Novak Djokovic and Pablo Carreno-Busta will clash against each other in the 3rd round of Western & Southern Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT.
Novak Djokovic: results and record
Currently world no. 1 Novak got to the 3rd round after defeating Sam Querrey 7-5 6-1.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Melbourne where he beat Rafael Nadal in the final 6-3 6-2 6-3 and in Madrid where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-3 6-4 and in London where he beat Roger Federer in the final 7-6(5) 1-6 7-6(4) 4-6 13-12(3).
The Serbian has a 36-6 win-loss record in 2019, 14-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Cincinnati
Djokovic won the title last year in Cincinnati after besting Roger Federer 6-4 6-4.
Pablo Carreno-Busta: results and record
Ranked no. 53, Carreno-Busta reached the 3rd round after defeating Marius Copil 6-2 6-2, Jeff Wolf 6-3 4-6 6-2, Gilles Simon 7-5 7-64 and John Isner 6-4 6-71 7-66.
Pablo’s best result of the year was reaching the semi-finals in Hamburg and Antalya.
Carreno-Busta has a 17-13 win-loss record in 2019, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Cincinnati
The Spaniard lost in the quarter 7-67 6-4 to Marin Cilic.
Western & Southern Open Live score and result Novak Djokovic vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta
This will be the 3rd time that Novak Djokovic and Pablo Carreno-Busta face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Djokovic won 6-2 4-6 6-4 in the 3rd round in Monte Carlo back in 2017.
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 -> 1.03
Pablo Carreno-Busta -> 15.00
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