Phil Agius
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Good morning, Pickswise Nation! Baseball’s biggests stars are set to put on a show tonight and we also have top tennis action at Wimbledon, so let’s get straight to making your next bet better!
About Last Night
Vladdy cashes +365 Home Run Derby pick!
The lack of actual baseball games didn’t stop us finding a great winner yesterday as Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s Home Run Derby success cashed our Home Run Derby best bet at +365 odds! The Blue Jays slugger joined his father in winning the competition, beating Randy Arozarena in the final.
Djokovic and Alcaraz advance
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz punched their tickets to the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Monday and they were joined by America’s Christopher Eubanks, who rallied from 2-1 behind to defeat #5 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas. Madison Keys also staged a comeback in her match to beat Mirra Andreeva 3-6 7-6 6-2.
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Today’s Slate
MLB stars on show
MLB’s biggest names are in Seattle tonight for the All-Star Game at T-Mobile Park, which starts at 8:00 pm ET on FOX. The National League squad is favored by DraftKings, but other sportsbooks make it a pick ’em contest. Read today’s MLB predictions.
Grand Slam tennis action
Today’s tennis action at Wimbledon features 2 men’s quarterfinals and 2 women’s quarterfinals, including Andrey Rublev vs Novak Djokovic at 10:00 am ET. There’s still time to tail our experts’ top Wimbledon Day 9 tennis picks — and don’t forget to look out for our Day 10 predictions later today.
Best Bet of the Day
Tennis: Andrey Rublev over 0.5 breaks of serve over Novak Djokovic
10:00 am ET, ESPN
Andrey Rublev has always been more of a returner than a server, which is part of the reason why grass is not his best surface. But he is playing great from the baseline and just took down a huge server in Alexander Bublik, breaking serve 3 times on the way to his first Wimbledon quarterfinal berth. The Russian has earned 19 total breaks at these Championships, putting him just 1 off the overall lead. In 4 meetings with Djokovic, Rublev has failed to break serve twice, but one of those matches was a quick 2-setter on a fast indoor hard court and in the other he generated 5 break points at this year’s Australian Open but failed to convert. The world #7 broke Djokovic a combined 7 times in their other encounters, including a hard-to-believe 6 at the clay-court tournament in Belgrade 2 years ago. It is far tougher to break serve on grass, but asking Rublev to do it just once certainly isn’t too much. Read our full Wimbledon tennis predictions.
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Must-read
Don’t forget to check out our MLB All-Star Game predictions and YRFI/NRFI Best Bet and as well as our tennis best bets, we have golf predictions for this week’s event, the Scottish Open, from our golf expert Diane Knox Balas.
Be sure to head over to the Analysis tab for all today’s great betting content as it drops throughout the day.
Stat of the Day
The American League has won 9 straight All-Star Games.
Quote of the Day
“Everybody was telling me to calm down, to slow down, but you just can’t. You just can’t. You just got to continue to hit homers.”
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. did just that to claim the sluggers’ crown.
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