Kyrgios vs. Harrison
Against our expectations, Grigor Dimitrov couldn’t find the answer to Nick Kyrgios’ powerful tennis. Known as one of the best servers in the game, the no.3 seed ended the match with impressive numbers on serve – 19 aces and 69.44% first serve in. Despite losing the opening set, the 22-year-old from Canberra found a way to come back for the third consecutive match in Brisbane, this time to secure his first ever win over the Bulgarian.
Ryan Harrison couldn’t have asked for more on his 2018 debut. Regardless of this Sunday’s outcome, Harrison already secured his return to the top 45. Taking a look now at Ryan’s campaign on this event, the 25-year-old reaches this stage of the competition after a 4 – 6 7 – 6 6 – 4 win over Alex Di Minaur. Despite Di Minaur’s undeniable talent, Ryan’s higher experience proved decisive with the American winning all the three break point opportunities on the Australian’s serve.
These two players will face each other for the third time in their careers with Harrison still looking for his first win against this opponent.
In addition to Kyrgios dominance on the h2h, the home favourite won all his previous seven finals on the ATP World Tour when priced as favourite. On the other hand, Harrison holds a terrible 14.55% winning record throughout his career against top 20 players. With this in mind, our suggestion is for you to place a bet on Nick’s -1.5 Set Handicap at 69/100 at Pinnacle as the most valuable play for this final.
Best Play: Nick Kyrgios -1.5 Set Handicap at 69/100 at Pinnacle
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