ATP Finals London - London, Great Britain
2 units: A.Zverev Games Won/M.Cilic Games Won - Over 24
Zverev made his debut in the season-ending championships last year, the German won his opening match against none other than Marin Cilic, but failed to get out of the group stage after losing the following two matches against Roger Federer and Jack Sock. Alexander Zverev had yet another disappointing season in grand slams this year. He should be satisfied with his overall performance, having won 58 matches from the possible 79, which includes three title-winning campaigns at Munich, Madrid Masters, and Washington. On the other side of the court, Marin Cilic makes his third consecutive and fourth overall appearance in the season-ending championships. Neither of them have made it past the group stage of this tournament. Marin Cilic won their first meeting back in Washington 2015, but since then Alexander Zverev opened up a 5-1 lead in the H2H by winning all their following matches — most recently at Rome Masters 2018. Zverev is slightly favored to continue his winning run against the big-serving Croatian. We expect this match to go 3 sets and should see this match go over 24 games.
Novak Djokovic vs John Isner
Novak Djokovic's season keeps getting better as he won two ATP Year-End awards last week: Comeback Player of the Year and ATP Year-End World #1. Novak Djokovic has registered more wins against top 10 opponents in 2018 among all the players competing in ATP World Tour Finals this week. John Isner needed a big result at Vienna and Paris Masters last month to secure a direct qualifying spot for the ATP World Tour Finals, but he failed to get beyond the second round of those tournaments. The late withdrawal of Rafael Nadal opened up an additional qualifying spot, and the big-serving American had enough points to grab it. He will now make his debut in the year-end championships, after narrowly missing out on few occasions in the past. John Isner is capable of making it a close contest with a strong serving performance. Novak Djokovic is heavily favored to extend his dominant H2H record against the American (8-2). While we do not have an official pick, if your book offers it, a tiebreak is likely in this match.