Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin Del Potro will play each other in the quarter of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 20th time of their career. They are scheduled to play as the last match of the day on Campo Centrale, not before 9 pm.
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1, the Serbian reached the quarter after beating Denis Shapovalov 6-1 6-3 and Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-0. Nole impressed on Thursday after dismissing the Canadian and the German without too many problems.
His best results of the season was winning the titles at the Australian Open and in Madrid where he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-3 6-4.
Novak has a 21-4 win-loss record in 2019, 8-1 on clay.
Last year result
The Serbian lost in the semifinal 7-64 6-3 to Rafael Nadal.
Juan Martin Del Potro
Ranked no. 9, Del Potro reaches the quarter after defeating David Goffin 6-4 6-2 and Casper Ruud 6-4 6-4. The Argentine is playing his 3rd tournament of the season after recovering from his kneecap injury that dented his first part of 2019. Delpo looked to have a rather good fitness on Thursday when he conceded no sets to his opponents.
Del Potro has a 4-2 win-loss record in 2019, 2-1 on clay.
Last year result
Del Potro reached the 3rd round last year in Rome before retiring against David Goffin when he was 6-2 4-5 down.
Prediction and H2H Novak Djokovic vs. Juan Martin Del Potro
This will be the 20th time that Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin Del Potro fight. The head to head is 15-4 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Djokovic won 6-3 7-64 6-3 in the final at the US Open back in 2018.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.14
Juan Martin Del Potro -> 5.50
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