Tennis Pick 7/20
ATP 250 Newport. Just one pick starting at 2:30pm ET.
Thursday, 7/20, 2:30pm ET:
ATP Newport: Kevin Anderson (+115) to win over Ugo Humbert (-145).
Humbert has had a tough past few years, but recently he's been having success and grinding on the challenger tour. But his success as of late has been on clay. His grass season has definitely been disappointing. He doesn't have a game that I like for grass, but historically it isn't his worst surface with the exception of this year. The reason Anderson is the underdog out of these two is this is Anderson's first tournament since coming out of retirement so no one knows what his fitness is like, not to mention he's not in match rhythm yet. So why do I bet him? Anderson is looking good so far and he just defeated lefty Brouwer yesterday. This is a great comeback tournament since Anderson fits the bill of a great grass court player. He's a tall man with a big serve and his returns have been on too. Anderson's last title was here in 2021 so he's a former champion and hasn't show too much difficulty with the humidity. Humbert had an easy match against Johnson yesterday who's serve is basically the opposite of Anderson's. So I'll take the former champion here, I don't trust Humbert on grass and Anderson looks like he never left.
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THURSDAY 7/20
Anderson to win (+115) l .75u
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