Bet of the day: David Goffin defeats Dominic Thiem at Australian Open

Jamie Clark, Sports Editor | January 21, 2016

Coral’s bet of the day

• Goffin seeded four places higher than Thiem
• Belgium holds 4-2 head-to-head advantage
• Two hard court meetings have gone to Goffin

Goffin great value to win

Coral punters can get awesome odds of 11/8 for David Goffin to win his Australian Open men’s singles third round encounter with Dominic Thiem.

The Belgian is seeded 15th in Melbourne and should climb up from 16 in the ATP world rankings because of Kevin Anderson’s early exit from the first Grand Slam of 2016.

Austrian opponent Thiem started this year just inside the men’s tour top 20, though is yet to make much of an impressive in tennis majors.

History and surface favours Belgian

Goffin, who has come through his first two matches at the 2016 Australian Open in four sets, is 4-2 up on previous meetings with Thiem all of which have come within the last two years.

Only one loss, and that on clay, counts against Goffin, as his other defeat came via forfeit when he was forced to retire handing Thiem victory in Marseille less than 12 months ago.