US Open Day 4 Betting Tips: Follow this trio on Thursday

Thursday is Day 4 at the US Open and Max Saakyan has analysed the matches and picked out a trio where he believes some value lies.

On day four, the top half of the men's draw and the bottom half of the women's draw fight it out for a place in the third round.

We'll first concentrate on the men's side of the draw, where Andrey Rublev takes on Gael Monfils. Andrey Rublev has had a tough time transitioning onto the hard courts this month, where he lost to Mackie McDonald in straight sets 6-4 6-3, where the American was a 4+ underdog.

In Cincinnati, he lost to Emil Ruusuvuori in a tight three set battle, another disappointing result. Rublev really needed a comfortable and confident win in his opening round at the US Open, and that came in a three set win over Arthur Cazaux. 

Gael Monfils has been impressive since going onto the hard courts, with wins over Christopher Eubanks, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Cameron Norrie and Adam De Minaur. He opened his US Open account with a four set win over Taro Daniel. Also the form is looking rough for the Russian, I do think he should be far too strong for Gael Monfils. I think the small game spread is showing great value.

The second match we'll analyse is Matteo Arnaldi against Arthur Fils. This is a relatively easy one to preview. Arthur Fils was really struggling with injury in the fourth set against Tallon Griekspoor, and in fact had to forfeit a game to take an MTO.

He somehow managed to win the next two sets, but I'm sure that a long five set battle with a potential injury will be a huge bonus for the Italian. Matteo Arnaldi had the opposite, and had a short game against Jason Kubler after the Australian had to retire due to injury. I’ll be taking the money line for Matteo Arnaldi, and I would urge to find a bookmaker that pays out retirements.

The final matchup is British number one Katie Boulter. She's been in fantastic form recently, and will be more than happy winning her first ever US Open match beating Diane Pary 6-4 6-0. She now faced Yafan Wang, who had to get through qualifying and won every match with ease. She faced Caroline Garcia, and absolutely thrashed her 6-4 6-1. Katie Boulter comes in as the underdog here, and I think I like the odds of both players to grab a set.