2016 ATP World Tour Finals round robin tips: Raonic to edge Thiem in shootout for semis

ATP World Tour Finals group tips

Defending ATP World Tour Finals champion Novak Djokovic became the first person to reach the semis after his narrow victory over Milos Raonic in the Ivan Lendl Group, but now the Canadian and Dominic Thiem face a straight shootout to join him.

The Serb faces already eliminated Gael Monfils in the other duel on Thursday, while Friday sees Andy Murray take on Stan Wawrinka and Kei Nishikori face Marin Cilic.

Ahead of the final group matches, Coral tennis experts give their latest ATP World Tour Finals group tips for November 17 and 18…

Tie-break in Djokovic v Monfils match

Djokovic has had to come through two tricky fixtures to progress to the knockout rounds, most recently against Raonic as he edged him 7-6 7-6.

The new ATP world number two now takes on winless Monfils, who he’s beaten in each of their last 12 meetings after losing their first encounter.

However, the duo have been involved in a number of tie-breaks in recent years – four in their last five matches to be exact.

And with Djokovic (5/4 tournament second-favourite) already having played out two against Raonic and one against Thiem, back another 7-6 set scoreline to occur in this tussle too at a tasty 2/1 price.

Raonic to edge Thiem in three sets