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
Jannik Sinner withdrew from the Cincinnati Open on Sunday with a sore right knee. Five days earlier, Carlos Alcaraz pulled out of the same tournament, still recovering from the wrist problem that’s kept him off tour since April. Both US Open favorites will turn up in New York on August 30 with no hard-court matches … Read more