Tennis Parlay Alex de Minaur + Jiri Mensik + Tommy Paul: Cincinnati

🇺🇸 Cincinnati

• This ticket is the same bet three times. The three opponents tonight, Fery, Hijikata and Vallejo, all have the weakest serves in the draw and we're sending three of the best returners on the circuit against them.

• The thesis can be summed up in one sentence: in the round of 16 of a Masters, a player who can't hold serve doesn't survive against an elite returner.

• De Minaur first, the best returner on tour against a Fery who needed 3 sets yesterday to beat Duckworth. The Briton has a real high level ceiling, he showed it at Wimbledon, but he's never faced a player who sends everything back, all the time, without a free point all night.

• Mensik next. Hijikata beat Monfils and Darderi in a battle, hats off. But his serve is the most fragile in the draw, and the 20-year-old Czech returns too well for an entire match to be played on courage alone.

• Paul finally, Vallejo's serve hasn't faced anyone this week who knows how to attack it. Paul is the player capable of doing it, constantly. And he's already beaten him this season, on the Paraguayan's clay.

• Transparency on the risks: three spots, three chances to fall, but in a normal world, these three should outclass their opponent of the day.