Wimbledon gets underway this Monday with the players from the top half of the draw in action on the men’s competition. Bookmakers Review breaks down the fixtures below and lists the best available odds from green listed bookmakers.
Medvedev vs. Wawrinka
Known as one of the most promising young players on the ATP World Tour, Daniil Medvedev continues his successful campaign in 2017. After a disappointing defeat at the opening round in Roland Garros, Medvedev won 9 of his following 12 matches on the grass-court season. Despite his outstanding results in recent weeks, the 21-year-old Russian is still looking for his first win on a Major event.
The three-time Grand Slam champion – Stan Wawrinka – continues to pursue his first career title in Wimbledon. Famous for playing his best tennis on the big stages, Wawrinka holds an astonishing 63 – 11 record on Grand Slam events since 2014. Even though grass is far from Stan’s favourite surface, the two-time Wimbledon is always a fearful opponent on the big tournaments.
Despite Medvedev’s unquestionable quality, it’s always hard to go against Wawrinka on a Grand Slam event. Adding to this, the Russian never won a best of five sets match throughout his career. That said, Wawrinka is the clear favourite to win this match at 7/20 at Pinnacle while Bet365 offers 5/2 for Daniil’s victory. Due to the low price on Stan’s moneyline, our advice is for you to take advantage of his -1.5 Set Handicap at 13/20 at SBOBet.
Young vs. Istomin
At the age of 27, Donald Young is going through the best moment in his career. After reaching the quarter-finals in Queens and Eastbourne, the former junior world no.1 is looking for another successful campaign at the All England Club. Despite his undeniable talent and recent results on the 2017 grass-court season, Young holds a terrible 1 – 9 career record in Wimbledon.
Playing in Wimbledon brings great memories to Denis Istomin with the 30-year-old Uzbek reaching the 3rd round in four different occasions. However, the last weeks haven’t been easy for Istomin with only one win on his last five matches. Nevertheless, Denis is the kind of player who usually plays his best tennis on the big stages with his victory over Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open as a perfect example of that.
These two players are no strangers with Istomin winning two of their previous three encounters.
Despite Istomin’s lead on the h2h, Young is the main favourite to win to book a place in the following round at 1/2 at Bet365 while Denis is available at 7/4 at William Hill. Although we understand Donald’s favouritism, it’s impossible to find any value on his current tennis betting odds. With this in mind, our suggestion is for you to place a bet on the Over 39 at 22/25 at Pinnacle since we expect a much closer contest than the odds suggest.