Halep has a 2-1 record vs. Sabalenka, but 2 of those meetings were played in 2018 or before and Sabalenka won their most recent meeting (January 2020) in dominant fashion. Sabalenka looks to have shown up in good form this week, and the courts certainly suit her game. We lost against her (backed Mertens) yesterday, and Mertens frankly never stood much of a chance given how easily Sabalenka was winn...

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Martinez is playing the best tennis of his career in 2020, coming out of qualifiers and winning 3 matches / reaching R2 in every Clay event this year. This comes on the heels of a poor 2019 when he was hampered by injury and unable to post any notable results outside the challenger tour. Alba is a veteran player who plays his best tennis on Clay courts, but has also seen a number of injuries affect his form and fitness over the past 18 months, and this has seen him d...

Kec has vastly superior Historical Data on Hard courts, showing +2% / +3.5% Hold and Break deltas over the past 1Y along with 0% / +7% Hold and Break deltas over the past 6M on the surface. Hold and break deltas on the Common Opponent model favor Thom...

Ymer comes in on an upswing, having seemingly made the break from Challenger dominant to Tour level player. He's won 7/11 matches in the last 3M and has shown a steady 6M uptrend not only in the level of his play, but his ability to rise to the level of strong quality opponents. Gasquet will always be talented and dangerous, but he comes off a year severely hampered by injuries and has only played 3 matches in the last 3M (2-1). Notably, Gasquet DID NOT...

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Torpegaard is a competent Hard-Court player while Belluci is a Brazilian grinder with no business str...

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Jung comes in on a serve heater, winning 4 straight set matches to get through qualifying and R1 while winning 75% of his serve points and holding north of 95% of serve games, while winning 40% + of return points. The courts clearly suit him, and he comes in on a strong rhythm / should be warm to this surface.

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