The Wimbledon draw was released on Friday, so Zach Cohen and Gill Alexander — VSiN’s tennis betting aficionados — are ready with their pre-tournament picks.
Zach has 10 bets across the men’s and women’s brackets, including this one:
Madison Keys to win Quarter 1 (+500) & Madison Keys to win Wimbledon (20-1): I thought Keys was going to win her first major at last year’s Wimbledon. I had her to win her quarter and win the tournament, but she ended up getting injured in a close match against eventual runner-up Jasmine Paolini. That was a match that really felt like it was going Keys’ way, but it wasn’t meant to be. Well, Keys went out and won her maiden Grand Slam at the 2025 Australian Open, and some service changes — and equipment changes — helped her do that. Keys is playing the best tennis of her life in 2025, as her 76.9% winning percentage is a career-high. And her playing style has always made her a threat on grass, where she is 50-18 in her career.
Gill did his annual Wimbledon Beating The Book megapod with Zach and NBC Sports Bet analyst Drew Dinsick.
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On Sunday, Zach will start posting daily Best Bets for the next day’s matches on our tennis page and Gill sends me his picks every night for the VSiN Pro tennis picks page. Hey, even Mike Palm already has posted a Wimbledon pick there.
And we have betting splits for tennis here.
UFC 317 picks
I covered UFC 317 in yesterday’s email, but don’t forget to check here later this morning for Britton Hess’ breakdown of every fight on the card and for more plays from hosts and guests on our UFC picks page.
MLB Today
Greg Peterson has Best Bets for today’s menu.
Steve Makinen and Josh Appelbaum will file their daily contributions later this morning.
Have you tried VSiN’s new MLB betting tools yet? Here are the links:
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Saturday night racin’
Steve Makinen has posted his final simulation for tonight’s NASCAR race in Atlanta and sent along this analysis:
This is the first round of the new five-week in-season 32-driver tournament. Not unexpectedly, Fords dominated the qualifying session on Friday night and they will start in the first eight positions. All that did was boost the projections for the Penske Racing and RFK Racing teams.
Ryan Blaney holds on to the top spot in the final projections, ahead of teammate Joey Logano. Kyle Larson is 3rd, and another Penske driver, Austin Cindric checks in 4th. William Byron rounds out the top 5, making for the same top 5 that appeared in the initial simulation on Tuesday, only shuffled a bit. Those five are the clear front runners, but look for some other underdogs to be in the hunt, including Josh Berry, Brad Keselowski, and Ryan Preece.
Here are my predictions for the Quaker State 400:
Top 5: Logano, Blaney, Byron, Berry, Beuscher
Top underdogs: Berry, Keselowski, Beuscher, Preece, Gibbs, Smith
Favorites to struggle: Reddick, Chastain, Busch, Bell
Regarding the first round of the tournament, here are the seed matchups and their projection on the final simulation. You can bet each of these matchups. Should add some fun flavor to the race betting:
#1 Hamlin – 13th in the simulation vs. #32 T. Dillon – 29th
#16 Busch – 21st vs. #17 Keselowski – 9th
#8 Bowman – 11th vs. #25 Logano – 2nd
#9 Wallace – 16th vs. #24 Suarez – 25th
#12 Nemechek – 26th vs. #21 Berry – 6th
#5 Elliott – 8th vs. #28 A. Dillon – 27th
#13 Chastain – 20th vs. #20 Jones – 28th
#4 Bell – 15th vs. #29 Stenhouse – 34th
#2 Briscoe – 7th vs. #31 Gragson – 32nd
#15 Preece – 12th vs. #18 Byron – 5th
#7 Blaney – 1st vs. #26 Hocevar – 19th
#10 Larson – 3rd vs. #23 Reddick – 14th
#11 McDowell – 31st vs. #22 Allmendinger – 23rd
#6 Gibbs – 17th vs. #27 Haley – 30h
#14 Smith – 18th vs. #19 Cindric- 4th
#3 Beuscher – 10th vs. #30 Gilliland- 22nd
>Adam Burke’s preview of the race.
Quick Hits
Horse Racing: “Mr. Ed” Sehon and Mike Somich have their picks for today’s card at Churchill Downs, which includes the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Stakes. Mike and Aaron Halterman break down today’s races on the new standalone VSiN At The Track podcast. VSiN’s horse racing coverage is sponsored by 1/ST BET. Get your $200 sign-up bonus.
Soccer: Nigel Seeley has his top plays for the Club World Cup round of 16.
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