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Just got a wake up call of why I hardly ever do futures...
Had Elena Rybakina at really good odds at 6.5 to 1 to win tourney.
She is around a 1 to 6 favorite for today's match and withdraws before start due to illness. :/
With that said the "real" matches she had to win hadn't really started yet.
Had Elena Rybakina at really good odds at 6.5 to 1 to win tourney.
She is around a 1 to 6 favorite for today's match and withdraws before start due to illness. :/
With that said the "real" matches she had to win hadn't really started yet.
I get they are rich already. But could u imagine if u or I are playing in any sort of tournament where if you win you win around 100k(not exactly sure the pay out at this point) and a chance to win 2 million with no downside of losing money and on top of that ur a 1 to 6 favorite. I have to believe I am playing even if throwing up between points. Haha.
I am not saying she should have done this---obviously she shouldn't have. Just talking what most of the population would have done for this sort of cash.
Disappointing Taylor
Iga Swiatek finds 'Bakery' meme disrespectful to opponents.
PARIS -- Iga Swiatek underlined her credentials Saturday as a French Open favorite after serving up double bagels again with a 6-0, 6-0 win, but the world No. 1 refused to be swept up in the "Iga's Bakery" social media craze.Swiatek thrashed Wang Xinyu without dropping a game to cruise into the fourth round, the second time in a month she had won by that scoreline after beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in Rome.
The 22-year-old Polish player has dropped only eight games in three matches in Paris this year, while nine opponents have lost at least one set 6-0 to her this year.
Saturday's result was no different, as she beat Wang in 51 minutes. But when a question about "Iga's Bakery" was put to Swiatek after her victory, her smile vanished before the top seed said she wanted to remain respectful to her opponents.
"Look, I don't want to really talk about that. I really get why people do that because it's fun and tennis is entertainment and everything," Swiatek said. "But from the players' point of view, I want to be respectful to my opponents. You don't see the stuff that is behind the scenes. Sometimes it's not easy to play such matches, and sometimes it's not easy also for the opponents.
"I don't want to talk about the bakery. Twitter can talk about it, but I'm just going to be focused on tennis."
Swiatek will next face Lesia Tsurenko, who lost 6-2, 6-0 to her in Rome last month. Tsurenko described playing Swiatek as "one of the biggest challenges on tour".
"I just had a match against her in Rome, which was good just to feel how she's playing and to feel the speed of her shots," Tsurenko said. "It was a good lesson for me, so I will try to play better this time."
