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US Open WTA Doubles Championship     

Friday Sept. 5, 2025          start time    9 am PST

Townsend / Siniakova  -227   

Taylor has had a wonderful tourney in singles, doubles and also the mixed doubles with B. Shelton, her magical tourney will culminate with a victory with Siniakova tomorrow.

No need to get into any stats or other reasoning or analysis.

GLTA

bringit.......... the match played out pretty much like I saw it, especially after Kostyuk lose in 3 sets a few hours earlier in the singles against Muchova, expending a lot of mental and emotional energy in the loss.

The match started exactly 3 hours and around 15 minutes after her singles match ended.

Occasionally in the WTA / ATP 1000 events or other slams I can find opportunities where a singles player advances in the tourney and have to play a doubles match in the same day with only 3 or 4 hours of rest. Most of the time the highly ranked plyers (there are a few who still play both singles & doubles) just do a walkover / forfeit instead of playing the doubles match expending physical and mental energy, because they make the big money playing singles.

Anyway, I have really been enjoying watching the matches.

GLTU

bringit................... I seriously believe that if Kostyuk wins this match with Muchova she will withdraw from the doubles because it would put her kin the quarters and there is too much money at stake to risking it by staying in the doubles and maybe having an injury, just to try and win around 50,000 dollars.

If she loses, she may well continue in the doubles match out of loyalty to her doubles partner G. Ruse and she'll give a halfhearted effort.

Regardless of whatever happens I feel that I made my wager having an edge and if the match is played and I lose then so be it.

GLTU

 Kudermetova V / Mertens E.   -244          

Kudermetova V / Mertens E.   -244          is my pick

Kostyuk M / Ruse E.  +179

Kudermetova V / Mertens E.   -244            seated #4

Supposedly start Time: 12:50 today sept. 1, 2025 – it’s possible that Kostyuk may withdraw. If not, she may play for the money and make a half-hearted effort.

I just wagered on this match while Kostyuk is presently playing her round of 16 match with Muchova.  Kostyuk just held serve in the first game of the 2 set.

This doubles match is supposed to start at 12:50 pm today Sept. 1 however its no way it will be played before 4 or 5 pm today after Kostyuk has time to rest and relax for a minimum of 3 hours or more from her singles match.

No matter whether Kostyuk comes back and beats Muchova or not, mentally and emotionally she will be drained.

If Kostyuk wins her singles match it will be worth $660,000us so it’s a huge monetary price on this singles match which will take a lot out of her mentally and emotionally.

I feel that I have a big edge in my doubles pick of Mertens / Kudermetova who both are out of the singles competition and will have 100% focus and concentration on winning this doubles matchup sometime today.

GLTA

bringit.......... GLTU today my friend.

Bronzetti just won the 4th game of the 3rd set to secure me a win with my +6 games.

There are many way better handicappers on this forum than me and many cappers that know a lot more about tennis than I do, however I am very happy with myself that what I saw in this matchup raised red flags to me as to what was I missing……

Valentova opend -540 and by match time she was -476 and I could get +6 game.

I felt that I was not missing anything in reading Bronzetti’s history, and she could surely hang with this 18-year-old and not get blown out and could win a few games some way, somehow because she has demonstrated throughout her career.

That through her recent experience & play over the last several months and throughout her career she could win some games against some of the world's top players…………….and those top players were trying their best to double bagel her.

GLTU today bringit.

Early Match 8 AM

Lucia Bronzetti       +6 games   -167 @ bookmaker           over   T. Valentova

Valentova is -476 and yesterday she was -540 over Bronzetti

Bronzetti is 26yrs old and ranked #56 and in the last month she has wins over Ostapenko and Kasitina and D. Vekic and she has played Gauff and several other top 40 women.

Valentova is 18 yrs old and #96 has a record of 22-3 since May 19, 2025.
Am I missing something? A lot of challengers and WTA 250 or lower tourneys

Why was the line -476 and yesterday -540 over a seasoned vet that’s only 26 yrs old and has played against na lot of players far more experienced and better than Valentova.

Can she beat Bronzetti by +6 games.

Well I’ve put my money on Bronzetti +6 games so we shall see.

GLTA

Galen came through. Congrats !!!

Bjorn_ Borg have a look and tell me what you think.

Seidel + Riedi 

Seidel 2-0      over     Destanee Aiava

Riedi 2-0        over      Garret Johns

Bjorn the writeup you did on Aug.18 is almost the same writeup you could do tommorrow on these 2 matches.

I’ve already made a parlay wager on these two again. GLTU tomorrow.

Bjorn_Borg.........  M. Landaluce lost that 1st set to Grenier however now he seems to have woken up.

Bjorn _Borg ........... I am wishing & rooting for your success with Tsispas winning this 3rd set. Regardless of the outcome your capping is very much on point. You had this match handicapped perfectly.

As always, a very good & in-depth write-up. Thanks, and GLTU.

Round of 16: 120 points | $56,678
Quarterfinals: 215 points | $106,900

Today I have 2 plays

Ella Seidel +3.5 games -127          over         Gracheva

Magda Linette +3.5 games -131    over          Kudermetova

The difference between winning and losing this match for both of my picks is worth $50,000,

Plus, potentially more in the next round.

TV analyst and all the former players and pundits always downplay and rarely ever mention the huge amounts of money these players are playing for.

To the top players this kind of money is no big deal, however to journeymen / journey women and marginal players or players that have not been in the top 20 or 30 for several years it is a big deal and for this reason I know that I will get a maximum effort from my picks.

They will have focus, determination & a good fighting spirit.

Plus, the ranking points translate to a lot more good payday for the next 12 months.

From what I have seen all this week so far, Ella Seidel has the game to hang with Gracheva and to keep it close. This week already she has beaten Emma Navarro and Kesseler who IMHO are both better than Gracheva, so from what I have seen, she won’t be intimated or overwhelmed by Gracheva’s game.

Magda Linette beat Kudermetova in Doha in February; she lost the 1st set 6-3 then won the 2nd set 6-0 and won the match 6-4 in the 3.

She beat J. Pegula yesterday 6-3 in the 3………….Shes 33 yrs old and at this stage of her career she's a seasoned experienced journey woman, so I’m sure that I’ll get maximum effort from her today and she'll use every tool in her toolbox to keep it competitive and close to allow herself a chance to upset Kudermetova again.

As always, in betting on women’s matches you never know what you’ll get, but today I feel good about my choices.

GLTA

I was wrong on this one. Congrat's to all the J. B. Maneiro backers.

Watching this Aoi Ito match and thoroughly enjoying it. She just hit a slice forehand in the six game at 15-30 and it caught Pavlyuchenkova completely flatfooted. It reminds me of playing against a junk baller that was is athletic at all but has that junk ballers game that would piss off and frustrate everyone.