Tennis best bets and predictions for Saturday, July 26th:<\/p>\n
We\u2019re officially on the road to the 2025 US Open. Over the next couple of weeks, some of the top players in the world will be competing in some massive hard-court tournaments. This week, I\u2019m focusing on the action in Washington DC, where the men and women are playing in a 500-level event: the Mubadala Citi DC Open. Keep reading for my tennis best bets for Saturday, July 26th, but make sure you also check out the Pro Picks page<\/a>. That\u2019s where you\u2019ll find my picks for some of the smaller events \u2014\u00a0including the random clay-court tournaments.<\/p>\n I do occasionally add picks throughout the day, as I like to see how odds are moving. So, keep checking the picks page every couple of hours if you want more of my action. That\u2019s also where you\u2019ll find picks from Gill Alexander, who does great work handicapping tennis on A Numbers Game. You can watch Gill analyze tennis<\/a> Monday to Friday from 10:00 am to noon ET. That said, if you like tennis, you might want to consider becoming a VSiN Pro<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n MORE: Check out our Pro Picks page for everything our experts\u00a0are betting!<\/a><\/p>\n 2025 Record: 917-889-1 (+47.65 units)<\/p>\n Leylah Fernandez vs. Elena Rybakina I\u2019m putting a little two-leg parlay in for Saturday, as we have some good matches and there isn\u2019t much value to be had in some of the individual matches. For the first leg, I\u2019m taking Rybakina to handle her business against Fernandez. I\u2019m always a little nervous about going against Fernandez, as she\u2019s a fiery player that tends to win the crowd over. That can get into the heads of her opponents. However, there\u2019s a massive difference in the way these two serve, making it hard to envision her pathway to victory. This is the second consecutive year in which Fernandez has had a hold percentage lower than 70%, and she\u2019s going up against a player with a hold percentage of 80.4%. That\u2019s simply going to be a lot for the Canadian to overcome, especially if she isn\u2019t extremely sharp from the baseline. And she was shaky from the back of the court against Taylor Townsend. She also was a little banged up towards the end. <\/p>\n With the second leg, I\u2019m fading Davidovich Fokina after an absolute war against Taylor Fritz last night. I have all the respect in the world for the Spaniard for finding a way to tough out that win \u2014\u00a0and find a way back with the American serving for the match and having a 5-3, 30-0 lead in the decider. However, that match was played late into the night, and Davidovich Fokina emptied out the tank to get across the finish line. I\u2019m not sure how much he\u2019ll have left for tonight\u2019s match, and Shelton has been dialed in as a returner this week. When that\u2019s the case, he can be nearly impossible to beat. <\/p>\n I wouldn\u2019t even be surprised if the two players I\u2019m fading today end up retiring. <\/p>\n PARLAY: Rybakina ML & Shelton ML (-152 \u2013 I\u2019m taking a worse price to play this at FD in order to get better retirement rules) <\/p>\n Anna Kalinskaya vs. Emma Raducanu<\/p>\n Raducanu is another player that suffered with the conditions on Friday, as she needed the tournament doctors to come out and check her blood pressure towards the end of the second set. Well, if today\u2019s matches end up being played \u2014 the forecast calls for rain \u2014 it\u2019s going to be hot and humid again. That should give Kalinskaya a pretty big edge when it comes to the physical battle here. However, I wouldn\u2019t only take this because of that. I have simply been floored by the level we have seen from the Russian this week, as she hasn\u2019t yet dropped a set. That\u2019s impressive when considering her last two matches were against Magda Linette and Clara Tauson. The latter has been one of the best hard-court players on tour this year. <\/p>\n When Kalinskaya gets into a groove, she can look the part of a top-10 player in the world. So, the +130 odds are hard to pass up when you also consider that Raducanu isn\u2019t the most consistent player in the world. <\/p>\n I\u2019m also tossing in a small play on Kalinskaya to win the tournament at +650. Given what we\u2019ve seen through three matches, that price seems off when she\u2019s two wins away from getting there. <\/p>\n Bet: Kalinskaya ML (+130) & Kalinskaya to win DC (+650 \u2013 0.5 units) <\/p>\n Added Plays<\/p>\n I usually have A LOT MORE on the Pro Picks page<\/a>. Those plays count towards my record and have been a big part of my success this season. Make sure you check them out. I\u2019ll probably add a few more over there, so refresh that page throughout the day if you\u2019re looking for action.<\/p>\n Tennis Links\u00a0<\/p>\n VSiN Tennis Betting Splits<\/a><\/p>\n
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Ben Shelton<\/p>\n