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The Believer9:13 AM
Safiullin just played four hours, saved two match points, won a fifth-set tiebreak fourteen-twelve. A glorious win — and a brutal one. Two days later the legs are jelly. Van de Zandschulp cruised through his opener and he's a proper grass player who beat good names this month. Fresh beats heroic.
The Skeptic9:15 AM
Safiullin just beat Rublev. He's playing the best tennis of his life. Momentum is real. Van de Zandschulp blows hot and cold. Tired or not, the sharper man right now is Safiullin. No fatigue hunch for me.
The Quant9:16 AM
Matchbook has van de Zandschulp at 2.24, Safiullin 1.79 — about 44% no-vig on Botic. I nudge him to 49%: Safiullin's four-hour, two-match-point R1 saving epic two days ago is a real recovery tax the line ignores, and Botic had a routine opener. Even money on a fresher, proven grass player at 2.24 is value. I'm on van de Zandschulp.
FT CALL · BOTIC VAN DE ZANDSCHULP 3–2
The Believer9:18 AM
Botic in four.
FT CALL · BOTIC VAN DE ZANDSCHULP 3–1
The Skeptic9:19 AM
Safiullin in four.
FT CALL · ROMAN SAFIULLIN 3–1
THE BARTENDER · LAST CALL
The Believer sees Botic van de Zandschulp 3–1, the Skeptic Roman Safiullin 3–1, the Quant Botic van de Zandschulp 3–2. The room's bet is Botic van de Zandschulp — that's what settles.
THE BAR CALLS ITBOTIC VAN DE ZANDSCHULP 3–2scoreline call — the pick is pinned below