With Juan Martin del Potro out of the way, Novak Djokovic is once again the odds-on favorite to win the French Open. His chances of winning are up to 38.7%, while Rafael Nadal’s haven’t budged much, now sitting at 25.8%.
Djokovic seems set to cruise into the semifinals, at least. Tomorrow he’ll face Richard Gasquet, and then in the quarters it gets even easier, with either Fabio Fognini or Albert Montanes. Things have worked out nicely for another Serbian, as well. Viktor Troicki will play Andy Murray–not the easiest draw, of course, but made easier by Murray’s ankle-twisting today. And whoever comes out of that match should be able to reach a semifinal date with Nadal, as the next opponent will be either Alejandro Falla or Juan Ignacio Chela.
Here are the full odds:
Player QF SF F W (1)Rafael Nadal 84.4% 61.5% 46.8% 25.8% Ivan Ljubicic 15.6% 4.9% 2.0% 0.4% (18)Gilles Simon 28.7% 6.4% 2.7% 0.6% (5)Robin Soderling 71.3% 27.1% 16.4% 5.9% (4)Andy Murray 76.0% 67.0% 27.3% 10.1% (15)Viktor Troicki 24.0% 16.9% 3.2% 0.5% (q)Alejandro Falla 40.7% 5.4% 0.5% 0.0% Juan Ignacio Chela 59.3% 10.7% 1.2% 0.1% Player QF SF F W (7)David Ferrer 55.8% 22.4% 6.9% 2.7% (9)Gael Monfils 44.2% 15.7% 3.9% 1.3% (14)Stanislas Wawrinka 25.6% 10.8% 2.4% 0.7% (3)Roger Federer 74.4% 51.0% 21.8% 11.1% Fabio Fognini 38.5% 3.0% 0.5% 0.1% Albert Montanes 61.5% 6.3% 1.4% 0.2% (13)Richard Gasquet 17.5% 13.5% 5.5% 1.8% (2)Novak Djokovic 82.5% 77.2% 57.5% 38.7%
There are some great match-ups ahead and it will be interesting to see who wins.
Hey, the betting odds certainly provide a different way of predicting a winner. I recently started blogging bout tennis, would love it if you could take a look and let me know what you think…
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