Bet of the day: Monfils to beat Cilic 2-1 a top Olympics tennis tip

Sam Barnard, Assistant Sports Editor | August 11, 2016

Coral’s bet of the day

• Monfils won only previous meeting with Cilic 2-1
• Frenchman seeded three places higher than Croat
• Both players are yet to drop set this Olympics

Monfils 11/4 to beat Cilic 2-1 an Olympics tennis tip

Gael Monfils takes on Marin Cilic in the third round of the current Olympics tennis men’s singles on Thursday evening at roughly 16:00 BST, after the duo knocked out home hope Rogerio Dutra Silva and Radu Albot respectively in straight sets.

It is from this match that Coral have picked out their latest bet of the day, with the Frenchman a terrific 11/4 to beat his Croatian opponent 2-1.

Read on to find out why this is our Olympics tennis tip for today and you should take this tasty price…

Monfils comes into this fixture and tournament in top form, and he is on the verge of breaking the ATP top 10 as he lies in 11th.

Monfils has the better Olympic pedigree

He is now even above Cilic, who is down to 14th, and will certainly be confident of beating him in Brazil. That is especially as the Frenchman is a former Olympics quarter-finalist, while Cilic previously exited in the second round.