Thursday morning, August 22nd, it is the beating the book podcast.

US Open Tennis Preview, Betting Preview.

Skill Alexander, pumped because the draw just happened.

I have not even seen it, but my two guests have. Drew Dinsick, of course, at Whale underscore Capper, co-host of not only the Deep Dive podcast, which he does with Andy Molitor. That's the Deep Dive podcast with Andy Molitor, but also NBC Sports Bet the Edge was happening, Drew. Thank you for doing this. Well, yet again, my friend. It is a great tradition.

I appreciate being invited back. And there's a lot going on in the world of tennis right now.

And if you're asking yourself, how can you care about tennis when the season's winding down and football's about to start?

Well, guess what? Pre-season's over. We have like 18 days to sit around and tool our thumbs before we actually have real NFL games that matter.

So there is no, if you don't already have a tennis hardo, you know, placed in your heart,

now is a perfect time to get one because this US Open is going to be amazing.

And it is, again, like, a lot of fans of this podcast have reached out.

Are you going to be at the open this year?

I'm not.

I'm very, very sad about it.

I went last year.

It was an incredible experience.

I would recommend anyone who cares about tennis to get there at some point just for the experience.

And, yeah, I'm excited for this year's open because it's going to be full of drama.

Full of drama.

And you have said it brilliantly in the past, which is tennis has the decency to schedule the slams perfectly around the NFL season.

Right?

Like NFL playoffs are happening. Okay, we'll play the Australian Open. NFL season's about to start. Okay, let's end the U.S. Open on the first Sunday. So it's a beautiful thing. I got to tell my U.S. Open story real briefly if I haven't before. But first, I want to introduce our other guest. Zach Cohen making his second appearance on the podcast. He was here for Wimbledon. Wimbledon was pre-draw. So it was kind of tough for us, and it's grass to begin with. But here we are, U.S. Open. The draw has happened. Zach Cohen at betting on X on Twitter, and he is the glue that holds V-SIN together. How you doing, Zach? Doing well, echo the sentiment of the scheduling being perfect i just

feel like you know the hardcore season uh for tennis is just at the perfect time where you know

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