The quarter-finals get underway this Tuesday in Melbourne with the players from the top half of the draw fighting for a place in the semi-finals. Bookmakers Review breaks down the fixtures below and lists the best available odds from green listed bookmakers.
Wawrinka vs. Tsonga
Looking now to the matches scheduled for this Tuesday in Melbourne, the highlight clearly goes to the contest between Stan Wawrinka and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
After winning the US Open last year, Wawrinka improved his winning streak on Grand Slam events to 11 matches. As it usually happens, Stan produced his best tennis on the pressure points with the Swiss defeating Andreas Seppi in three tie-breaks. Wawrinka was very pleased about his triumph against the Italian, saying that it was his best performance in Melbourne so far.
Tsonga is for the 5th time in the Australian Open quarter-finals after a 6 – 7 6 – 2 6 – 4 6 – 4 victory against Daniel Evans. After reaching the final back in 2008, the French is looking for another great result in Melbourne. Looking now to Tsonga’s numbers throughout this event, the world no.12 is averaging an impressive ratio of 1.53 winners / unforced errors.
This should be a very close contest between two players who usually play at their best on the big stages. Due to Stan’s slight lead on the h2h and outstanding record on Grand Slam events, the bookmakers price him as the favourite at 67/100 at 5Dimes while Tsonga is available at 13/10 at BetVictor. Even though we believe in a victory from the Swiss, the best approach is to take the Over 3.5 sets at 1/2 at Bet365.
Zverev vs. Federer
After shocking the world with his triumph over Andy Murray in the previous round, Mischa Zverev is looking for another surprising result. The German played at a very good level, not giving any pace to Murray with his tricky slice. Besides this, Zverev put a lot of pressure on Andy with Mischa rushing into the net 118 times and winning 65 of those points.
Federer keeps raising the level of his game with two outstanding victories over Tomas Berdych and Kei Nishikori. After Murray’s defeat, Roger is now the main favourite to reach the final in the top half of the draw and he knows how important it is to save energy for the later stages. Taking a look now to Federer’s numbers in the previous two matches, the highlight clearly goes to his serve with the Swiss winning 92.31% of his service games.
After beating a top player is never easy to perform at a high level, especially when facing another top player. With this in mind, Federer should cover his -2.5 Set Handicap at 19/25 at Pinnacle in a match where he’s the undeniable favourite at 1/10 at William Hill while Ladbrokes offers 6/1 for Zverev’s victory.
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