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Sports betting for the majority is often about entertainment. Studies show that for those betting in the United States, that search for the entertaining bet often leads to a parlay. Here’s a little background on one such entertaining opportunity with PointsBet.
As many of you know, we are well into the first week of tennis’ first Grand Slam of 2022, the Australian Open. Outside of Novak Djokovic’s pre-tournament expulsion, the majority of the draw has proceeded according to expectations…for the most part.
Sebastian Korda is one name who some see as a surprise as we enter the third round of the tournament. He took out 12th seeded Cameron Norrie in straight sets in his first ever match at the Australian Open (he did win the junior title at the 2018 Aussie Open) and followed that up with a thrilling 5-set win over Corentin Moutet last night. Korda is a rising star on the ATP circuit. The 21-year-old reached a career-high ranking of #38 this past October.
Often times a tennis player bursts onto the world’s stage at a Grand Slam event with family in attendance. The entourage will frequently include close friends and family. His father Petr Korda (2018 Australian Open champion) may be in attendance and he may have some friends in the player’s box, but his sisters will not be there. Jessica and Nelly Korda are busy starting seasons of their own on the LPGA TOUR. They are teeing it up this week at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in The Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions.
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Those circumstances offer us the entertaining parlay. Nelly Korda is the top-ranked female golfer in the world. She is involved with her brother, Sebastian, in the aforementioned PointsBet Parlay. The bet is that Sebastian Korda will win his third round match against Pablo Carreno Busta and that Nelly will finish Top 5 at Lake Nona. A couple of stats to keep in mind. It is a reduced field competing at Lake Nona but each woman entered has won on TOUR. Over in Australia, both Sebastian Korda and Pablo Carreno Busta return to the court after grueling 5-set matches in Round 2.
The odds have been set at +180 meaning PointsBet believes this ticket has a 36% chance to cash.
The obvious question becomes, “Is it worth the sweat?”. That is up to you to decide but if you choose to come along for the ride, please find a link to the bet below this story.
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