An announced massacre, there’s nothing to be done: it’s pretty much already written, you just have to wait a while.
The tonsillitis, the forfeit to the Olympic Games, the controversy. Anything can be said except that it has been an easy time, the one Jannik Sinner has just left behind. Fate twisted his plans for the season, and nothing went the way he wanted it to go, the way he wished it to go. Tennis runs so fast, though, that it’s already time to think about the future.
And the Azure’s future has already begun in Montreal, where the defending champion will be called upon to defend the 1,000 points he won at last year’s event. Which, at least on paper, should not be too difficult, given that some of the cement’s top players will not be on the court. Missing will be both Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz, who having reached the finals at the Olympics felt it best to postpone the trip across the ocean.
With them out of the picture, with the understanding that you never know anyway and that outsiders are always lurking, the odds are high that the South Tyrolean will win. This is also thought by the bookmakers themselves, who have issued an overwhelming verdict. The odds speak for themselves, and according to them, there would seem to be no chance for the other champions competing in Canada.
Nothing to be done, Sinner has already won
Based on the Montreal Masters 1000 odds, Sinner is without a shadow of a doubt the number one favorite in the tournament. His path will not be an easy one, but one fraught with obstacles, yet there is good reason to think that, at the end of the day, he will be able to defend the title without any problems.
His victory is worth 2.50 times the stakes, much less than that of the second on the list, namely Alexander Zverev. Should he be the winner, his victory would yield 6.25 times what the players have decided to bet on him. An unknown, in any case, considering that after the Games the German had said he did not feel at the top and reported that he would undergo examinations.
Also good is the odds on Daniil Medvedev, who bookmakers say would be the third favorite to win. His victory is given at 7, but when he is involved, surprises are known to be always around the corner. Finally, the odds show analysts’ low confidence in Stefanos Tsitsipas (between 14 and 15) and Taylor Fritz (21).
