Analysis for Nadal-Djokovic (Montreal)

Head-to-head record 5:1

This is the match we have been looking forward to for several days already. To be honest, we expected much better odds on young Serbian player as we took him at 4.15 against Nadal on grass few weeks ago. On the other hand, we were prepared to place a higher stake. These odds make the match tricky for us and because we are a bit disappointed with the current odds level, we decided to place just a smaller stake on Djokovic. Serbian young gun is a very talented player with style of play suited to all surfaces. Well, Nadal is almost unbeatable on clay but this surface gives both players at least equal chances. Djokovic has already managed to beat Nadal once on hard court this year and was close to beat him on grass as well (he was stopped by injury and forced to retire). Djokovic has better hard court skills than Spaniard, better current form and his self confidence is at least at the same level. Furthermore, he has much better backhand shots and if he chooses a good tactic, he is definitely capable to beat Nadal, whose main weapon will be fitness as usual. We should also mention the latest results of both players - while Djokovic has been pretty impressive sofar in Montreal (beating strong opponents Kiefer, Nalbandian and Roddick without losing a single set), Nadal has been struggling against Safin, Mathieu and Dancevic. All of these matches were pretty tight and Nadal won mainly thanks to his strong mental condition. This is gonna be the match in which everything can happen but we think Djokovic is a slight favourite under these circumstances and odds around 2 can be taken.