After admitting to a likely muscle tear suffered in his third round match, Novak Djokovic is now the $5 third favourite at TAB to win the 2021 Australian Open men’s singles championship.
Djokovic entered Day 5 as the commanding $2.20 favourite to secure his ninth Australian Open men’s title but has now fallen to the third line of betting after battling to defeat Taylor Fritz 7-6 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-2 last night.
Daniil Medvedev – beaten finalist at the 2019 U.S. Open – is now the $3 favourite at TAB to win the first tennis major on the 2021 calendar ahead of Dominic Thiem ($4) who overturned a two-set deficit against Nick Kyrgios at John Cain Arena last night.
The majority of TAB punters would be hoping that Djokovic has extraordinary recuperative powers as 67 percent of the support is on the No.1 seed to claim the men’s championship including one pre-tournament wager of $115,000 at $2.25.
Djokovic is the $1.48 favourite at TAB to defeat Milos Raonic ($2.60) in their fourth round encounter scheduled for tomorrow.
2021 Australian Open Men’s Winner
$3 Daniil Medvedev $5 before Day 5
$4 Dominic Thiem $8 before Day 5
$5 Novak Djokovic $2.20 before Day 5
$6 Rafael Nadal $9 before Day 5
$11 Alexander Zverev $21 before Day 5
$12 Stefanos Tsitsipas $13 before Day 5
$16 Andrey Rublev $16 before Day 5
$18 Milos Raonic $67 before Day 5
$34 Felix Auger-Aliassime $101 before Day 5
$51 Alex de Minaur $51 before Day 5
$67+ Others Quoted