Down Goes No. 2 🎾

Just one round into the French Open and we've already seen one of the biggest upsets in recent major tournaments. Thiago Seyboth Wild had to qualify to even get here, but took down No. 2 Daniil Medvedev in a five set thriller on Tuesday morning. Let's look at updated future odds and today's matchups 🇫🇷 (2 min read)

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Justin Schnell
May 31, 2023

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Down Goes No. 2

We’re officially done with the opening round of the first French Open without Rafa Nadal in 19 years. Favorites Djokovic and Alcaraz both advanced easily, but 23 year old qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild was the story of the day. Ranked just 172nd in the world, he came back from down two sets to one to take out No. 2 Daniil Medvedev, who entered the tournament with the most tour wins this season 👏

Entering the French Open, Medvedev had the fourth best odds (+800) to win the whole thing, but with Djokovic and Alcaraz on the same side of the bracket, the Russian was thought of as a lock to at least reach the finals. Medvedev lost the crowd, and Seyboth Wild seized the moment 🎥

Outside of Medvedev, the only other upset worth touching on was 36 year old Fabio Fognini taking down No. 10 Felix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets. Fognini was ranked in the Top-10 just four years ago, but has dropped down to 130 since then. Bad loss for Felix (says he was injured), who has loads of potential at just 22 years old, but seems to lose matches he should win in many of the major tournaments 😏

With second round action kicking off today, take a quick look at the tournament favorites with Medvedev and Felix knocked out 👇

Odds To Win The French Open (subject to change)

  • Carlos Alcaraz: +135

  • Novak Djokovic: +200

  • Holger Rune: +750

  • Jannik Sinner: +900

  • Casper Ruud: +1600

  • Stefanos Tsitsipas: +2400

Trivia Question: Nadal won his first French Open title in 2005, who did he beat?

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For My Parlay Gurus

Due to the time difference, as you’re reading this a bunch of today’s matches have already kicked off. Looking at the second wave of games, here’s who I like to advance. Tennis parlays are usually a solid bet, but apologies if one of my guys doesn’t come through 👇

  • Cameron Norries ML vs. Lucas Poille: -400

  • Alejandro Davidovich Fokina ML vs. Luca Van Assche: -260

  • Lorenzo Musetti ML vs. Alexander Shevchenko: -385

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Trivia Answer: In 2005, Nadal beat Argentinian Mariano Puerta in four sets en route to his first French Open title

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