Belgium

David Goffin

United Kingdom

Cameron Norrie

David Goffin should put up a good fight against Cameron Norrie

While Cameron Norrie is to be expected at the ¼ final stage, Goffin was quite unexpected. The Belgian, after a successful clay court season, entered the tournament in Hull and lost in the first round to Medvedev in two sets, taking only five games. This ended his official preparation for Wimbledon and, to be honest, there were few expectations of his performance at this tournament, as he did not seem to be in the best playing conditions. To the Belgian's credit, however, he started to show much better tennis than he did against Medvedev from the very first match. In the end he won the first two rounds very easily against Albot and Baez, then he beat both Umber and Tiafoe in a hard-fought battle. It took David all 5 sets to get a handle on the American. As for Norrie, local fans' hope took a long time and almost got knocked out in the second round, but in a crazy five-set match he overcame a humble Munyar. Overall Cameron was very lucky with the net, as he had not faced any serious opponents before the quarter-finals, so it would have been strange and sensational if he had dropped out in one of the rounds. The bookmakers are leading Norrie as the big favourite, but will it be that easy for him in this match? If you look at the grass tournaments that the Briton played before Wimbledon, he has performed poorly there. In London he lost his first match against Grogor Dimitrov, then in Isbourne he got to the second round where he unexpectedly lost to Cressy in two sets. If you compare the quality and consistency of Norrie's play with his performances last season, I liked Cameron much better last year. Well, Goffin is very good now. It's nice that all his problems and injuries are behind him, he's very motivated and he made it to the Grand Slam ¼ final for the first time since 2019, he clearly has no intention of stopping there. Norrie isn't perfect, there have been problems already in this tournament and we are sure Goffin won't give up the match that easily. We expect 4 or 5 sets, We don't see Norrie as a favorite, and in this situation we consider the most logical bet to win with a Goffen handicap (+4.5).