Rafael Nadal vs. Cameron Norrie: Preview and betting tips

On Saturday, Rafael Nadal faces the 16th French Open final, his favourite grand slam of the season. His opponent will be Britain’s Cameron Norrie, who will not give his opponent anything for free. How will the match play out?

Rafael Nadal is currently third in the ATP rankings. Most likely, the Spanish tennis player will hold on to it even if he fails to defend his triumph at the French Open last year.

However, in the opening two rounds, the thirty-five-year-old Spaniard showed a reliable performance. First, he took on Alexei Popryrin, and then he defeated the home team’s Richard Gasquet.

His opponent on Saturday will be Cameron Norrie, who is currently 45th in the ATP rankings. Of the tennis players who are originally from Great Britain, only Daniel Evans is better off.

In the first round, the 25-year-old tennis player defeated Bjorn Fratangelo, a player in the second hundred of the rankings. In the second round, he faced a much better opponent in Lloyd George Harris. However, even he did not find a recipe for the Briton and lost by 1::3 in sets.

If we look at the statistics of their mutual matches, we find that they have met on two occasions so far. Always Rafael Nadal was the winner, but it was not easy for him.

So what to bet on? Most likely, Rafael Nadal will be happy with the progress, however, there are low odds of 1.03 on this. Therefore, I recommend you to bet on Norrie to win at least nine games.

In recent times, Norrie has beaten Karen Khachanov and Dominic Thiem. He also managed to win nine games in the current year at the Australian Open, where he lost to Nadal 5::7, 2::6 5::7.