{"id":120302,"date":"2026-09-02T15:35:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T14:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/?p=120302"},"modified":"2026-09-02T15:38:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T14:38:38","slug":"tennis-picks-shelton-alcaraz-lead-us-open-best-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/tennis\/tennis-picks-shelton-alcaraz-lead-us-open-best-bets\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Picks: Shelton, Alcaraz Lead U.S. Open Best Bets"},"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-120302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis"],"acf":{"brief_description":"Zverev\u2019s five-set escape and Djokovic\u2019s exit reshape a men\u2019s draw already missing injured world No. 1 Jannik Sinner","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>In U.S. Open tennis action, going on in New York, there are lots of eyes on the men\u2019s side, after No. 2-ranked Alexander Zverev barely survived a five-hour match last night against Lorenzo Sonego, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-5, 6-4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Sonego came into the night 1-9 against top-10 men in Grand Slams, but to his credit, tracked down balls with his speed, served aggressively, and attacked, finishing with 13 volley winners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">With World No. 1 Jannik Sinner having withdrawn from the tournament due to a right knee injury, Zverev would have been the first men\u2019s No. 1 seed to lose in the first round of a Grand Slam tournament since 2003.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">No. 5-ranked Novak Djokovic has already been eliminated from the tournament, so that means all eyes are on No. 3-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, who is returning from a long layoff due to a wrist injury. He had an encouraging result against Roman Safiullin, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, but bettors will still be watching his health when he hits the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium tonight against Portuguese Jaime Faria (ATP rank #72).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">In <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"editor-link\" href=\"https:\/\/betway.com\/g\/en\/sports\/cat\/tennis\"><u>tennis betting<\/u><\/a> at Betway this morning, Alcaraz is the -1200 favourite, Faria +700.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">On the women\u2019s side, Aryna Sabalenka, chasing her third consecutive U.S. Open championship, advanced comfortably 6-2, 6-4 against Camila Osorio Monday. She\u2019s the betting favourite at Betway to win the tournament, at +275, followed Coco Gauff (+375), Iga Swiatek (+450), Jessica Pegula (+900), Naomi Osaka (+1200) and Elena Rybakina (+1400).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">On the men\u2019s side, Alcaraz is favoured to win, at +140, followed by Zverev (+300), Ben Shelton (+750), Taylor Fritz (+900), Rafael Jodar (+1000), then Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime (+2200).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Today\u2019s big matches include Pegula (-2000) versus Sofia Kenin (+900) at 11:30 a.m., Shelton (-250) versus Hubert Hurkacz (+200) at 1 p.m. EST, Mariano Navone (+150), following up his upset with over Djokovic, versus Matteo Berrettini (-182) at 4 p.m. EST, Sabalenka (-5000) versus Polina Iatcenko (+1400) at 7 p.m. EST, Canadian Leylah Fernandez (-275) versus Mananchaya Sawangkaew (+225), at 11 a.m. EST, along with Alcaraz versus Faria.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Shelton to cover -3.5 games at -125 is one pick, considering his monster serve and the fact he\u2019s on home court, with the crowd there naturally connecting to his energy. He entered the tournament with a 20-6 hard court record and recently won the Canadian Open.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Alcaraz to win 3-0 at -110 is another pick, since the Spaniard is the clear favourite and should be too strong for the Portuguese qualifier.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">On the women\u2019s side, Pegula to win 2-0 in sets is -350, which is too expensive. Look at Pegula Game Handicap -6.5 (-110), which carries more risk but offers better value. Her consistency, return game and recent hard-court form give her a realistic chance to pull away once Kenin starts to press.<\/p>\n"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120302","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=120302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120303,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120302\/revisions\/120303"}],"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=120302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}