agree, during Djokovic's prime, he could lost the first two sets even against a high level opponent and then gathered himself and won the next three games in a spectacular fashion. But with his current version, he didn't have the luxury anymore, he really need to get off the gate very high and explosive and built a momentum around it. He should win at least the very first set to established the tone and he is the one going to dictate the game moving forward and not the other way around. But I guess even those who are not into tennis will want to see a great semi finals match between the two and we can hope that it will be a crazy game, down to the wire and it will be decided on the last set with a tie breaker games. And as I check the odds, Sinner is the huge favorite, and the handicap is -3.5 for him. On the other side, Alcaraz as well with a not so appealing odds at 1.17 ML, and -5.5 in the handicap.