The Brisbane International quarter-finals take place this Friday with six of the seven top seeds still in the competition. Bookmakers Review breaks down the fixture below and lists the best available odds from Green Listed Bookmakers.
Raonic vs. Nadal
Looking now to the matches scheduled for this Friday in Brisbane, the highlight clearly goes to the contest between Milos Raonic and Rafael Nadal.
The defending champion – Milos Raonic – started his campaign in Brisbane with 6 – 3 6 – 2 victory over Diego Schwartzman. The fast game conditions in Brisbane clearly suit Raonic’s game style with the Canadian holding a terrific 8 – 1 record over the last three years on this event. Milos was extremely pleased after his triumph against Schwartzman, saying that Brisbane brings him great memories.
After winning the Mubadala World Tennis Championship, Rafael Nadal didn’t experience any problems on his debut in Brisbane – dismissing Mischa Zverev by 6 – 1 6 – 1. This was one of the most impressive performances from Nadal in recent years with 30 winners and only 7 unforced errors. Known for his outstanding passing shots, Rafael won 72.73% of the points when Zverev was at the net.
These two players know each other well with Nadal winning 6 of their previous 7 official meetings. Adding to these, Rafael also won their two prior encounters on unofficial competitions – both at the Mubadala Tennis Championship.
Nadal clearly holds the edge against this opponent with Raonic unable to find an answer to the Spaniard’s defensive skills and outstanding return to serve. Despite Milos’ terrific record in Brisbane, we expect another triumph from Nadal against this player. Therefore, the Spaniard is the clear favourite for this match at 61/100 at Pinnacle while Raonic is available at 3/2 with Bet365.
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