Inside The Draw

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[Gill Gross 🦣 @Gill_Gross]

Tiafoe to USO Radio: “I’ve felt better in my life, but I’m just trying to continue to compete.”

Me: “You mean level-use you’ve felt better?”

FT: Body. Not feeling my tip top best…

Me: Is that because of the Cincinnati run?

FT: There’s a lot of things. (Cont)

[Ben Rothenberg @BenRothenberg]

I don't know if one could weigh in on "influencers" (an incredibly blanket term) at the U.S. Open without making much broader statements about modern culture.

Many of these people focusing cameras on themselves all day are surely just amateur freelance narcissists with a dream.

[Inside The Draw @InsideTheDraw]

@eschatonplayer You might be forgetting about both Wimbledon finalists

[Inside The Draw @InsideTheDraw]

@1gamesetmatch Safin fed up of that shit

[Inside The Draw @InsideTheDraw]

@jmgmoron Putintseva trying to get her turfed out 😂

[Inside The Draw @InsideTheDraw]

@charlesarthur @LachTalk @jon_wertheim @usta This deal is not bringing in a new influx of bettors. It will be existing bettors splitting their wallets across predictions and sportsbook imo but take your point

[Inside The Draw @InsideTheDraw]

@charlesarthur @LachTalk @jon_wertheim @usta So does Kalshi! And so does every sportsbook in the legalized market. With an obligation to report anything suspicious immediately.

I totally get people’s opposition to betting btw, I just don’t know why this outrage with this particular deal when it’s such a drop in the ocean

[Inside The Draw @InsideTheDraw]

@charlesarthur @LachTalk @jon_wertheim @usta With all due respect, if you’re asking me for evidence the slams sell data that’s used for betting, I’m wasting my time in the convo. Look up Sportradar 👍

[US Open Tennis @usopen]

OH NO, HE DIDN'T! 🤯

The good old ELEVATION SENSATION 🚀

[Inside The Draw @InsideTheDraw]

@BenRothenberg Yes totally normal. You’re not coming at it from any position of experience within sportsbook or the gaming industry. There is nothing unusual about that.

[Inside The Draw @InsideTheDraw]

@dannymiche I think some of what you said is flawed and maybe the example is not ideal but yeah there has to be best effort and some semblance of trying to win and being professional

[Inside The Draw @InsideTheDraw]

@Miamivserrbody Krejcikova would have been a hard third round. And her QF is going to be Kosyuk or Noskova. Her semi will be Pegula or Muchova, and the final will be even harder

[Inside The Draw @InsideTheDraw]

@charlesarthur @LachTalk @jon_wertheim @usta 1 - Kalshi is predictions, not betting.
2 - all of the slams sell data for betting purposes. Gambling money drives tennis, I don’t know why we act like it doesn’t.
3 - so this is not a problem for the ATP and WTA but it is for the US Open?

[Inside The Draw @InsideTheDraw]

@charlesarthur @LachTalk @jon_wertheim @usta I’m not talking about tournaments. The ATP and the WTA have their own direct deals

[Inside The Draw @InsideTheDraw]

@AnnaK_4ever The ATP have a Polymarket deal, and the WTA have a Fanduel deal. Why is there so much outrage with this? Both those bodies also find the ITIA

[Inside The Draw @InsideTheDraw]

@charlesarthur @LachTalk @jon_wertheim @usta The ATP and the WTA are non profits! It’s a total non story

[Edmund Whittington @EdmundWhitting3]

Kalinskaya hit a clear winner up 6-4 2-2 40-15 that electronic line called out and she ended up losing the game. Totally bizarre. How the US Open couldn’t get this correct is mind blowing. All sports books should void any total games wagers and player games wagers.

[Inside The Draw @InsideTheDraw]

@Chris_A_Fisher And she was playing well!

[Inside The Draw @InsideTheDraw]

@DegenDubz1 Same!