I'M planning a wee flutter on Andy Murray to break his Grand Slam jinx by winning the US Open on Sunday.
Having said that, knowing Murray he'll probably go and lose his quarter-final to Marin Cilic today!
Seriously though, Murray seems a different player since he won the Olympics gold medal at Wimbledon - it is as if a huge weight has been lifted from his shoulders.
So come on, Andy, don't blow it again - we're expecting you to do the business for us in America this week.
Football-wise, the focus turns to the international game. I expect England to win both their opening World Cup 2014 qualifying ties - against Moldova on Friday and Ukraine next Tuesday.
Certainly anything less would throw immediate doubt on the job being done by new boss Roy Hodgson, who must do without the injured Wayne Rooney and Andy Carroll. I would have thought those two injuries would have provided Hodgson with the perfect opportunity to have given the prolific goalscorer Darren Bent a recall.
Let's hope the failure to do so does not rebound badly on Hodgson.
FRANK WORRALL
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