OT: The Tennis thread

[tducey]

I was wrong on Denis. Still think he should make it through qualifying though.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

People gotta stay away from that Skyline Chili.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

She’s so burdened she can’t take a second to double-check what she’s publishing?

(Also, wtf does yoga have to do with toothpaste?)

 

[dash]

Who's that behind those eclipse glasses?

 

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Not when the sport of tennis needs, more allegations of match fixing.

Suspicious betting patterns for Sunday’s first-round match of the Winston-Salem Open between Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov and Thiago Monteiro of Brazil caused the Tennis Integrity Unit to investigate.

Dolgopolov, ranked No. 63 in the world with a career high of No. 13 in 2012, lost 6-3, 6-3 to Monteiro, the No. 114-ranked player in the ATP.

According to TIU, it was informed of the match because Dolgopolov’s betting odds changed rapidly before the match started. Some bookmakers suspended all betting because of the suspicious activity.

“The Tennis Integrity Unit was made aware of concerns over betting patterns during the match between Alexandr Dolgopolov and Thiago Monteiro at the ATP World Tour event in Winston-Salem, USA, yesterday (Sunday, Aug. 20),” a statement from TIU said.


Dolgopolov investigated for match-fixing following Winston-Salem Open match on Sunday

 

[tducey]

Genie got a win yesterday so that's good. She has the #1 seed Radwanska in the next round though so good luck to her.

 

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Both Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime won their US Open qualifying matches this morning. Two more wins for both and they punch their ticket to the main draw.

 

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Another accolade for Denis...

 

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Milos has withdrawn from the US Open (wrist injury still giving him issues).

 

[tducey]

To bad about Raonic. Be interesting to see if Denis (Should he make it) or Genie can make some noise in the US open.

 

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Denis won his second US Open qualifying match this morning, one more win and he's into the main draw.

/Felix Auger-Aliassime lost his match, but still a fine showing against Sergiy Stakhovsky who is currently ranked #97 in the world.

 

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Denis Shapovalov has qualified for the US Open main draw - Way to go Shapo!

 

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There's an American playing at the US Open against Marin Cilic today, his name is Tennys Sandgren.

/No confirmation if he has a brother named Lacrosse

 

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Denis onto round 2 with a straight sets win (7-5 6-1 6-2) over Medvedev of Russia.

 

[tducey]

Good win for Denis yesterday, be nice to see Genie go on a mini run at the US open.

 

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Denis the Menace is good at tennis.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Denis Shapovalov has qualified for the US Open main draw - Way to go Shapo!

El shapo.

 

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Updated odds to win the US Open:

 

[Dacks]

The bottom half of the draw is pretty wide open. Could easily see a first-time slam finalist - can Dennis keep his miracle run going?

I think the most impressive thing is his consistency and versatility - he's not beating guys on a single weapon, or with tiebreaks - he's consistently outplaying opponents in the top 50.