World No. 1 Novak Djokovic takes on No. 13 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga tonight, Saturday August 13th, for a chance to get to the finals at the 2011 Rogers Cup, in Montreal Canada. Tsonga leads Djokovic 5-3 SU in their last eight meetings. Tennis oddsmakers have Novak Djokovic listed as -550 moneyline favourite to beat Jo-Wilfred Tsonga who is listed as +350 underdog. Make your 2011 Rogers Cup: Novak Djokovic vs Jo-Wilfred Tsonga predictions early before the big match.
Novak Djokovic got through after tough opening sets over Nikolay Davydenko and Marin Cilic in his first two rounds, Djokovic looked sharp during his quarter-final win over No. 5 seed Gael Monfils on Friday night, winning nine straight games from 2-all in the first set before closing out the Frenchman, 62 61. "I have played the best match of the tournament, no doubt,” Djokovic said. "I had a difficult game at two-all to hold my serve. After that, when I made the first break, it was incredible. Nine games in a row. I'm happy to see my game is progressing each day. Djokovic is an amazing 51-1 on the season, including a perfect 25-0 in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events this season (winning 19 of those matches in straight sets, being pushed to three sets six times). He is trying to become the first player to win five ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles in a season (since 1990).
Jo-Wilfred Tsonga has already beaten two Top 8 seeds to get here – No. 3 seed Roger Federer and No. 8 seed Nicolas Almagro – and will now break back into the Top 10 by virtue of this week’s performance. He leads Djokovic in their head-to-head series, 5-3, but in their only 2011 meeting it was Djokovic who won, in the semi-finals of Wimbledon. “The last match was very close, very intense, very important for both of us,” Djokovic said.
Novak Djokovic vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
When: Saturday, August 13th@8:00 PM ET
Pick: Djokovic -550
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The Bottom Line: I could see Tsonga winning. Make your 2011 Rogers Cup: Novak Djokovic vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga predictions in before the big match.
