Rafael Nadal continues his quest for a second China Open title. Despite his brilliant 24 – 5 career record on this event, the Spaniard lost all his last two finals in Beijing. Taking a look now at Nadal’s campaign on this event, the world no.1 needed to save two match points against Lucas Pouille on the opening round. Adding to this, the 31-year-old only won 20% of his opponents’ service games on this tournament.
Playing on the big stages brings the best out of Nick Kyrgios. In addition to his terrific 57.14% winning record against top 10 opponents in 2017, the Australian already said that it’s easier for him to find the proper motivation when facing the best players in the world. On the other hand, the fast court conditions in Beijing are perfect for Nick’s powerful serve with an impressive average of 1.28 aces per service game on this event.
This will be the 5th career meeting between these two players with each of them winning two of their previous four encounters on the ATP World Tour.
Despite the balance on the h2h, Kyrgios is far from an easy match-up for the Spaniard. Adding to this, Nick produced a stunning straight-sets upset of Nadal at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. With this in mind, the value is definitely on the Australian’s tennis betting odds to lift the trophy in Beijing at 3/2 at William Hill while Pinnacle offers 31/50 for Nadal’s victory.
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