Sinner vs Alcaraz: Tennis’ New Rivalry Touches Down at the Australian Open

Sinner vs Alcaraz: Tennis’ New Rivalry Touches Down at the Australian Open

• Shad Wicker

For years, tennis has been searching for its next great rivalry. One that doesn’t live in the shadow of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic, but stands on its own. One that feels inevitable rather than manufactured. Now, as the Australian Open rolls around once more, that rivalry has a name and it’s no longer hypothetical. Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner arrive in Melbourne not as the future of men’s tennis, but very much its present. And with hard courts, summer heat and a Grand Slam trophy on the line, the next chapter of their rivalry feels ready to take centre stage.…

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5 Lessons Learned - NFL Week 13

5 Lessons Learned - NFL Week 13

• Shad Wicker

13 weeks into the NFL season and it feels like everything we thought we knew has been turned upside down. This weekend’s action started with a Thanksgiving Day slate where every single underdog came out on top, continued with a Black Friday beatdown in Philadelphia, and wrapped up with enough chaos to make your head spin. The Panthers are alive in the NFC South, the Colts are suddenly vulnerable, and Shedeur Sanders is finding out that winning in the NFL is slightly harder than playing for Deion at Colorado. It was a week that reinforced just how brutal the stretch…

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Daily Tennis Tips - Thursday November 6th

Daily Tennis Tips - Thursday November 6th

• Shad Wicker

See below for our expert daily tennis tips and best bets around the courts for Thursday 6th of November 2025! KYRIAN JACQUET VS CAMERON NORRIE BACK NORRIE TO WIN 2-0 @ $1.85 In-form Cameron Norrie is hunting a third straight French victim in the Moselle Open quarterfinals in the shape of lucky loser Kyrian Jacquet.   World No.27 Norrie rolled Carlos Alcaraz at last week’s Paris Masters, but the seventh seed has had to battle hard in Metz to overcome Valentin Royer (6-3 6-7 6-3) and Arthur Cazaux (6-7 7-6 6-2). The 30-year-old Brit has dropped just one game on serve so far.   Jacquet, ranked 156th, has parlayed…

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Daily Tennis Tips - Wednesday November 5th

Daily Tennis Tips - Wednesday November 5th

• Shad Wicker

See below for our expert daily tennis tips and best bets around the courts for Wednesday 5th of November 2025! MIOMIR KECMANOVIC VS LUCIANO DARDERI BACK KECMANOVIC TO COVER THE GAMES HANDICAP (-2.5) @ $1.75 Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic and Italy’s Luciano Darderi resume a busy 2025 rivalry in the Round of 16 in Athens.   The pair have already met three times this season. Kecmanovic bookended Darderi’s three-set win in Munich with straight-sets victories in Hong Kong and Winston-Salem.   After outlasting Kamil Majchrzak 7-6 7-6 in the first round, world No.54 Kecmanovic is searching for two wins at the same event for the first time since reaching the Winston-Salem quarters.   Third seed Darderi received a…

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Daily Tennis Tips - Wednesday 25th June

Daily Tennis Tips - Wednesday 25th June

• Shad Wicker

See below for our expert daily tennis tips and best bets around the courts for Wednesday 25th June, 2025! Taylor Fritz vs Joao Fonesca 2.25amBack Fritz to Win 2-0 @ $2.00 Eastbourne International top seed Taylor Fritz kicks off his title defence against Brazilian 18-year-old Joao Fonesca.   World No.5 Fritz has dominated this event, lifting the trophy in 2019, 2023 and 2024.   The two-time Wimbledon quarter-finalist started the grass season on fire – beating Alexander Zverev in the Stuttgart Open final – but was upset in his Queen’s Club opener by Corentin Moutet on a short turnaround.  Climbing to a…

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