Top seeded and defending champion Rafael Nadal has a tough match against Britain’s Jack Draper in the first round of the 2023 Australian Open on Monday, January 16. Get the live streaming options of this Rafael Nadal v Jack Draper match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Rafael Nadal v Jack Draper Head to Head
No previous matches have been played between the world number two Nadal and the 40th-ranked Draper.
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Nadal Groping for Form
With two Grand Slam titles under his belt last year, Nadal looks to be coming off one of his better years in recent times. However, the Spaniard also had a few other things to think about including his fitness and that looks to have spilled over into the new season.
Because playing for Spain in the United Cup, his fans would have expected Nadal to have done a lot better than the two losses he suffered in the tournament. He is yet to win a match this season.
Nadal would be more perturbed by the manner in which he lost those matches after having clinched the opening set.
First it was Cameron Norrie to sent him packing 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 which was a bad enough result for the defending champion but to then lose to Alex de Minaur from being a set up would have taken his goat.
And now coming into the season’s opening Grand Slam, Nadal will be facing a rather difficult opponent.
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Draper 4-2 This Season Already
He has featured in two tournaments so far in the lead-up to the Australian Open and Draper has won four and lost two matches.
A second round loss in Adelaide last week to Karen Khachanov was followed by Draper making it to the semifinal at the second tournament played in the same city. And this time around he defeated Khachanov to get there.
What’s interesting is that Draper had defeated Soon-woo Kwon in the first round at Adelaide International 1 but then lost to the same player in the semifinal the following week.
Draper will be playing at the Australian Open for the first time and is in the main draw of a Grand Slam for only the fourth time. His best showing at a major came last year in the US Open where he made the third round which included a win over Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Not surprisingly, for someone who started 2022 ranked outside the top 250, ended it as a 42nd-ranked player.
This will be a difficult test for Draper, taking on a player of the calibre of Nadal but for one, the Brit has nothing to lose but more vitally he knows his opponent in bit of a strife. This might be a very good chance for Draper to send the defending champion packing in the first round.
Nadal v Draper Prediction and Tip
While Nadal is a favourite here it’s no surprise he is as long as 1/2 to win this. Nadal’s fitness will be the key and Draper does look like he is in the kind of form nobody can bet against. Still, you would want to back Nadal in a best-of-five match.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Nadal to win: 1/2 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
- High Risk Tip: Nadal to win AND Both players to win a set: 13/10 (Click Here to Bet with 888Sport)
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The 2023 Australian Open will be played from January 16 to January 29. You can get all the tennis betting news with our tennis betting blog here. Also get rest of the tennis match previews here.
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