Two of the greatest players in the history of the sport – Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal – will fight this Sunday for the Australian Open title. Bookmakers Review breaks down the fixture below and lists the best available odds from green listed bookmakers.
Federer vs. Nadal
Despite having one extra day to recover for this match, Roger Federer requested a medical timeout in the previous round against Stan Wawrinka. Besides this, Roger is playing his first official tournament after six months away from competition with the Swiss already involved in two five-set matches.
Rafael Nadal also needed two five-set battles to make it into this final – the last one in the semi-finals against Grigor Dimitrov. However, Nadal is a phenomenal athlete and as we already witnessed in the past, he can recover extremely well from this epic marathons. Known for his mental strength, Nadal won 73.70% of the points when facing break point, which is even higher than his 65.80% career average on Hard Court.
As Federer mentioned in his interview after defeating Wawrinka, Nadal is the toughest opponent he ever faced. The Spaniard clearly holds the edge on their previous meetings and it will be very hard for Roger to defeat Nadal in a best of five-set matches. Therefore, Rafael is the right play on this final at 83/100 at Pinnacle while BetVictor offers 6/5 for Federer’s triumph.
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