The resurgent LA Lakers will take on a banged up Memphis Grizzlies side at the Crypto.com Arena on Sunday night. This has been a really difficult season for the Lakers (21-19, 14-10 home) so far, as the Lebron-Davis-Westbrook trio has just not meshed t…
Editor`s picks
πΎ Gonzalo Lama β Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna
Greetings, everybody, and a Happy New Year to all friends of Betdistrict. My first tip in 2022 comes from the Buenos Aires challenger, where Gonzalo Lama takes on Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna in the semifinals. Lama is a player who can be quite danger…
πΎ Taylor Fritz β Nikoloz Basilashvili β
Who would have expected Taylor Fritz and Nikoloz Basilashvili to square off in the Indian Wells semifinals, especially considering that the two players were facing Alex Zverev and Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarters? Yet here we are, with the American a…
πΎ Viktoria Azarenka β Jelena Ostapenko β
Viktoria Azarenka and Jelena Ostapenko will face each other in the Indian Wells semifinals on Friday night. Azarenka has had a good year overall, but struggled to break through in the latter stages of tournaments, often losing in the quarters or semis,…
πΎ Tommy Paul β Cameron Norrie β
Big match here for Tommy Paul and Cameron Norrie in the Indian Wells Round 16, with both players having the chance to achieve one of the biggest performances of their careers by reaching a Masters quarterfinal. Tommy Paul is having the time of his life…
πΎ Diego Schwartzman β Casper Ruud β
Diego Schwartzman and Casper Ruud will square off in the Indian Wells Round 16 on Wednesday. This has been a rather difficult year for Schwartzman. He hasn’t played very well in 2021, and his recent performances have not been spectacular either. …
πΎ Kevin Anderson β Lorenzo Sonego β
Interesting matchup on Sunday at Indian Wells, with Kevin Anderson set to take on Lorenzo Sonego in the second round. Anderson is coming off a decent 7-5 6-2 win over Jordan Thompson, although that can’t be qualified as an impressive victory cons…
π₯ Tyson Fury β Deontay Wilder β
Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder will wrap up their trilogy on Saturday night in a fight counting for the WBC Heavyweight Championship of the world, to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first meeting was a draw (Fury won it, but we know how boxing judges …
πΎ Andy Murray β Casper Ruud β
High profile clash in the ATP San Diego second round, as Andy Murray will take on second seeded Casper Ruud on Thursday. Murray keeps on grinding on the tour despite going through so many injuries and playing with a metal hip. He’s far from the b…
πΎ Andrey Rublev β Brandon Nakashima β
Andrey Rublev and Brandon Nakashima will square off on Wednesday night in the ATP San Diego second round. Rublev will come to San Diego from Boston, where he took part in the Laver Cup, winning his match against Diego Schwartzman in that competition. T…
πΎ Soon Woo Kwon β Alexander Bublik β
The 23 year old Soon Woo Kwon will take on local favorite Alexander Bublik on Saturday afternoon in the Astana Open semifinals. Kwon is attempting to reach his first ATP level final on the indoor hard courts in Kazakhstan. The South Korean had a good s…
πΎ Novak Djokovic β Daniil Medvedev β
Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev will meet for the second time this year in a Grand Slam final, now at the US Open, after Nole previously made light work of the Russian in Melbourne. Djokovic didn’t really play his absolute best tennis througho…
πΎ Pablo Andujar β Daniel Galan Riveros
Pablo Andujar and Daniel Galan Riveros will square off in the ATP Santiago second round on Thursday. Andujar made his clay court season debut last week in Buenos Aires, playing well to reach the quarterfinals with wins over Londero and Mager. The Spani…
πΎ Federico Delbonis β Jaume Munar
Federico Delbonis and Jaume Munar will meet in the first round of the ATP tournament in Santiago, on clay. Having watched these two players during the South American clay court swing recently, I have to say that Munar seems value for money to me in thi…
π Washington Wizards β Minnesota Timberwolves
The Washington Wizards will take on the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night in the NBA. The Wizards (12-18, 5-9 home) seem to have finally figured things out and are back in the playoff race following a horrific start to the season. It took some t…
π New York Knicks β Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors (16-15, 5-9 away) are coming after two consecutive losses on their road trip in the East, but you really have to feel that they could have (should have) won both of those. Against the Magic they blew a 13 point 4th quarter lea…
πΎ Novak Djokovic β Daniil Medvedev
Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev will meet on Sunday in a blockbuster final at the 2021 Australian Open. Phew, what a tournament for Djokovic! Nole seemed down and out when he strained his oblique muscle in the third round against Fritz, but after (b…
πΎ Daniil Medvedev β Stefanos Tsitsipas
Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas will square off on Friday with a place in the Australian Open final on the line. Medvedev has been scorching hot in the last few months, riding an unbelievable 19 match winning streak, which included victories aga…
πΎ Novak Djokovic β Aslan Karatsev
Novak Djokovic will take on the unheralded qualifier Aslan Karatsev in the Australian Open semifinals. As I’m sure most are aware, Djokovic suffered an abdominal muscle injury (to his obliques, specifically) in his third round match against Taylo…
π Ireland β France
Ireland will go head 2 head with France in the second round of the Six Nations on Sunday, in Dublin. Of course, the match will be played without fans. France is coming off a 40 point win in Rome, yet another match in which the French played some great …