The ATP World Tour Finals gets underway this Sunday with the players from the Ivan Lendl Group in action. Bookmakers Review breaks down the fixtures below and lists the best available odds from green listed bookmakers.
Djokovic vs. Thiem
Looking to the matches scheduled for this Sunday, Novak Djokovic, and Dominic Thiem will be the first ones to step on the court in the O2 Arena.
Novak Djokovic starts his campaign this Sunday with the defending champion looking for his fifth consecutive trophy in London. Despite the recent loss of the world no.1 spot, Djokovic is always a dangerous opponent with an outstanding 95.00% winning record over the last four years in the ATP World Tour Finals.
Known as a remarkable clay courter, Dominic Thiem is far from reliable on Indoor Hard Court with a poor 50.91% winning record while his overall record is 62.72%. Dominic is making his debut in this competition and even though the Austrian shouldn’t experience any pressure, it won’t be easy for Thiem to perform at his best on such a big event.
After winning all their previous three meetings in straight sets, Djokovic is the undeniable favourite to claim the victory at 13/100 at BetVictor while William Hill offers 11/2 for Thiem’s victory. Due to the low price on Novak’s Moneyline, we advise you to take the Serbian’s -5 handicap at 101/100 at Pinnacle as the best-betting approach for this contest.
Raonic vs. Monfils
A high-quality contest is expected this Sunday in London with Milos Raonic and Gael Monfils facing each other.
It’s surprising to see Gael Monfils making his debut in the ATP World Tour Finals at the age of 30. The French is without any doubts one of the greatest athletes in the history of the game with enough quality to be a usual presence in London. However, many physical issues throughout the years prevented Monfils from reaching this event earlier in his career. In fact, this is Gael’s first match since October 17th with the French withdrawing from the ATP Masters 1000 Paris due to a rib injury.
After a recent retirement from the BNP Paribas Masters, Milos Raonic is still in doubt for this competition. The Canadian said that he expects to be at 100% this Sunday but can’t give any definitive answer yet about his attendance. This is not Raonic’s first appearance in the O2 Arena with the world no.4 playing the round robin stage two years go.
This is already the fourth meeting between these two in 2016 with Raonic winning the first two in Melbourne and Indian Wells while Gael emerged victorious in Toronto. The bookmakers expect a very close contest with Raonic available at 22/25 at Pinnacle while Gael is offered at 11/10 at William Hill. Due to the concerns regarding Milos’ physical condition, the best approach is to take the Canadian with a bookmaker that assures a full refund. Bet365 is one of those with Raonic\’s price at 4/5.
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