Slowly but surely things get serious in the 107th Men’s Singles in the history of the Australian Open. Of the once 128 players qualified for the main draw only 16 players are left and the really fist-thick surprises have been largely missed so far. So just the first section of the tournament tree went without a surprise, because in this round of 16, the two top seeds face each other. The world number one Novak Djokovic, who defended his position in the ranking of the ATP successfully by the entry into the fourth round, regardless of the further course of the tournament. And the current number 19 in the world Daniil Medvedev – started here in Melbourne as number 15 of the seedling list.
Not least because of this gap, which is between the two top 20 players in the ranking, Djokovic is against Medvedev according to odds for the quarter-finals in the clear favorites role. No wonder, as the Serbian superstar shares the status of the record winner with Roy Emerson and Roger Federer for six overall victories at the prestigious tennis tournament in Melbourne. A role that he could extend with overall victory number seven. If the way there is still far, Djokovic versus Medvedev will at least have the tip on his quarter-finals as very promising.
Djokovic vs Medvedev Tennis Prediction
Novak Djokovic – Statistics & Current Form
Current ranking in the world rankings: 1.
Position in the seedling list: 1.
The 31-year-old Serb Novak Djokovic will continue at the start of the season in 2019, where he left off in 2018. With an incredible run like his best times, he secured four major titles in the ATP World Tour between Wimbledon and the Shanghai Rolex Masters – two Grand Slam victories and two ATP World Tour Masters 1000s overall victories. He narrowly missed two more majors. On the one hand the Paris Masters in the 0-2 defeat in the final against Karen Khachanov and on the other hand the final of the ATP Finals against Alexander Zverev – also 0: 2. In the young season, he only had to bow slightly in the semi-finals of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open with 1: 2 Roberto Bautista Agut, but went in his other six singles but the winner of the place.
At the Australian Open, where he had already secured six overall victories in his career, it took it to the third round before he had to mourn a strong Denis Shapovalov in the third set for the first time a lost sentence – but only to the Canadian shooting star in the fourth set a smooth 6: 0 pour. All the better for Djokovic against Medvedev the odds that the Djoker is now less than 13 games again, although the Russian young star has at least as good a season opener as Nole has caught and yet has not yet delivered a single sentence. A walk will definitely not be this round of 16 for the Serbian superstar. However, this is not the case in any of the top 16 athletes in any part of the tournament tree anyway.
Last matches by Novak Djokovic:
- 19.01.2019 – Djokovic Vs. Shapovalov 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 (Australian Open)
17.01.2019 – Djokovic Vs. Tsonga 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 (Australian Open)
15.01.2019 – Djokovic Vs. Krueger 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 (Australian Open)
04.01.2019 – Bautista-Agut Vs. Djokovic 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 (Doha)
03.01.2019 – Djokovic Vs. Basilashvili 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 (Doha)
Daniil Medvedev – Statistics & Current Form
Current ranking in the world rankings: 19.
Position in the seedling list: 15.
22-year-old Russian Daniil Medvedev has already done well on his start to the season at Brisbane International, narrowly missing out on his potentially fourth singles title in his ATP World Tour career, when they ended up beating Kei Nishikori 1: 2. Brisant, especially as the Japanese would be a potential quarter-final opponent, if the Russian right hand in the form of Novak Djokovic now successfully masters the biggest hurdle at the Australian Open 2019. Hope for it makes quite his previous appearance in the new season. In Brisbane he beat, among other things, the five-time Australian Open finalists Andy Murray smooth 2-0 and also beat Milos Raonic, who was here in 2016 to the semi-finals.
Results that Daniil Medvedev was able to seamlessly follow in the first Grand Slam tournament of the calendar year, as his previous record reads a bit better than the Djoker’s. On the way to the fourth round, the Russian won all three games smoothly with 3: 0 and was able to give, among others, the 2017 Vice World Champion David Goffin a little lesson, which certainly had not many tippers on their ticket in this form. That definitely makes you want more, even though the level is abruptly increasing. In principle, Daniil Medvedev may be credited with much on the hard court. Here he reached all his five finals at tournaments of the ATP World Tour so far. Having recently reached the third round of a Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon 2018 and the 2018 US Open, he is now among the top 16 players on such a big stage for the first time in his career. The fact that the curve continues to point upwards in 2019 is already apparent. But is that enough to put a tip on the underdog at Medvedev versus Djokovic?
Last matches by Daniil Medvedev
- 19.01.2019 – Medvedev vs. Goffin 6-2, 7-6, 6-3 (Australian Open)
17.01.2019 – Medvedev vs. Harrison 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 (Australian Open)
15.01.2019 – Medvedev vs. Harris 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 (Australian Open)
06.01.2019 – Nishikori Vs. Medvedev 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 (Brisbane)
05.01.2019 – Medvedev vs. Tsonga 7-6, 6-2 (Brisbane)
Djokovic vs Medvedev – Head to Head Statistics
At least the “head to head” comparison does not do that much, as in both matches between Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev, the Djoker came off as the winner. This was initially a single in the Davis Cup 2017, where Nole a 0-1 deficit against an injured Russians still turned around. Last time Novak Djokovic prevailed 2-0 in the semi-finals of the ATP Eastbourne 2017 (6: 4 and 6: 4).
Novak Djokovic vs Daniil Medvedev, Australian Open 2019 – Hints and Odds
Although Daniil Medvedev got a really good start to the new year and was able to present himself in impressive form in Melbourne, the analysis has not brought enough arguments to light, which is why he just the world number one, record winner and top favorite on this year’s overall victory in this fourth Round should be able to clear out of the way. So Nole is quite rightly in the knockout stages of the Australian Open 2019 as the clear favorite. His breakout would definitely be as big a surprise as his defeat in this round a year ago against underdog Hyeon Chung.
Key facts – Novak Djokovic vs. Daniil Medvedev Prediction
Two duels have so far been between Djokovic and Medvedev; in both cases, the Djoker went off as the winner
For the first time in his career, Medvedev will be in the last 16 of a Grand Slam tournament
Djokovic has won the Australian Open six times, but surprisingly failed underdog Hyeon Chung exactly one year ago
A surprise that we would not speculate on, though it makes it all the harder to find an optimal tip for this game. For example, the Djoker’s odds are not enough value, while the hint for a smooth 3-0 win may be a bit too risky, as Daniil Medvedev must definitely have the potential to win the Serbian top star , That’s why we at Medvedev against Djokovic the best odds also in the tip that the Russian shooting star against the Serbs will win more than 14.5 games. That would be in a game as expected tight game mathematically possible in a game over three sentences. If the Russian wins a set, a winning bet would be even more likely. At Djokovic against Medvedev this tip can be played with 5 units.
Tennis Prediction: Daniil Medvedev wins over 14.5 games
Odds: : 1.85
