Djokovic without fuss the banker as ATP World Tour Finals get underway
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It’s that time of year again when North Greenwich welcomes the eight best tennis players on the planet to the O2 arena for the ATP World Tour Finals, with world number eight Rafael Nadal replaced by 23-year-old Austrian Dominic Thiem due to injury.
Andy Murray will be the star attraction once more after winning his second Wimbledon and finally knocking Novak Djokovic off his perch in becoming the 25th man to top tennis’ world rankings since the system was formalised in 1973
However, the Scot faces a tricky task in the first round-robin clash. Read on for our 20/1-plus treble…
The Serbian has won all three of his matches against Thiem in straight sets, two of the three on Outdoor Hard courts.
This looks the banker of the round.
The Frenchman’s outsider status in the betting is surely due to being a couple of places below Raonic in the current rankings, but Monfils has won three of five matches against the Canadian, including their only clash on this surface indoors.
At the prices, Monfils looks decent.
Wawrinka holds a 4-2 lead over Nishikori, but it’s 2-2 over the past four meetings between these men, all on Outdoor Hard.
The Swiss won their last clash, and the pair have been going tit for tat over the past four, so this could be Nishikori’s turn.
Murray holds a dominant 11-3 head-to-head advantage over his next opponent, but Cilic won their last meeting in Cincinnati 2-0 on Outdoor Hard and saw off the new world number one in one of their two matches indoors.
With that in mind, the former US Open champion taking Murray all the way looks a big price.
