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Rafael Nadal will be looking to win his 16th Grand Slam and second third US Open title when he takes on Kevin Anderson in the final on Sunday.
Nadal didn`t have a great season on the American hard courts before US Open and there were questionmarks about his chances to win the title, as he has not been consistently at the top of his game at this event. Rafa was a bit shaky in the first few rounds, losing sets to Daniel or Leo Mayer, but got better as the tournament progressed. Nadal defeated Dolgopolov and Rublev in straight sets before playing a marvelous match to beat Del Potro in the semifinals, 4-6 6-0 6-3 6-2.
Kevin Anderson will play his first ever Grand Slam final, and he is obviously a huge underdog against the experienced Nadal. Anderson had a consistent tournament from start to finish, losing just three sets along the way, in his last three matches against Lorenzi, Querrey and Carreno Busta. The Big serving American is playing really well, serving well, moving well and being very aggressive (but consistent) with his shots from the baseline.
Bet on Nadal vs. Anderson and claim your 100% (100 Eur) freebet at Ohmbet now!Nadal leads the H2H 4-0 (3-0 on hard courts). He won the last meeting, which took place this year at Barcelona. A matchup analysis will suggest that Anderson’s style of play suits Nadal well, so the Spaniard could have an advantage from this point of view.
Wile Kevin Anderson has obviously been playing very well, the level of opposition he faced wasn`t extraordinary. The most remarkable thing about his game was how well he moved from the baseline and how consistent he has been from there considering his height – but above average baseline play won`t exactly cut it against somebody like Nadal – who is far superior to anyone Anderson has faced so far.
Anderson’s first real test was Querrey in the quarterfinals, but for some reason Querrey was not quite at his best in that match, and Anderson won in 4.
The Big South African next faced Carreno-Busta in the semis (kind of a poor man`s Nadal), and had serious problems for a couple of hours in that match. Carreno Busta was a set up and he was in control of the match, attempting to claim a 2-0 lead. But he double faulted at 5-6 30-30 in the second set, ending up losing that one, and double faulted again to hand Anderson a break of serve in the third. It`s fair to say that a little bit of extra composure from the Spaniard could have taken that match down a very different route.
Nadal was absolutely brilliant in his semifinal win against Del Potro. The Argentinean played near perfect tennis in the first set and he would have won that against anybody, but Nadal completely broke him down in the next three. While it`s true that Del Potro was getting tired, much of that was because of how much and how well Rafa was moving him. Delpo still had plenty of moments of great tennis in the last three sets, but each time Rafa came with an answer, even to the most powerful shots.
It really was a masterclass of both tactics and execution from Rafa, to the point where it seemed he was playing on clay, not on hard. Obviously there`s no reason to expect anything less from him in the final., and it will be very difficult for Anderson to stay close given his lack of experience at this level and the way he matches up against Nadal.
Anderson’s aggressive forehand shouldn`t do nowhere near as much damage to Rafa as it did to Querrey or Carreno Busta, especially after we saw Nadal neutralizing an even bigger forehand in his semifinal against Delpo. Kevin will realize quickly that he needs to take higher and higher risks and eventually will probably start missing more. His movement might also be affected as the match goes on, as Rafa is sure to run him all around the court.
I don`t see Anderson being good enough to be the better player for a stretch of 30 minutes – 1 hour, so as long as he doesn`t get lucky (maybe with a tiebreak), he should lose this in straight.
I expect Rafa to dominate this match from start to finish and wear Anderson down from the baseline. My tip is Nadal to win with a -2.5 set handicap, I think this bet is better than a game handicap (set at -6.5) because of Anderson’s big serve. Prediction: Rafael Nadal – Kevin Anderson 6-4 7-5 6-3.
Pick: Nadal -2,5 set handicap
Odds: 1.94 @ Pinnacle
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 7.52
Event date: 10 September
Hey man. At 1xbet the odds at who will serve first is nadal 1.6 and anderson 2.2 . Whi is that ? Are not the chance 50 50 i mean if anderson will win the coin for sure he will chose to serve can you maybe explain me .?
I know some big servers like to serve 2nd … they know they can`t afford to lose serve so they prefer to have 1 game of practice just to get the hand & shoulder going.
I don`t know if that`s Anderson`s case, also I don`t know what Rafa usually chooses. I guess 1xBet has some stats and they put up the odds accordingly, I find it hard to believe they could screw up such a simple bet.
In all his 6 matches at us open anderson served first in his matches
In that case I guess it`s worth a shot, surely he won the coin toss at least once and chose to serve … who knows, maybe it`s a mistake, some operator copy pasted the wrong odds. Or maybe Rafa wins his coin tosses 60% of the time.
You can be serious about this 60 procent for rafa. Every flip coin in every match between any players is 50 50. It s not like he have 60 40 to win the flip coin. This is pure chance
No, I was saying maybe he won 60% of the coin tosses in his career and 1xbet took that statistic. It was just a joke anyway. Hope you bet, good call at those odds.
Small stakes i ve bet