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New York Post
3 hours ago
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- New York Post
2025 Los Cabos Open picks: Taro Daniel vs. Alex Hernandez odds, prediction
Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards for more information. There is a natural lull in the tennis calendar after the Championships at Wimbledon. The grass-court season is a sprint after the marathon clay-court swing ahead of Roland Garros, so most of the star players take a deep breath in between Wimbledon and the beginning of the North American hard-court tournaments that lead up to the US Open at the end of August. But just because the biggest names in the sport are taking off this week doesn't mean that bettors should do the same. The money you win (or lose) on Taro Daniel vs. Alex Hernandez at the Los Cabos Open is just as green as the cash you won (or lost) on the Wimbledon Final. Daniel opens as a -270 favorite opposite Hernandez, who is a +210 underdog. It's been a nightmare 2025 season for Daniel, a 32-year-old who is now ranked No. 156 in the world after peaking at No. 58 at the beginning of 2024. Daniel has never been a player who can beat you with a single weapon, like a serve or his defense, but rather one who relies on his ability to scrap and force his opponents to hit an extra shot. When he's at his best, Daniel doesn't beat himself. Taro Daniel in action at the US Open. Anthony J. Causi Get the lowdown on the Best USA Sports Betting Sites and Apps The good news for Daniel is that his opponent in the Round of 32 at the Los Cabos Open, Alex Hernandez, shouldn't be able to beat him either. The Mexican is ranked No. 491 in the world and is the No. 473 player in Tennis Abstract's ELO model. As long as Daniel avoids a letdown, he should make quick work of Hernandez, who is only in this field because it is being played in his home country. The Play: Taro Daniel -3.5 Games (-120, bet365) Why Trust New York Post Betting Michael Leboff is a long-suffering Islanders fan, but a long-profiting sports bettor with 10 years of experience in the gambling industry. He loves using game theory to help punters win bracket pools, find long shots, and learn how to beat the market in mainstream and niche sports.
Irish Daily Mirror
3 hours ago
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
LIV Golf star who made €4m after defying Rory McIlroy speaks out before The Open
Belfast-born golf star Tom McKibbin has warmed up for The Open at Royal Portrush with a steady performance in the recent LIV Golf event. At 22, McKibbin isn't just known for his prowess on the green. He also has a name for himself for snubbing Rory McIlroy's advice over moving to the controversial golf league, choosing instead to pocket a hefty sum by joining LIV in January this year, despite having a PGA Tour card dangled before him. McKibbin has performed admirably, if not entirely to his liking, in the ranks at the so-called rebel league. Yet he has earned €4million in prize money since making the jump to the breakaway series, and he's now thrilled at the chance to play a tournament on home soil again, with The Open teeing off on July 17. "I've played here however many hundreds of times, it's somewhere I've come up and played since I was 10-years-old," he told the Belfast Telegraph ahead of the major. "To play a major championship on this golf course is going to be pretty special, the biggest event I'll ever have played in under that pressure and atmosphere. "It's something not many people get to say, that they've played an Open in their home country. To play it here on one of the best courses in the world, it's going to be pretty special. To be here and be playing will be something that I'll probably remember forever." McKibbin has placed outside the top 40 at the US Open and Open in 2024, while he struggled at the PGA Championship this year. His LIV performances have been somewhat inconsistent too, reports Belfast Live. He kicked off the year in style however, securing three top-10 finishes soon after joining LIV Golf, hinting that he might have struck gold. His form then dipped as he recorded finishes outside the top-20 in four of his last five tournaments. Nevertheless, the tide appears to be turning, marked by clinching a T4 spot at the recent Andalucia event with LIV Golf, where he also snagged a cool €713,000 ($833,000). McKibbin acknowledges the rocky road since switching to LIV: "Yeah, it's been a little bit up and down. I played pretty nice at the start of the year up until Miami and then sort of since then I haven't really scored too well. I struggled a little bit getting off to a good start, and I've played a little bit nicer as the weeks went on. "The game feels quite nice and it feels like it's been quite similar throughout the year. I just haven't really scored as good the last couple of events. "I've had a lot of fun this year. It's been a whole different experience for me, something that I've enjoyed a lot. Really looking forward to these last five events of the year and seeing what can happen there." Despite concerns that LIV may not adequately prepare players for the PGA's most prominent events, McKibbin thinks that competing alongside the league's powerful players has actually aided him in major tournaments. As part of a team featuring two-time major winner Jon Rahm, McKibbin has also shared the course with notable players such as Bryson DeChambeau, Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson, and Brooks Koepka. "I've been very, very lucky to play with a lot of very good players so far this year and I've definitely seen my golf game improve, playing tough courses like Doral. So it's definitely prepared me a little bit better. Yeah, I'm very happy," he said. "I've obviously been playing with Jon [Rahm] in a lot of practice rounds, and then on tournament days as well, so to see how they play the game and how they take on golf courses, it's been very eye-opening." McIlroy once advised McKibbin against the move, with the Masters champion going on record to voice his displeasure at LIV Golf. He has since softened his position on the breakaway circuit. "If I were in his position, I wouldn't make that decision," McIlroy said after McKibbin announced his decision to sign for LIV. However, McKibbin has no regrets about the switch to the breakaway Saudi circuit, where he has now earned a pretty penny in a short amount of time.
