2018 US Open Betting Preview & Prediction
If it’s to be one of those three men that wins once again at the US Open, then Rafael Nadal would look to be the smart money. He has what is, on paper at least, the easiest path of the three, with Juan martin Del Potro and Grigor Dimitrov the biggest names that he is likely to face. That said, do not sleep on the possibility of an opening round upset, as Nadal’s meeting with fellow Spaniard David Ferrer is by no means a slam dunk. Yes, Ferrer has slipped down the rankings in recent years, but let’s not forget that he was, at one time, the #3 player in the world. He still has enough in the tank to cause some problems for Nadal. The good news for Nadal is that he would not need to face either Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer in the early rounds of this tournament, as those two are on the opposite half of the draw. The bad news for tennis fans is that one of those two men will go no further than the quarter-finals, as that is when they would meet if they are both able to get through the opening rounds unscathed. While their head to head meetings are about as close to evenly matched as it gets, it is Djokovic who has had the edge on hard courts in their more recent clashes, beating Federer in 4 of their last 5 hard court match-ups.🇷🇺 Daniil Medvedev is Mover of the Week after winning his second tour-level 🏆 of the season in Winston-Salem. View Latest ATP Rankings ▶️ https://t.co/IOafGUE065 pic.twitter.com/wFA0AL2HXk
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