Bookmakers Review breaks down the fixtures below and lists the best available odds from green listed bookmakers.
Dimitrov vs. Troicki
A very interesting contest is expected between Grigor Dimitrov and Viktor Troicki. These two players featured some outstanding battles earlier this year, with Dimitrov winning the first they played in Brisbane by 5 – 7 7 – 6 6 – 2 while Troicki won Sydney’s final by 2 – 6 6 – 1 7 – 6 after saving one match point.
Both have struggled to present their best level lately and is unlikely to see any of them crushing the opponent. They can defend very well their service games and their numbers support that – over the last 12 months, Troicki won 80.3% of his service games and Dimitrov 82.6% while the average on ATP is 78.1%.
Dimitrov is the favourite for this event at 3/5 on Pinnacle Sports while Troicki is offered at 137/100 on Bet365 yet, this should be a much closer match than the odds suggest. As it happened earlier this year, both players should win at least one set and it wouldn’t be surprising to see this match decided on a 5th set, which makes the Over market as a good betting approach for contest.
Chardy vs. Mayer
The last match of the day scheduled for the Philippe-Chatrier court this Sunday deserves a closer look, with Jeremy Chardy and Leonardo Mayer fighting for a place on the 2nd round.
Chardy has a good 15 – 11 career record on this event and always enjoys to play with the home support; however, it hasn’t been an easy year for the French with Jeremy struggling to perform at a consistent level throughout the season.
Mayer also reach this event after a negative streak, winning only 1 of his last five matches yet, his losses were against high quality players such as Nicolas Almagro, Feliciano Lopez, David Goffin and Dominic Thiem.
Both are known for their powerful game style but the big difference is Mayer’s higher consistency, especially with the backhand. Despite Chardy’s 2 – 1 lead on h2h, the matches between these two were always very close and there isn’t much separating them. For those reasons, is possible to find some value on Mayer’s odds at 6/5 on William Hill while Chardy can be found at 4/5 on BetVictor.