Rafael Nadal finally has a big chance to complete his trophy showcase and win the only remaining GS title missing there – US Open. Nadal is in an excellent shape at this USO, and no matter of the opposition he’s faced, it is still impressive to note he hasn’t dropped a single set to the finals in all of his 6 previous matches, playing only 2 tie breaks, and it was in the first 2 rounds when he was just getting warmed up. Last year he had quite a lot of failures, primarily cause of his knee issues, so he got eliminated in the USO semifinals against the later winner and phenomenal Del Potro. Now he again seems in top form, ready to show his best tennis exactly in these finals. What also suits him is the fact he’ll be quite rested, as he toyed around with Youzhny in the semis, winning that match pretty quickly.
Motivation bigger than ever
Novak Djokovic has been waiting for an opportunity to win his second Grand Slam for quite a while now, after the AO title from 2 years ago, and now he will finally have a chance to achieve something like that again. He has been eliminated by Federer from his, maybe the most favorite GS, over the past 3 years but Novak really had enough of that and from the start of this match, despite losing the first set, it was clear that Novak has a great desire to beat Federer so he never gave up even when being down 2-1 in sets, or when Roger had 2 match points on Djokovic’s serve in the 5th set. Primarily due to his brave and risky play, he managed to overcome all of that, but also cause of his big heart on the court, which helped him decide the match in his favor, and bring him a great joy. I am certain he will be at the same level in the finals, and that guarantees top tennis – as Djokovic is currently playing like in the his best days.
The Serb has a bigger heart
Although the match Federer-Djokovic was definitely finals before the finals, there is no dilemma we’re expecting yet another huge fight, where both players will be equally motivated to win the title due to different reasons. They know each other really well, they are about the same age, they are big rivals and undoubtedly after Federer retires from serious tennis, they will be the ones who will be dominating the world tennis scene at almost every tournament, so their rivalry has been huge for a long time already. Their H2H record is 14-7 in Nadal’s favor, adding that Novak won their last 3 matches in straight sets and also won more matches when they played on hard. If Novak hadn’t played such an exhausting match in the semis, the odds here would certainly be a bit more equal but such an underestimation is really not justified as Djokovic has again proven he is a brave tennis player, one of the best ones in the world, able to beat anyone out there. The only question here is what will prevail here? Djokovic’s desire to finally win another GS title after such a long time, or the tiredness factor will catch up. I think the heart will and am going on Nole to win it for smaller stake as I believe in his big heart and in another big result, and even if it doesn’t happen, it is certain that we’ll be having plenty of chances to have some nice greening out in-play. Good luck.
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Prediction:
Tip: 2
Odd: 3.85
Bookie: Pinnacle
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