{"id":119995,"date":"2026-08-13T14:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/?p=119995"},"modified":"2026-08-13T14:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:41:26","slug":"tennis-picks-shelton-nakashima-all-american-final-sets-up-intriguing-betting-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/tennis\/tennis-picks-shelton-nakashima-all-american-final-sets-up-intriguing-betting-value\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Picks: Shelton-Nakashima All-American Final Sets Up Intriguing Betting Value"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":119775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[784],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis"],"acf":{"brief_description":"Swiatek gets the edge over Rybakina in Toronto, while Shelton\u2019s injury adds another wrinkle to the Montreal final","auto_update_sportal365":true,"property_type":["","run_ads","","","",""],"main_image":119776,"authors":false,"custom_author":"Mark Keast","type":"news","properties":{"ads_enabled":true,"adult_content":false,"important":false,"live":false},"live_url":"","type_of_redirect":"permanent","body":[{"acf_fc_layout":"editor_block","content":"<p>Brandon Nakashima took out 19-year-old phenom Rafael Jodar in the men\u2019s singles event of the National Bank Open semifinal last night in Montreal, 7-6 (3), 6-4, setting up an all-American final tonight against No. 5-ranked Ben Shelton.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">That match is set for 8 p.m. EST, centre court, IGA Stadium. Shelton, the tournament\u2019s defending champion, cruised to the final, taking out Learner Tien handily, 6-2, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">On the women\u2019s side, on centre court at Sobeys Stadium in Toronto, No. 7-ranked Iga Swiatek faces No. 2-ranked Elena Rybakina.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Swiatek\u2019s and Rybakina\u2019s path to the final was more gruelling, with Swiatek winning 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 over Elina Svitolina last night in the semifinal, and Rybakina defeating Coco Gauff 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, her third three-set victory in four days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><strong>In <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"editor-link\" href=\"https:\/\/betway.com\/g\/en\/sports\/cat\/tennis\"><u><strong>tennis betting<\/strong><\/u><\/a><strong> at Betway, Shelton is the favourite at -225, with Nakashima at +175. In the women\u2019s final, it\u2019s much tighter, with Swiatek at -143 and Rybakina at +110.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Nakashima is playing his first Masters 1000 final. A betting wrinkle is Shelton\u2019s health. He crashed into the back wall during his match against Tien, injuring his arm and hand, but still carried on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Shelton is 5-0 in his career against Nakashima, including a three-set win in their meeting last year in Toronto, 6-7 (8), 6-2, 7-6 (5).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Best bet is Nakashima +1.5 sets versus Shelton (-154), factoring in how competitive the matchup has been in the past. Their four meetings have produced six tiebreaks, and they went the distance last year in Toronto. I also wonder about that Shelton injury. Nakashima takes one set, I think.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Betway has the Total Games mark at 25.5, with the Over at -112 and the Under at -125. A three-setter puts the Over in play nicely. I am going there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">On the women\u2019s side, I am going with Swiatek Moneyline at -143. Rybakina grinded out three sets against Gauff, with the match finishing near 1 a.m.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">I\u2019m also taking three sets at +137 for this one, in the Exact Total Sets market. This is a tough one to call. The rivalry between the two has swung back and forth. Rybakina beat Swiatek at the Australian Open, while Swiatek won in a three-set comeback at Roland Garros last season.<\/p>\n"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119996,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119995\/revisions\/119996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}