The men's singles tennis tournament lost a little bit of its luster when Roger Federer, Milos Raonic and Tomas Berdych all pulled out. That said, the rest of the usual suspects are all in Rio and ready to duke it out with gold medals on the line.
Olympics Betting Odds at BookMaker.eu
Novak Djokovic -130
Andy Murray +300
Stan Wawrinka +1250
Rafael Nadal +1800
Kei Nishikori +2000
Juan Martin Del Potro +5500
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga +5500
Marin Cilic +6600
Gael Monfils +8000
David Goffin +8000
Grigor Dimitrov +8500
David Ferrer +9000
Kevin Anderson +10000
Jack Sock +15000
Philipp Kohlschreiber +15000
Borna Coric +15000
Gilles Simon +15000
Steve Johnson +20000
Kyle Edmund +20000
Viktor Troicki +20000
Fabio Fognini +25000
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
A total of 64 players representing at least 40 different countries will play in the men's singles tournament in the Olympics. Novak Djokovic is the top seed in the event, and he'll head up the top bracket, while Andy Murray will be the headliner in the bottom half of the bracket.
Unlike other major events, the players here in the Olympics only play best-of-three sets instead of best-of-five, and that's due to the fact that the matches are played so close to each other. The winner of this event will have to play the Round of 16 on Wednesday, the quarterfinals on Thursday and the semifinals on Friday. An unlucky player who reaches the bronze medal match after playing on Sunday and Tuesday instead of Saturday and Monday in the first two rounds could have to play on five consecutive days.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Novak Djokovic – It's obviously all about the Djoker. He's been the No. 1 player in the world for over two years now, and up until the point that he was beaten at Wimbledon, he was the holder of all four Grand Slam titles. The Olympics though, have been a bit of a bugaboo to the Serb. He only has one medal in his career, that being a bronze medal from the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and he'd love to fill that hole in his resume this year in Rio.
Andy Murray – Again, it's a little chalky, but it's hard to not like Murray. He won Wimbledon this year for the biggest win of his career, and he beat a heck of a lot of big time servers along the way as well. His return game has improved dramatically over the course of the last few years, and he did win the gold medals in London four years ago in another standout moment in his career.
Kei Nishikori – In all honesty, it's really hard to see anyone aside from Murray and Djokovic playing in the final, but Nishikori feels like one of these players who is ready to push over the hump some point sooner rather than later. He reached the quarterfinals at the Aussie Open each of the last two years, and his hard court game is definitely his strongest. With Federer out of the equation and Stan Wawrinka being the top competition he'll likely run into before the quarterfinals, Nishikori has a really good opportunity to at least face off with either Djokovic or Murray in the semis.
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Don't miss out on getting paid because you couldn't bet. Click here, and deposit at BookMaker now! The Men's Olympics Tennis tournament will begin on Saturday, August 6, 2016 and continue through the finals on Sunday, August 14, 2016 at the Olympic Tennis Center in Rio de Janeiro. Live matches will be seen throughout the tourney on the NBC family of networks.
