Playing in North America brings the best out of John Isner. In addition to his outstanding 69.04% overall record in his home country, the 32-year-old won 70.59% of the matches played throughout his career at the US Open. Famous for his powerful serve, Isner only allowed one break of serve on his previous two matches in Flushing Meadows against Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Hyeon Chung.
Mischa Zverev continues his impressive run in recent months. Despite his poor 51.02% winning record this season, the German holds a terrific 8 – 3 record on Grand Slam events in 2017. Taking a look now at Mischa’s campaign on this event, the 30-year-old reaches this stage of the competition after a 6 – 3 6 – 2 3 – 6 6 – 7 7 – 5 win over Benoit Paire.
This should be a very interesting contest between two exceptional servers. Despite John’s brilliant results in the US Open Series, Zverev is far from an easy match-up for the American with two victories already over this opponent. For that reason, it’s impossible to find any value on Isner’s betting odds at 33/100 at William Hill. On the other hand, 5Dimes offers a very interesting price for Mischa to win this match at 29/10. Besides the value on Zverev’s moneyline, the Over 40 at 49/50 at Pinnacle is also a very interesting approach to this contest.
Best Play: Over 40 at 49/50 at Pinnacle
Regardless of this Friday’s outcome, Kevin Anderson already secured his return to the top 30. Known as one of the best servers in the game, the fast court conditions in Flushing Meadows are perfect for Anderson’s powerful game style. Adding to this, the South African is going through a very good moment in his career with a 75.00% winning record in the 2017 US Open Series.
After a slow start to 2017, Borna Coric is enjoying great success in the past two weeks. In addition to his victory over John Isner in the Winston-Salem Open, the 20-year-old knocked out Alexander Zverev in the previous round of the US Open. Despite his brilliant performance, it won’t be easy for Borna to maintain a high level after such a surprising result. On the other hand, the Croatian never made it into the 4th round of a Grand Slam event.
As mentioned above, it’s never easy to play the following match after a huge upset. Adding to this, Anderson is far from an easy match-up for Coric with the Croatian unable to win a single set on their two previous encounters. For that reason, Kevin deserves to be the main favourite at 1/2 at 5Dimes while Coric is available 19/10 at William Hill.
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