Let’s talk about heavy favourite players in the men’s singles category in ATP Italian Open 2022 and their betting odds
Top seeds are back on clay in Italy Rome. The 79th edition of the Italian Open is back and with Carlos Alcaraz withdrawing from the competition following injury, let us review some heavy favourites at the tournament.
ATP Italian Open Men’s Singles Top Five Favorites Players, Predictions, Betting Odds
1- Rafael Nadal
All eyes of Rafa! The King of Clay is back to continue his tremendous form. Nadal has received a bye into the second round of the Italian Open tournament and is scheduled to pkay tomorrow. The Spaniard began his 2022 tennis season officially with a title at the ATP 250 tournament in Melbourne followed by the historical 21st Grand Slam at the Australian Open in an intense match against World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev. He then continued with a winning streak of 20-matches in a row before losing to Taylor Fritz at the final of the Indian Wells Masters. The No. 4 ATP ranked player is only defeated by Fritz and Carlos Alcaraz who has been proved to be a very strong player this season on clay.
There is no risk in supporting Nadal on clay and a lot of reasons to back him in Italy. The player is working harder ahead of the Roland Garros tournament. None other than the physical injuries can trouble players.
2- Novak Djokovic
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic was not able to defend his title at the Australian Open 2022 which was won by Nadal as his 21st. The Serbian was deported from Australia following a controversial vaccination and medical exception case. He started his official 2022 season at the Dubai Open championships that lasted until the quarterfinals. He faced another early exit at Monte Carlo Masters as he was defeated in the second round to eventual runner up Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
Serb’s best result so far, was reaching the final of the tournament at home in Serbia Open buy was defeated by Andrey Rublev at the battle of title.
Despite Djokovic missing several events this season, he managed to stay on top of the ATP ranking which tells a lot about his potential. Djokovic seemed to have his form back from home soil and at Madrid Open before losing to a very strong player Carlos Alcaraz.
3- Stefanos Tsitsipas
Tsitsipas is going through quite a decent season and with good advancements having won a title at the Monte Carlo Masters defeating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
The No. 5 ATP player recently reached the semifinals of the Madrid Open tournament before losing to eventual winner Alexander Zverev. At Barcelona Open, he was outlasted by Alcaraz.
The Greek had several semifinals advancement including one Grand Slam last four at the Australian Open along with a doubles title at Mexican Open.
Tsitsipas showed some impressive tactics on clay that make him one of the heavy favourites for the Italian Open.
4- Alexander Zverev
No. 3 ATP player Zverev didn’t go through a very good season as expected following several early exits but the German seemed to have regained his form back at Madrid Open as he had his best results on red clay thrashing players like Tsitsipas and Felix Auger-Aliassime. The player from Germany lost the trophy against Carlos Alcaraz.
Zverev is anticipated to have sharpened his skills and form and uncover it in Italy.
5- Andrey Rublev
The 24-year-old Russian recently reached the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open. Before it, he overcame World No. 1 Novak Djokovic on the 20-times Grand Slam champion’s home soil to win his third ATP title of the year in Serbia. He also reached the semifinals of the Indian Wells Masters before losing to the winner of the tournament Taylor Fritz.
The player from Russia, Rublev has won Open 13, Dubai Tennis Championships and Serbia Open. A threat on clay and is expected to continue with his great form.
The Betting Odds are available here.