The Rio Open quarter-finals take place this Friday with main favourite – Dominic Thiem – still looking for his first trophy in 2017. Bookmakers Review breaks down the fixture below and lists the best available odds from green listed bookmakers.
Schwartzman vs. Thiem
After Kei Nishikori’s unexpected defeat in the opening round, Dominic Thiem is now the undeniable favourite to leave Rio de Janeiro with the title. Thiem is trying to go a step further this season on this event after losing in the semi-finals last year. Playing on clay clearly suits Dominic’s game style with the Austrian reaching this stage of the competition after two straight sets victories against Janko Tipsarevic and Dusan Lajovic. Looking now to Thiem’s numbers on this event, the highlight clearly goes to his serve with the wold no.8 winning 95.20% of his service games.
For the first time in his career, Diego Schwartzman will play the quarter-finals of an ATP 500 event. Known for his consistent baseline game, Diego is never an easy opponent to face on clay. However, his weak serve makes him a very vulnerable opponent with the Argentinean allowing an average of 0.83 break points per service game on this competition. Schwartzman is still looking for his first career victory over a top 10 opponent after losing in his previous 8 attempts.
These two players know each other well with Thiem winning their two previous encounters in straight sets. Despite Diego’s improvements in recent months, Dominic is clearly at a higher level and it’s unlikely to see the Argentinean emerging victorious from this match. With this in mind, Thiem is fairly priced as the main favourite for this contest at 43/100 at Pinnacle while 5Dimes offers 11/5 for Schwartzman’s victory.
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