The ATP Doha tennis betting final pits Jo Wilfried Tsonga v Gael Monfils against each other in a battle of the top French players. It has been an odd start to the new season on both the ATP and WTA sides of the fence, and with the Australian Open just around the corner, it is important to pay attention to these warm up tournaments. We are looking at Jo Wilfried Tsonga v Gael Monfils betting because the two favourites, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal exited at the semi final stage. Everything was being set up nicely for a first Federer v Nadal clash of the season in the final of Doha, but it wasn’t to be. Roger Federer, a four time champion here, pulled out of his semi final clash against Tsonga with a back injury, while Gael Monfils broke his losing streak against Rafael Nadal. Once news that Federer had to retire ahead of his semi final clash, all eyes turned to new favourite Rafael Nadal in the tennis betting. A lot of money would have been lost on the Spaniard, as he couldn’t stand up to a wonderful second set recovery from Monfils. The Frenchman had taken the first set, thanks to converting the only break point of the entire set in the sixth game. After Nadal had raced out to a 4-1 lead in the second set, it looked as if the Spaniard would drive home. But Monfils fired himself up tremendously, got into attack the Nadal serve and came back to take a 5-4 lead and then served the match out. That was the first time in six attempts that Monfils had beaten Nadal.
So which way to turn now in Jo Wilfried Tsonga v Gael Monfils betting? Well the Doha tournament draws to a conclusion and the smarter money will be on Tsonga. He is the highest ranked player out of the two friends, and really stepped up a gear over the last six months. He will also have benefited from an extra rest from having a walkover in the semi final. Tsonga does also hold a 2-1 head to head record against Monfils, but the last time they met, which was way back in 2010, it was Monfils who took the match then in France. But Tsonga is proving to be a real gritty player at the moment, and is hard to work over as he doesn’t allow opponents time to boss him around from the baseline. So would take Tsonga as the favourite here, he should have more composure and class, while Monfils is a very high energy player and probably had his big tournament game against Nadal.
Jo Wilfried Tsonga v Gael Monfils Doha Tennis Final betting odds
Tsonga to win: 4/5 at BetFred
Monfils to win: 6/5 at Bet365
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