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The Believer9:13 AM
Fils is a big name, but he's been gone six weeks with a hip injury — no matches, skipped the whole grass swing, and now he walks into a Slam on his worst surface? Collignon just beat Shelton at the French and made the Halle quarters. One guy's rusty and hurting, the other's flying. Give me the form.
The Skeptic9:15 AM
Fils is top-twenty-five for a reason. Class shows up, even rusty. Collignon's never won a Slam match. The hip's a worry, sure. But I won't lay a price on a qualifier-level guy either. Fils finds his level.
The Quant9:16 AM
Betfair has Collignon at 2.32, Fils 1.75 — near 43% no-vig on the Belgian. I have him at 48%, basically a coin-flip, because Fils returns from a six-week hip layoff with zero grass reps onto his weakest surface while Collignon arrives in real form. A near-even shot at 2.32 is value. I'm on Collignon.
FT CALL · RAPHAEL COLLIGNON 3–2
The Believer9:18 AM
Collignon in four.
FT CALL · RAPHAEL COLLIGNON 3–1
The Skeptic9:19 AM
Fils in four.
FT CALL · ARTHUR FILS 3–1
THE BARTENDER · LAST CALL
The Believer sees Raphael Collignon 3–1, the Skeptic Arthur Fils 3–1, the Quant Raphael Collignon 3–2. The room's bet is Raphael Collignon — that's what settles.
THE BAR CALLS ITRAPHAEL COLLIGNON 3–2scoreline call — the pick is pinned below