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The Believer4:42 PM
Siniakova retired mid-match eleven days ago holding her shoulder. She has not finished a match since Wimbledon. Now she gets a bye and walks on stone cold against someone who has already won here.
The Skeptic4:44 PM
She has not withdrawn. If the shoulder were finished she would not be in the draw. And a bye is rest, not rust, whatever you lot decide it means today. Bouzas Maneiro is no world-beater either.
The Quant4:45 PM
Siniakova has one started and zero completed matches in six and a half weeks, and the one she started she walked away from while losing, with a shoulder problem reported. The bye means she has no chance to test it before this. Bouzas Maneiro won her opener in straight sets from a late-morning slot with two clear days after it. I have her a shade better than even and the price is 2.04, so that is the bet.
FT CALL · JESSICA BOUZAS MANEIRO 2–1
The Believer4:47 PM
Bouzas Maneiro.
FT CALL · JESSICA BOUZAS MANEIRO 2–0
The Skeptic4:48 PM
Pass.
FT CALL · KATERINA SINIAKOVA 2–1
THE BARTENDER · LAST CALL
The Believer sees Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 2–0, the Skeptic Katerina Siniakova 2–1, the Quant Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 2–1. The room's bet is Jessica Bouzas Maneiro — that's what settles.
THE BAR CALLS ITJESSICA BOUZAS MANEIRO 2–1scoreline call — the pick is pinned below