ATP World Tour Finals - Mardy Fish v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Odds and Betting Preview

Story by Nick Baines on 2011-11-21 21:57:00

LONDON, UK - Tuesday’s series of ATP World Tour Finals matches sees Mardy Fish take on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in London. Tsonga has recently come to the spotlight on the international stage and this tournament provides a fantastic opportunity for him to establish himself as one of the best players in the world. Mardy Fish has four more years of tennis than his French counterpart and will be hoping that experience overcomes physicality tomorrow.

Tsonga is the bookies favourite to come out eventual winner at best odds of 1/2 with bet365 where as his American opponent is the slight underdog at 6/4 with Paddy Power. Tsonga beat Fish in the US Open last 16 and the American will desperately looking for revenge.

Fish made the quarterfinals at Wimbledon this year and made the third round of the French Open, which is his best record in that competition to date. This year’s ATP World Finals is the perfect opportunity for him to breach the void between being a player in a top ten and challenging for one of the best players in the world.

Tsonga has made a successful season out of 2011, with Wimbledon being an obvious and particular highlight. The Frenchman made it all the way to the semi-finals before losing to the infamous Djokovic. However he had the opportunity to serve for the first set and showed serious resilience by saving three match points in the third set tie break. If he can replicate some of this awesome form then he could be a serious contender for this competition.

Tsonga is ranked six in the world whereas Fish is ranked at eight, so we should expect a close affair. BetVictor are offering odds of 7/5 that the game will go into the third and final set however if you think that one of players will stamp their dominance throughout Coral are offering odds of 8/13 that the game will go down in straight sets.

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