Jannik Sinner is just not the one one selecting up a hefty cheque after his Australian Open win.
Canadian rapper Drake revealed he positioned a $250,000 wager on the ultimate between Sinner and Zverev.
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The notorious Drake curse is over after he efficiently betted on Sinner to win the Australian Open remaining and the winnings from it are mouth-watering.
The Italian outlined why he’s the most effective participant on this planet after he deafened his crown in Melbourne following a cruel win over the German.
The World No.1 broke a number of information en path to his third main and received the match in straight units towards the second seed.
After sealing the championship with a easy cross-court winner, the 23-year-old didn’t trouble with the theatrics of falling onto the bottom however fairly calmly raised his palms earlier than embracing Zverev on the internet.
“It is an unbelievable event for me, I hope I can maintain it going,” mentioned Sinner, who’s the primary Italian participant to win three majors.
Such a straight-forward win would have additionally supplied Drake some aid, the Canadian positioned 1 / 4 of 1,000,000 on Sinner’s victory and was properly paid out for the gamble.
The 38-year-old acquired a whopping $345,000 as soon as the Italian sealed victory, that means he made a cool $95,000 on a match that had a transparent favorite.
Drake is not any stranger to be large bets on tennis matches, the award-winning rapper positioned $210,000 on Taylor Fritz to defeat Sinner on the US Open final 12 months.
Inevitably, the rapper misplaced the wager however had the American received the match, the payout was estimated at $808,000.
Selecting the Italian this time round was the smart choice because the 23-year-old cruised to victory towards Zverev.
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Nonetheless, with regards to different sports activities, the 38-year-old’s luck appears to be even worse.
One notably painful loss on UFC 281 noticed him lose round £1.24 million after he wager on Israel Adesanya, who was finally knocked out by Alex Pereira.
Betting on Adesanya misplaced Drake an additional £401,000 after which one other £347,000 when he backed him once more at UFC 293 and UFC 305.
Nonetheless, he did win again round £2.2 million after betting on Adesanya at UFC 287.
The ‘Drake curse’
UFC 272 (wager on Jorge Masvidal to win): misplaced £228,000 stake
UFC 274 (wager on Justin Gaethje): misplaced £335,000
UFC 278 (wager on Kamaru Usman): misplaced £357,000
UFC 281 (wager on Israel Adesanya): misplaced £1.24 million
UFC 293 (wager on Israel Adesanya): misplaced £401,000
UFC 297 (wager on Sean Strickland): misplaced £551,000
UFC 305 (wager on Israel Adesanya): misplaced £347,000)
Jake Paul v Tommy Fury (wager on Paul KO): misplaced £335,000
Francis Ngannou v Anthony Joshua (wager on Ngannou): misplaced £477,000
2022 World Cup (wager on Argentina to win in regular time): misplaced £823,000
European soccer (wager on Arsenal and Barcelona to each win on identical day): misplaced £500,000
NHL (wager on New York Rangers): misplaced £187,000
NBA (wager on Brooklyn Nets, Toronto Blue Jays and Dallas Mavericks): misplaced £335,000
2022 NCAA event (wager on Duke to beat UNC): misplaced £66,000
F1 Spanish Grand Prix (wager on Charles Leclerc): misplaced £190,000
US Open males’s remaining (wager on Taylor Fritz): misplaced £160,000
Drake captioned his submit that exposed his wager with a message, saying: “About to have Australia Open first time since 2017, who’s linking up?”
The 38-year-old is clearly glad along with his winnings and can now know who to pick out subsequent when it is a Jannik Sinner match.