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AUSTRALIAN OPEN MEN’S SINGLES FINAL

The mouth-watering Australian Open men’s singles final matchup is set and should be a scintillating match full of ridiculous highlights.

Novak Djokovic is looking for an incredible 10th Australian Open title, while Stefanos Tsitsipas is eager for his first grand slam trophy.

Whoever wins not only takes out the trophy but the number one world ranking, so this is a pressure-filled match with great looks for punters everywhere.

NOVAK DJOKOVIC: $1.18

STEFANOS TSITSIPAS: $4.65

Crowd favourite and No.3-seeded Tsitsipas is in career-best form, winning in straight sets in all but one match so far and it feels like he has the entirety of Melbourne and its large Greek community behind him.

The number three seed has yet to win a major title and now with the best forehand on tour and controlled emotions this is his best chance.

It will be tough for him to get a win against the best hard court player ever, but the world number four can keep the sets close and build up the ‘total games’ look here.

It will be tough for him to get a win against the best hard court player ever, but he can keep the sets close and build the total games here.

• Over 37.5 total games: $1.88

In saying that, the Greek Freak comes up against one of the greatest of all time.

Djoker might be the No.4 seed, but is playing his best tennis in a few years in only losing one set the entire tournament and has now won 26 straight Australian Open matches.

The Serbian is looking to equal Rafael Nadal’s record for most grand slam titles (22) and his unbelievable work ethic to continue improving is on show again.

With both players being at such a high level for a number of years, they’ve played each other a whopping 12 times, with the Djoker leading comfortably 10-2.

Amazingly Tsitsipas beat him in the first two meetings, but Djokovic found his weaknesses on the backhand side and has won the last 10 straight.

With that history and the way Novak is playing at the moment - looking extremely sharp with his fast return of serve and smashing countless winners - he should cover the line in the final.

• Novak Djokovic -5.5 games: $1.70

Tsitsipas has taken a set off of Novak in four of their last six meetings and playing the best tennis of his career he should take this to four sets.

The four-seed also seems to be battling injury and it does affect him slightly at times, look for the Greek to get him to run early and steal a set, but Djokovic’s class and experience will still take him to a historic 10th win.

THE PICK: Novak Djokovic 3-1: $3.80