Novak Djokovic vs Ivan Gakhov 4/11/23 – On Tuesday April 11th 2023, the ATP tennis circuit will be in action with the Rolex Masters in Monte Carlo Monaco. Novak Djokovic has won 20 of his last 21 matches while Ivan Gakhov has never faced a Top 50 player before. According to ATP betting experts, Novak Djokovic is expected to cruise past Gakhov easily in Monte-Carlo. Novak Djokovic has had an outstanding season despite being sidelined with injuries at the start of this year. In 16 matches, Novak Djokovic has only lost once; that setback coming against eventual winner Daniil Medvedev in the Dubai semifinals. This will be the first match between Novak Djokovic and Ivan Gakhov.
Novak Djokovic vs Ivan Gakhov
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 8:00 AM ET
Location: Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Novak Djokovic vs Ivan Gakhov 4/11/23 Betting Odds
Djokovic
Moneyline: -5000
Gakhov
Moneyline: +1175
Novak Djokovic vs Ivan Gakhov Analysis
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has achieved unprecedented success on the men’s ATP Tour, winning an incredible 93 singles titles. Additionally, he became the first man in Open Era history to achieve double Career Grand Slam singles and became the only person to complete all nine Masters tournaments twice – setting a new record. Novak Djokovic is 15-1 this year, winning his opening 15 matches. He won the Adelaide International and lost only one set at the Australian Open to claim his 22nd Grand Slam. Last time out in Dubai, Novak Djokovic reached the semi finals before falling 6-4 6-4 to Daniil Medvedev. At the start of this season, Novak added two cups major and Adelaide, before appearing only in the Dubai top 4. In America he was again denied entry due to a refusal to vaccinate; however, that is completely understandable as there is nothing wrong with that. Ultimately though, playing on dirt proved challenging for him physically as he had to contend with titles from Rafael Nadal over and over again – without these wins there would have been no competition left at all.
Ivan Gakhov is a Russian tennis player who achieved his career high ranking of world No.186 on 3 April 2023, as well as the world No.170 achieved on 17 September 2018. Ranked No. 315, Ivan Gakhov made his ATP singles main draw debut at the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbuhel where he unfortunately lost to Yannick Hanfmann. Ivan Gakhov has been a perennial contender on the ATP Tour, never making it into the Top 150. This year he tried his luck in Montpellier but fell short to World No.190 Antoine Bellier. Once in Monte-Carlo however, Ivan Gakhov came through with victories over Adrian Mannarino and Luca Van Assche before upending Mackenzie McDonald 7-6 2-6 6-3 in the opening round. Ivan never made it to the Masters, but that didn’t stop him from quickly achieving world fame. Over five and half hours on local courts, he broke through Mackenzie McDonald, Adrian Mannarino and Luke Your Asha’s resistance to qualify for major competitions. With this approach, the athlete looks set for regular qualification into major events; furthermore, his victory at Girona Challenger Cup proved that this approach is working – another huge step in the right direction for him.
Novak Djokovic vs Ivan Gakhov Free Pick
The gap in skill, experience and pedigree between these two players could not have been greater; making this matchup appear to be a mismatch on paper. Novak Djokovic is one of tennis’ premier counter punchers and boasts an impressive all-court game. However, not much is known about left-handed Gakhov, who mostly competes on the Challenger Tour where he recently won at Girona on. Similar to Fokina last year, Ivan Gakhov will hope to shock Djokovic with his first European clay court match of the season. However, that seems unlikely this time as the Serb already has two matches under his belt unlike 2022. Furthermore, given their considerable differences in experience levels, a win for the left-hander seems highly unlikely. ATP online trends predict Novak Djokovic to breeze through this 1st round matchup and advance to the 2nd round without much difficulty.
Free Pick: Novak Djokovic -5000
