Mariano Navone beat Novak Djokovic 7-6(5), 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 on Sunday night at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The Navone Djokovic upset ran four hours and 36 minutes, which the Associated Press called the longest opening match of any major in Djokovic’s career. Djokovic had been 19-0 in US Open first rounds. He led two sets … Read more
Taylor Fritz lost a quarterfinal on Friday afternoon in Ohio, beaten 7-6(9), 4-6, 6-3 by Brandon Nakashima, the 27th seed. On the same day his price to win the US Open more than tripled. Both of those things happened, and the second one had nothing to do with him. What happened instead was the Sinner … Read more
The Tirante Djokovic odds had Novak Djokovic somewhere between -360 and -450 when the two walked on court in Cincinnati on Saturday, depending on which book you were reading. Those prices convert to somewhere between 78 and 82 percent. Two public estimates landed in the same neighborhood: the simulation site Dimers had Djokovic at 81 … Read more