New Indian Express
3 hours ago
- Sport
- New Indian Express
Sinner, Swiatek banish demons to win on grass
It's not the first time Sinner had to rely on his mental fortitude to erase memories of anguish. He tested positive for a banned substance and had to serve a suspension—not easy for an elite player. Every now and then, there would be someone questioning the integrity of such a player. Yet, he clawed back. He came back to win the Australian Open as if nothing had happened. He lost the French Open, but came back to beat the same player on the grass court, where he had never won before. The rivalry between him and Alcaraz has been blossoming. If the immediate past of men's tennis was defined by the Big Three, the next era could be the battle between these two. If Sinner glided on grass, Swiatek's win was cathartic. She beat Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in one of the most one-sided finals in the tournament's history. She, too, had served a suspension for testing positive for a banned substance. There were times when she was losing cool on the court. The results were not going in her favour. That this was her first Grand Slam triumph after the French Open she won last year shows her struggle. The Wimbledon title will give her the belief she needed to erase the demons in her mind. For an athlete used to winning, seeing rivals usurp their throne can be a mental challenge. World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka will be back to defend her US Open title; but the former world No 1 will be ready to give her a chase.
Hindustan Times
3 hours ago
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- Hindustan Times
Wimbledon triumph showcases Sinner's prowess as an all-court champion
Mumbai: Several layers could be peeled to lay bare the significance of Jannik Sinner landing the biggest cherry of his four-fruit heavy Grand Slam basket. Quite simply, as his coach Darren Cahill put it, 'he needed the win' on Sunday. Jannik Sinner downed defending champion Carlos Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday to win his first Wimbledon title. (AFP) Not just because of what happened four Sundays ago, and how quickly Sinner overcame the trauma of Paris for the triumph in London. Or because Sinner finally made his presence felt in modern tennis' most riveting rivalry that had frozen towards a red-hot Carlos Alcaraz through their past five meetings. But also because, and perhaps more crucially in the career path that would define the legacy of the Italian, it has established his rising prowess as an all-court champion. Even before the 23-year-old scaled unrivalled ascendancy at the top of the world rankings and underlined his Grand Slam winning pedigree at the Australian Open in 2024, his record on hard courts was pretty solid. It's the natural surfaces that would often halt his march. Alcaraz, meanwhile, was on the fast lane, no matter the surface. In the 2024 French Open that followed Sinner's maiden major, the Spaniard became the the youngest man to win Slams across all three surfaces at 21. Alcaraz was an all-court wizard. Sinner a hard-court bully. A year on, Sinner may still be that, but he's no longer just that. By adding the 2024 US Open and 2025 Wimbledon titles while also making the final of the 2025 French Open, Sinner has taken only six Slams to complete the full set of finals since his first at the 2024 Australian Open. It's the shortest gap between entering a first final and all four across the three surfaces, according to the International Tennis Federation. Jim Courier, the previous holder of the record, got there in his 9th appearance. Roger Federer in his 11th, Novak Djokovic 18th and Rafael Nadal 20th. Alcaraz is yet to enter the Australian Open final. Someone else is on the fast lane now, in his progress on clay and grass. 'Of course my favourite surface is hard court, and I won most of my titles there. But in my mind I also know that I can play well on other surfaces,' Sinner said after his win over Alcaraz on Sunday. The current holder of the US Open, Australian Open and Wimbledon titles, lest we forget, was one point away from also winning the French Open. 'He never played a better clay-court match than what he played there (in the final against Alcaraz). So, he knew he was improving as a tennis player,' Cahill said. Sinner said he did not feel like he was up there physically to tackle the rigours of competing for titles on clay until this year. On grass, he always felt he could do well. 'In the beginning of my career, I knew I could potentially play well here (grass) because my groundstrokes are quite flat and the ball goes through,' he said. The groundstrokes went through alright on Sunday. Sinner at the baseline is mechanically clinical, but against Alcaraz he even showed the courage to mix things up. Sinner tried the drop shot early against a serial craftsman, and even moved forward to the net when he felt Alcaraz was on the backfoot in the rally. It carried mixed success, but showed his willingness to adjust to the demands of the surface and the game style of the opponent. That opponent, incidentally, is whose matches Sinner watches more than anyone else's on the tour, as Cahill revealed. This rivalry is pushing two twenty-somethings to the limit, while also aiding their own development. 'He's fascinated by Carlos's growth and it drives him,' Cahill said. 'He's pushing us as coaches to make sure he's improving too.' This season has shown how much he is improving playing on surfaces on which Alcaraz's game fascinates him. It's equally fascinating how much Sinner himself thinks about getting better in his tennis. Moments after living his dream of lifting the Wimbledon trophy, the Italian was already bringing up facets of the game in which he still has some catching up to do with Alcaraz. 'I felt like he was doing a couple of things better than I did. So that's something where we will work on, and prepare ourselves. Because he's going to come for us again,' he said. For now, though, what's come to him is a first Wimbledon trophy, and a first non-hard court Slam.
BBC News
5 hours ago
- Sport
- BBC News
'The Open is probably the most emotional major for me'
Justin Rose said that he has hit the winning putt for the Open Championship in his mind "more than 1,000 times" during the early stages of his 44-year-old will tee off at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland on Thursday for the 153rd edition of The has never won the British major but has twice finished second, in 2018 and more recently last year as Xander Schauffele lifted the Claret Jug at Royal Troon."The Open is probably the most emotional major for me," Rose told BBC Sport."As a British player it is one that I'd dearly love to win and is the one I've dreamed about winning the most as a kid, out on the putting greens as a youngster I've holed the putt to win The Open in my mind a thousand times or more."You can read more of Dan George's interview with 2013 US Open champion here.
