The If Stockholm Open quarter-finals take place this Friday with only eight players left in the competition. Bookmakers Review breaks down the fixture below and lists the best available odds from green listed bookmakers.
Del Potro vs. Karlovic
Two giants will face each other this Friday with Juan Martin Del Potro and Ivo Karlovic fighting for a place in the semi-finals.
Known as one of the biggest servers in the history of the game, Karlovic holds the all-time aces record on the ATP World Tour. After an eight-year absence, Ivo returns to Stockholm with the 2007 champion defeating Mikael Ymer on his debut by 4 – 6 6 – 4 6 – 4. The fast game conditions in Stockholm clearly suit Karlovic’s powerful serve with the Croatian winning 90.74% of the points played with his first serve.
After a disappointing first round loss in Shanghai against David Goffin, Del Potro started his campaign in Stockholm with two solid victories against John Isner and Nicolas Almagro. Looking now to the Argentinean’s numbers in Stockholm, the highlight clearly goes to Del Potro’s serve with the 2009 US Open champion not facing a single break point so far.
These two players will face each other for the 5th time in their careers with the Argentinean leading on the h2h by 3 – 1. Despite Del Potro’s lead on the h2h, Karlovic is never an easy opponent, especially in this fast game conditions. Therefore, it’s impossible to find any value on Juan Martin’s price at 29/100 at Coral while on the other hand, Karlovic presents a very interesting value at 297/100 at Pinnacle. Due to the tremendous quality of Ivo’s serve, our advice is for you to take the Over 25.5 at 23/25 at Pinnacle.
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