The opening day of Wimbledon 2021 was a hugely rain affected affair which means we have a bumper schedule to look forward to on Tuesday as the tournament looks to catch up having lost half of the first day.
That all means we get to see the likes of Ash Barty, Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Daniil Medvedev as originally scheduled but also the likes of Denis Shapovalov, Karolina Pliskova and Eastbourne winner Alex de Minaur among others.
Day 1 Recap
It was an entertaining and dramatic day on Monday. While play didn’t start until 4pm on the outside courts there was plenty to entertain everyone on the main courts where Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray made it through in four sets, Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek flew through in straight sets and Petra Kvitova and Stefanos Tsitsipas were surprise exits from the tournament. Elsewhere there were defeats for Jannik Sinner, Reilly Opelka and Veronika Kudermetova from the seed list but Garbine Muguruza cruised through losing just one game.
Only three of our four bets were able to take place on Monday but already we are guaranteed a profit from them. Frances Tiafoe didn’t just stay within 6.5 games of Stefanos Tsitsipas he beat him in straight sets while Denis Kudla came from two sets down to beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina to guarantee a profit. Our speculative bet on Su-Wei Hsieh didn’t come off though and Tamara Zidansek is still to run.
Centre Court
Usually the defending women’s champion opens up the second day on Centre Court but Simona Halep isn’t here this year so world number one Ash Barty has that honour. She meets the veteran Carla Suarez Navarro before the king of SW19, Roger Federer, steps back onto his favourite court. The Swiss hero takes on the awkward French player Adrian Mannarino before the action concludes with another player who has won here on several occasions in Serena Williams. She meets Aliaksandra Sasnovich for a place in the second round.
Court 1
With two women’s matches on Centre Court that means there are two men’s matches on Court 1 and they begin with the US Open finalist Alexander Zverev taking to the court for the first time this week. The German meets Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands before we see the 2018 ladies champion Angelique Kerber on show. The Bad Homburg winner meets Nina Stojanovic before the second seeds Daniil Medvedev takes on a third German player who is up on this court in the form of Jan-Lennard Struff.
Court 2
There is a loaded schedule on Court 2 on Tuesday as the bid to catch up begins. British number one Dan Evans is first up on this court when he takes on the former Queens champion Feliciano Lopez before Diego Schwartzman and Benoit Paire return to conclude their match which stopped with the Argentine star two sets up. Coco Gauff will follow them when she meets the British player Francesca Jones before a third Brit takes to this court as Cameron Norrie goes up against Lucas Pouille. The last match of a busy day sees the former US Open champion Bianca Andreescu going up against Alize Cornet.
Court 3
It is a deep schedule out on Court 3 on Tuesday as well with the former champion Venus Williams getting the action underway. She faces Mihaela Buzarnescu before the French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova begins her quest for successive Grand Slam titles when she meets Clara Tauson. When they are done, two men who know how to go deep in a Grand Slam battle it out when Fernando Verdasco takes on Grigor Dimitrov before the exciting and talented Canadian star Felix Auger-Aliassime meets Thiago Monteiro.
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Best of the Rest
With the tournament looking to catch up over the course of Tuesday there are plenty of big names dotted around the grounds throughout the day. Denis Shapovalov, Nick Kyrgios, Gael Monfils, Halle champion Ugo Humbert, Victoria Azarenka and Belinda Bencic are all on Court 12 while over on Court 18 we will see the likes of Elise Mertens, Fabio Fognini, Kiki Bertens, Marin Cilic and Pablo Carreno Busta on show. Other seeds in action on Tuesday include Alison Riske, Cristian Garin, Ons Jabeur, Jessica Pegula, Karolina Pliskova, Maria Sakkari and Alex de Minaur.
Men’s Betting
I was close to backing Sam Querrey outright for this tournament but the amount of tennis he has played on the grass this season might catch up with him in the end which put me off. I certainly have no problem backing him to beat Pablo Carreno Busta, a player who has been to Wimbledon five times and is yet to win a match. Contrast that to Querrey who is a former semi-finalist here and a regular threat on grass and you can see why I think the 10/11 on the American is a big price. Carreno Busta likes to get into a rhythm from the baseline on courts which bounce higher than these. He won’t get that rhythm with Querrey’s serve winging past his ears at regular intervals so the American looks a good thing to me.
Nick Kyrgios plays for the first time since the Australian Open here and he has been landed a draw against one of the men he beat in Melbourne in Ugo Humbert, the recent Halle winner, in a match which should be a lot more high profile than it actually is. There were only six breaks of serve in five sets in their Melbourne clash and if you think their serves are even more potent on this court I’m not expecting many breaks here, assuming Kyrgios has prepared properly which he should have done. The game line for this one is 40.5 and I think we’ll get that covered in four sets so I’m happy to take the over there.
Another match I expect the serve to dominate in is the one between Jan-Lennard Struff and Daniil Medvedev. Struff beat Medvedev in Halle a couple of weeks ago but the Russian has won in Mallorca since then so he will feel a lot more confident here. Both these players have big serves which they can use to their advantage throughout this contest and I wouldn’t actually be surprised if the low looking 34.5 game line is covered in straight sets. There is more than half a chance of this going beyond three sets though and that should lead to this line being covered with a fair bit to spare.
Women’s Betting
I’ve already got the outstanding bet on Tamara Zidansek to beat Karolina Pliskova still to run but I’ll add one more to that from the women’s draw on Tuesday and that comes in the form of the Berlin champion Ludmilla Samsonova who I expect to be too good for Kaia Kanepi. Kanepi is in the latter stages of her career and she has only won two matches in the last five Wimbledon’s so this isn’t a venue or a tournament she has a great record in.
Samsonova was a revelation when she won in Berlin recently. In Ana Konjuh, Marketa Vondrousova, Veronika Kudermetova, Madison Keys, Victoria Azarenka and Belinda Bencic she beat some established players to win the title that week and if she isn’t taking confidence from that she won’t take it from anything. If that was last week I might be a little concerned here but it wasn’t, it was the week before so she has had enough time to come down from that and come into this one to prove that was no fluke. I expect her to cover a 3.5 game handicap.
Tips
Back S.Querrey to beat P.Carreno Busta for a 3/10 stake at 1.91 with Bet365
Back N.Kyrgios vs U.Humbert – Over 40.5 games for a 3/10 stake at 1.91 with Betfair
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Back J-L.Struff vs D.Medvedev – Over 34.5 games for a 3/10 stake at 1.80 with Betway
Back L.Samsonova (-3.5 games) to beat K.Kanepi for a 3/10 stake at 1.75 with BetVictor
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