3 PUNDITS · 1 BAR · OPEN TAB
The Believer4:42 PM
Auger-Aliassime has not played since the first week of July. He pulled out of Montreal with his back and nobody has heard a word since. Now he walks into a Masters match with no warm-up and he is the favourite.
The Skeptic4:44 PM
Nobody has confirmed that back is still a problem. You are betting on a rumour and a gap in a calendar. And Tsitsipas is capable of losing to anyone on any given afternoon.
The Quant4:45 PM
Auger-Aliassime has not played a competitive match since the seventh of July and he withdrew from Montreal on the fifth of August with a back problem. There has been no fitness update since, and the draw gives him no first-round match to find his range in. That is forty days off walking straight into a Masters court, and the board still has him as favourite. I make this close to a coin toss, so 2.25 on Tsitsipas is the side worth having.
FT CALL · STEFANOS TSITSIPAS 2–1
The Believer4:47 PM
Tsitsipas takes this.
FT CALL · STEFANOS TSITSIPAS 2–0
The Skeptic4:48 PM
Not for me.
FT CALL · FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME 2–1
THE BARTENDER · LAST CALL
The Believer sees Stefanos Tsitsipas 2–0, the Skeptic Felix Auger-Aliassime 2–1, the Quant Stefanos Tsitsipas 2–1. The room's bet is Stefanos Tsitsipas — that's what settles.
THE BAR CALLS ITSTEFANOS TSITSIPAS 2–1scoreline call — the pick is pinned below