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When it comes to betting, it usually isn't the best policy to believe in fairytale endings.
However, we're prepared to make an exception for the final Grand Slam event of the season, the US Open.
After all, we got a fairytale in New York three years ago when Pete Sampras pulled a rabbit out of the hat, collecting his first title in two years to end a glorious career in the finest of fashions.
It may be a long shot, but Andre Agassi is capable of a repeat show and in this tipster's opinion certainly shouldn't be available at 33/1.
His record here is superb.
The 'Double A' is a two-time winner (1994 and 1999) and has played some of the best tennis of his career on the Flushing Meadows courts whose high bounce is ideal for his blistering returns.
Critics will say no player can win a Grand Slam at the age of 35 - although the oldest winner here in the Open era is Ken Rosewall, also 35, back in 1970 - but anyone who follows the tour regularly will know Agassi remains one of the fittest players around, thanks to a dogged determination and the whip-cracking of old friend and trainer Gil Reyes. He also carefully selects his events, refusing to play too often.
And many have been rolling out the 'too old' line ever since Agassi turned 30, and just look what he's managed to do here since then.
Aside from a disappointing second-round exit in 2000, the Las Vegan has always performed in New York.
Since then he's had two quarter-final exits, one semi-final defeat and one loss in the final itself.
It's not a sensational record, but it's worth noting the opponents. Twice Agassi has come up against Sampras playing superhuman tennis, their 2001 and 2002 clashes regarded as two of the best matches played anywhere in recent years.
And last year it was Roger Federer, already rated by many as the best of all time, who stopped Agassi's run through the draw - and only just at that.
In a match which rolled into a second day, Federer prevailed in a final set but it was by far and away his toughest match of a fortnight in which he also played some of the best tennis of his career.
It's been said before, but at 35 Agassi will know this is probably his last realistic chance of adding to his eight Grand Slam titles.
Of course it will take more than a will to win for Agassi to triumph, but there are also more tangible reasons why it would be folly to ignore his claims.
Good form is one.
During the North American hardcourt season, Agassi has won in Los Angeles and finished runner-up in Montreal.
The draw has also helped. He has steered clear of Federer and is instead in the half of Rafael Nadal (his scheduled quarter-final opponent) and 2003 champion Andy Roddick.
Nadal is likely to prove his toughest challenge.
The young Spaniard beat him in a tight Montreal final a few weeks ago and appears to be converting his claycourt dominance to the hard surface.
However, playing Agassi in the cauldron of the Arthur Ashe Stadium with 20,000 Americans against him will be another dimension for the youngster to cope with.
He was certainly unsettled when another raucous crowd, the Parisien one, got behind his opponent at Roland Garros earlier this season.
There's no doubt he has the talent to win majors on a hardcourt, but he has yet to do so and he's not the shoe-in to reach the final that some bookies believe.
As for Roddick, Agassi leads their head-to-heads 5-1 and would be confident of winning an all-American battle as his returns have often neutralised Roddick's booming serve.
Roddick will actually do well to reach the last four.
One the leading contenders, he appears to have the hardest draw.
A second-round meeting with the in-form Robby Ginepri, who beat him in Indianapolis this summer, awaits while tricky customers in Richard Gasquet and Feliciano Lopez also lurk in his section.
He's seen by some as vaue at 10/1 for the title, but that run of opponents explains his price.
Of course, with all the talk of an Agassi fairytale, we've conveniently skipped over the chances of world number one Federer.
After a well-earned rest following his successful Wimbledon defence, Federer returned to the tour by winning the Cincinnati Masters Series, despite not playing his best.
Another winning week took his win-loss record for the year to a remarkable 64-3.
Only Marat Safin has beaten him on a hardcourt this term and it's no wonder he is a red-hot favourite to retain his title won in such stunning fashion 12 months ago when he touched perfection while dismantling Lleyton Hewitt in the final.
Both Safin and Hewitt are in Federer's half of the draw - he is likely to meet one in the semi-finals.
Before then there seems little in the way of a true test for the Swiss maestro and he should breeze through to the latter stages.
Safin showed in Australia, where he beat Federer, that he has the talent to win these big events, but the enigmatic Russian simply can't be trusted to win his first-round match, let alone seven in a row.
In contrast, Hewitt can usually be relied upon to reach the business end of things. The problem for him remains Federer, a player who has now beaten him eight times in a row. He has also won the pair's last 15 sets.
In short, Federer is more than a match for hs rivals in the top half and it's hard to see anyone coming through to trouble him in the final either.
The problem is these days the bookies are getting very short with their quotes. Ladbrokes go just 1/2.
It's understandable given his dominance, but a best price of 8/13 for a two-week Grand Slam event will set the pulses racing for the wrong reasons in many punters.
Federer is only one of the big hitters, but should emerge triumphant.
We usually try to pick out a decent long-odds each-way shot in these major events - remember the likes of Mariano Puerta, Mark Philippoussis and Rainer Schuettler have all made finals at big prices in recent years.
However, on this occasion there seems little point.
It's hard not to see one of the six principals, all mentioned above, not coming through to lift the trophy.
They are scattered evenly throughout the draw and there are few fitness or form doubts.
For those who really must have a three-figure player on their slip, the likes of the in-form Ginepri (125/1) and Lopez (200s) could cause a surprise in Roddick's section.
In the same half, Greg Rusedski (200/1) and James Blake (250/1) have both been racking up wins of late, but not only do they meet in the first round, the winner is likely to have to face Nadal in the last 32.