Bet of the day: Wawrinka an awesome 11/4 to beat Nadal 2-0

From their last encounters since the start of the 2014 season, Wawrinka boasts a hugely impressive 75 per cent win ratio when paired with Nadal, and two of his three victories have bee on hard courts.

Nadal has lost seven of his last 10 matches on this surface that have been against fellow players ranked among the top 10, so those two stats combine and point to Wawrinka winning.

The 2014 Australian Open final appears to have been the turning point in this rivalry between these two, which Wawrinka sealed in four sets.

Nadal is injury prone

For all his accolades, Spanish sensation Nadal is often hampered by injuries, and Wawrinka will know to make the court as big as possible to stretch his opponent’s match fitness.

Nadal is still regaining that after a disrupted season, and Wawrinka has no margin for error as the Ilie Nastase Group also contains second season Andy Murray. Only two go through from the pool to the ATP World Tour semi-finals.

Wawrinka has had the better of Nadal in recent times, and the Spaniard struggles for form in elite encounters like this, so take that 11/4 price on the Swiss securing this latest meeting in straight sets.

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