Novak Djokovic 2012 Australian Open Tennis Betting Odds, Tips & Preview

Favourite Djokovic leads charge for Aussie Open

Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Novak Djokovic (Serbia) © GEPA pictures

Novak Djokovic 2012 Australian Open Tennis betting Preview. Can the Serb match his three-peat Grand Slam title success of last year, and land his third Australian Open title? The World Number One started off the season with a triumph in the Australian Open before going on to lift the Wimbledon and US Open title. That was one of ten titles in total for Djokovic last season and he goes as favourite in defence of his title at Melbourne Park. Djokovic won an exhibition event as part of his warm up for the Australian Open, taken the exhibition even in Abu Dhabi. There was some injury problems starting to creep in ahead of Australian Open tennis betting, as the long season took its toll on the Serb, with niggles to his shoulder and his back. Will there be any new year hangover for Djokovic? Or is he just going to roll on forward and start off another remarkable season? There will of course be the extra chance of winning an Olympic Gold medal this year. He is sounding pretty confident ahead of the tournament and he will be the man to beat. Djokovic is in the same half of the draw as Britain’s Andy Murray, the man he crushed in the final of last year’s event. He has even been talking of improvement from the last season, working on his variety of serves and taking more risks in coming into the net with more frequency. Djokovic starts off with a first round match against Paolo Lorenzi of Italy and the challenges won’t really start coming until the quarter finals. The most likely opponent in Novak Djokovic 2012 Australian Open tennis betting at the quarter final stage will be against David Ferrer, while Andy Roddick and young Canadian star Milos Raonic is in his quarter of the draw.

But with the big four stars expected to be contesting the semi finals, it will set Djokovic up for a semi final clash against Andy Murray. With two Australian Open titles under his belt, the Serbian is expected to be right there in the final. With question marks over the fitness and commitment of Rafael Nadal, and the aging legs of Roger Federer, who can stop Djokovic? Again the most likely scenario is that he will meet either Nadal or Federer in the final from the other half of the draw, and would you go against Djokovic against either of them in 2012 Australian Open. Probably not. Djokovic enters with a 110-24 match record in Grand Slams and a solid 247-65 match record on hard courts, where he has won twenty career titles. Djokovic is definitely a front runner, because he has won 342 and lost just 19 matches after he has taken the first set. After losing the first set of a match though, he has only gone on to win 52, losing 92 after going behind, so not a great strike rate there. But breaking the incredible Djokovic defence down is just something which opponents struggle to do, because his incredible defence and the ability to pull shots out of nowhere from the baseline. Strongest player in the men’s draw for 2012 Australian Open without a doubt and worth looking at for some good value and returns. He’s not the Djoker in the pack, he is the ace.

Novak Djokovic to win 2012 Australian Open betting Odds: 5/4 at Bet365

Novak Djokovic to reach final: 3/5 at Bwin

Name the Finalists:
Novak Djokovic v Roger Federer: 7/2 at Bet365
Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal: 7/2 at SkyBet

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