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Columbus Predictions & Picks — October 3, 2026

By The Maiden Desk · October 3, 2026

Every number below was fixed before the match and graded against the official result.

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One match is on Saturday's card at Columbus, and we have a pick for every one of them. The headline act: Abedallah Shelbayh against Mitchell Krueger in the semifinal. Our calls: Krueger over Shelbayh.

The boldest call on the card: Krueger over Shelbayh — the market disagrees with us there.

Abedallah Shelbayh vs Mitchell Krueger

✗ Pick wrongMissed it. We had Mitchell Krueger at 50%, but Abedallah Shelbayh won 6-2 6-2.

Pick: KruegerUpset call

Upset call: the market makes Shelbayh the favorite; our numbers say Krueger.

Win probability: 50% Krueger · Market: +125 · We call it in 3 sets (49%) · single likeliest score 2-1 (25%)

A spot in the next round is at stake on Saturday, when Abedallah Shelbayh goes up against Mitchell Krueger in the Columbus semifinal. Mitchell Krueger is rolling — 3 straight wins, 6 of 10 in recent play. Abedallah Shelbayh is rolling — 3 straight wins, 7 of 10 in recent play.

The underlying stats are tight across the board — this is a matchup decided by a handful of points. Shelbayh comes in off a compressed schedule. Little separates them; Krueger gets the nod on the finest of margins.

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Updated Oct 3, 2026, 7:01 AM UTC. Picks are frozen before first serve and graded on the track record page — this page is never edited after the fact.