Milos Raonic vs Novak Djokovic Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Australian Open

Prediction published on 27/01/2020, 10:02  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 27/01/2020 at 11:02 in ATP Australian Open Predictions

Second seeded Novak Djokovic is only three wins away from retaining his Australian Open title. He takes on number 32 seed Milos Raonic in the last eight with the winner facing either Roger Fedeeer or Tenys Sandgren in the semi-finals. Djokovis has already won this title a record seven times. He has reached the quarter finals having dropped just one set. That was in the first round when dropping the third set against Jan-Lennard Struff. Since then, he has been in excellent form and defeated 14th seed Diego Schwartzmann in straight sets. All this follows his impressive performance in the ATP Cup when leading Serbia to the title and winning all his matches including a win over Rafael Nadal.

Milos Raonic is yet to drop a set in this tournament. He  is ranked 35th in the world but in the live rankings is up to 32 in the live list. This is his second successive Australian Open quarter final having lost to Lucas Pouille last year. He has a good record down under with a semi-final apperance in 2016 and this is his fifth quarter final overall. Injuries have blighted his career in recent years and he missed both the French and US Open tournaments in 2019.  His only warm-up tournament was the ATP event in Doha, where he lost his first match to Corentin Moutet.  He's done well to reach this stage and has beaten sixth seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas but the road ends here for the Canadian who has lost all nine previous matches against his opponent.