TotallyTigers

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Sinner is going to get crushed by the media in New York.

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Seriously doubt this. He is the ATP and tennis media's golden boy. He'll get some cupcake questions but the media will help the ATP sweep it under the rug. The outrage/crushing will come from other players (and rightfully so).

Could tell that Fritz was super tight from 2nd set tiebreaker through the entire 3rd set. Loosened up some in 4th set and won, then got tight again in the 5th set.

Definitely a choke / melt on Fritz's part and very disappointing considering 2022 QF versus Rafa when he was up 2 sets to 1 and then similarly got tight and couldn't put Rafa away.

This is an epic choke job / melt by Fritz. Reminiscent of 2022 Wimbledon QF versus injured Nadal.

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Kansas City Chiefs: 11.5

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Put 1.45u on Chiefs over 10.5 (-145) when DK first released Chiefs and Niners win totals. Still think Chiefs go over 11.5 but feel much more comfortable paying the juice for 10.5. Just can't see KC losing 7 regular season games.

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Chicago Bears: 8.5

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Just took some under 8.5 (+115). Fading the Caleb Williams hype train.

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It’s stuck in Italy until 2025. I wonder where they would play it in the U.S.

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It was actually in Houston in 2003 and 2004 before they moved it to Shanghai. Was played at Westside Tennis Club where the US Men's Clay Court Championships used to be played before they moved the tourney to River Oaks. I went in '03. Saw Fed win his 1st year end championship beating Agassi easily in the Final. I was a huge Agassi fan but remember being blown away by Fed's level the entire tourney.

I think Houston was actually the last time they played this tourney outdoors. I'd imagine if/when it returns to the US it'll be in an NBA arena in a major city.

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The counterargument to this that people throw out is that Nadal has won the US Open once more than Djokovic, and only once less than Federer... and that's the fastest surface there is for a hardcourt slam.

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US Open is actually one of the slowest hardcourt surfaces on tour (along with Indian Wells and Miami). Aussie Open is fastest hardcourt slam and one of the fastest hardcourt surfaces on tour (along with Cinci).

Not too crazy that Rafa has had success at US Open but he's also capitalized well on his opportunities there (and has won it twice (2017 and 2019) with some incredibly easy/lucky draws). Novak only has 3 US Open titles but has made the final 9 times. Just a weird slam for him especially when you consider he's also made Aussie Open final 9 times but has won it every time.

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They are trying to push their ESPN + streaming services which has coverage of every match on every court

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LMAO....this really is the perfect Aussie Open to boycott.

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Shapo v Fritz mid to late afternoon on Ashe tomorrow. How do you degenerates see that playing out?

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Shapo in 4