Two American players – Jack Sock and Steve Johnson – will face each other this Saturday in Houston with a place in the final at stake. Bookmakers Review breaks down the fixture below and lists the best available odds from green listed bookmaker.
Sock vs. Johnson
After defeating Feliciano Lopez in the quarter-finals, Jack Sock became the first player on the ATP World Tour to win 20 matches in 2017. Playing in Houston is always special for Sock with the world no.16 presenting an outstanding 13 – 3 career record on this event. Despite not playing his best tennis in the previous two rounds, Sock is always a very dangerous player once he reaches the final stages. Since 2016, Jack won all the five semi-finals he played on ATP 250 events.
Steve Johnson continues his impressive run in Houston. After defeating the unpredictable Dustin Brown in the opening round, Johnson surprised the 2014 champion – Fernando Verdasco – in straight sets. Looking now at Steve’s stats throughout the tournament, the highlight clearly goes to his numbers on serve with Johnson winning 95.00% of his service games in Houston.
These two players know each other very well. Besides being good friends off the court, this is already the 9th career meeting between them with Sock leading on the h2h by 5 – 3.
This is a very interesting match-up with both players looking for the inside out forehand to explore their opponent’s backhand. Despite Steve’s brilliant results so far, Sock is clearly the best player on clay. Adding to this, Jack won their previous two encounters this year in Auckland and Delray Beach. With this in mind, Sock is the undeniable favourite to secure a place in the final at 11/25 with Pinnacle while 5Dimes offers 21/10 for Johnson’s victory.
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