Djokovic v Berrettini: Djokovic eyes 20th title

He would also become the fourth man in the Open era to record a streak of three consecutive Wimbledon titles – after Federer, Bjorn Borg and Pete Sampras.

Djokovic is 6/5 to win the final in straight sets so the odds are clearly against Berrettini, who has won each of the first sets in his last 11 grass-court matches.

New ground for Berrettini

The strong-serving Italian justified top-seed status at Queen’s Club by taking the scalps of Andy Murray, Dan Evans, Alex de Minaur and Cameron Norrie as he won his second grass-court title of his career.

Berrettini has reached the first Grand Slam final of his career and is the first Italian man to do so since 1976, when Adriano Panatta made the French Open final.

The 25-year-old had a great grass-court stretch in 2019, winning a title in Stuttgart, and last month became the first player to win the Queen’s Club title on debut since Boris Becker in 1985. Becker went on to win Wimbledon that year.

Berrettini had only ever previously reached one Grand Slam semi-final – at the 2019 US Open – but has been growing with confidence in every game in a Wimbledon run that has seen him defeat Guido Pella, Botic Van de Zandschulp, Aljaz Bedene, Ilya Ivashka, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Hubert Hurkacz.

His big first serve and pinpoint accuracy with his powerful forehand was a major factor as he swept aside Hurkacz 6-3 6-0 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 in the semi-final.

The 6ft 5in Berrettini’s last defeat came in the French Open quarter-final where Djokovic secured a 6-3 6-2 6-7 7-5 victory.

The pair met once prior to that, on an indoor hard court at the ATP World Tour Finals in 2019, where Djokovic recorded a 6-2 6-1 success.

The rapidly-improving Berrettini is 7/2 to win the final and the world number nine has only dropped three sets at The Championships.

He has won three of his six matches in straight sets and he is 8/13 to win at least one set against Djokovic.

Other potential Djokovic v Berrettini betting tips include the Italian to win at least two sets at 7/4 and the spread for total games is set at 37.5, with over or under available at 17/20.

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