The Grandstand’s Ricky Dimon and Ben Rothenberg of the New York times have come of with seven prop bets for Day 10 at the Australian Open–seven prop bets on which they differ, to be more specific. Join the fun in the comments section with your own opinions!
1) Number of times the words “Sandgren” or “Hsieh” are mentioned in both Angelique Kerber’s and Madison Keys’ press conferences combined. OVER/UNDER 0.5.
BEN: UNDER.
RICKY: OVER. Either Keys will be asked about her fellow American Sandgren or Kerber will be asked about her last match against Hsieh.
2) Karolina Pliskova number of sets won vs. Simona Halep. OVER/UNDER 0.5.
BEN: UNDER.
RICKY: OVER. Pliskova should be able to catch fire for at least one set. She can hit Kerber off the court when she does.
3) Tomas Berdych number of sets won vs. Roger Federer: OVER/UNDER 0.5.
BEN: OVER.
RICKY: UNDER. This should be a beatdown.
4) Number of times the words “Twitter” or “tweet” are used during Tennys Sandgren’s press conference: OVER/UNDER 4.5.
BEN: OVER.
RICKY: UNDER. “Social media” will be used enough time to keep the “Twitter” count under 4.5.
5) Number of highlight videos from Mansour Bahrami’s legends doubles match posted by the Australian Open Twitter handle: OVER/UNDER 0.5.
BEN: OVER.
RICKY: UNDER. Toss-up.
6) Will the Lleyton Hewitt/Sam Groth post-match interview be transcripted?
BEN: NO.
RICKY: YES. If they win, they will be in the main interview room. If they lose, there is still a chance.
7) Madison Keys games won +3.5 vs. Angelique Kerber games won.
BEN: KEYS.
RICKY: KERBER. This might not be too competitive. Bad matchup for Keys.
whatcha got?
Ricky – very impressed by your call on the Keys-Kerber match, and your call on Cilic-Nadal too.
Rick right on the money with both Fed and Kerber “over/unders”….both beat downs!!