{"id":129447,"date":"2017-01-11T03:25:15","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T08:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/?p=129447"},"modified":"2017-01-11T07:55:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T12:55:27","slug":"2017-australian-open-mens-tennis-expert-picks-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/2017-australian-open-mens-tennis-expert-picks-and-predictions.html","title":{"rendered":"2017 Australian Open Men&#8217;s Tennis Expert Picks and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/record.tbaffiliate.com\/_y8k7RB3Ll4xutv7iXV6HvmNd7ZgqdRLk\/28\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145127\" src=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/TENNIS-BANNERS-620x110.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Two men &#8211; Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic &#8211; have been consistently the last two standing on the men&#8217;s side of the Australian Open over the past few years. The consensus is that the two will be the men to beat in this year&#8217;s tournament, but who exactly will take home the crown? Let&#8217;s take a look at who some of the top tennis experts have picked as their 2017 Australian Open men&#8217;s champion.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Most Recent Articles<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/2017-presidents-cup-predictions-picks-odds-and-golf-betting-preview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017 Presidents Cup Preview<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/2017-presidents-cup-purse-and-prize-money-breakdown.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\r\n2017 Presidents Cup Purse Breakdown <\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/nfl-2017-week-4-predictions-picks-and-preview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NFL 2017 Week 4 Predictions, Picks and Preview<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>2017 Australian Open Men&#8217;s Tennis Expert Picks<\/h2>\n<h3>ESPN<\/h3>\n<table class=\"table-bordered\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Expert<\/th>\n<th>Champion<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Nic Atkin, ESPN UK<\/th>\n<th>Andy Murray<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Carl Bialik, FiveThirtyEight.com<\/th>\n<th>Novak Djokovic<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Peter Bodo, ESPN.com<\/th>\n<th>Andy Murray<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Greg Garber, ESPN.com<\/th>\n<th>Novak Djokovic<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaurav Kalra, ESPN India<\/th>\n<th>Andy Murray<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Lucas Hanashiro, ESPN Brasil<\/th>\n<th>Andy Murray<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>ESPN called on its expert tennis writers from across the globe, and of the six polled, Andy Murray (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/tennis\/australian-open-men\" target=\"_blank\">+150<\/a><\/strong>) came out on top of Novak Djokovic as the popular champion, 4-2. Despite five finals defeats, Atkin, Bodo, Kalra, and Hanashiro are confident Murray can finally break his Australian Open duck this season.<\/p>\n<p>Kalra noted that Murray will be carrying the momentum into the year&#8217;s first Grand Slam after winning his last four tournaments of the 2016 season.<\/p>\n<p>Bialik, though, remains convinced that World No. 2 Djokovic is actually still the man to beat in Melbourne. It&#8217;s hard to blame him, as the Serb has taken home the title in five of the last six years. The oddsmakers also agree, as they have the Djoker as the <a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/tennis\/australian-open-men\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>+130<\/strong><\/a> favorite ahead of Murray.<\/p>\n<h3>Fox Sports<\/h3>\n<table class=\"table-bordered\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Expert<\/th>\n<th>Champion<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Harry Floyd, FanSided via Lob and Smash<\/th>\n<th>Andy Murray<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Harry Floyd of the Lob and Smash blog got a head-start with his predictions for the men&#8217;s Grand Slam winners this season. And for the first tournament of the year, he&#8217;s also gone with Murray to finally end his Aussie Open drought. He also sights momentum as a factor in his decision. (Although, Djokovic may have regained some of that after he just beat Murray in Doha.)<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Floyd believes 2017 is Murray&#8217;s best shot at winning the Aussie Open, and he picks the Scot to do\u00a0so eventually.<\/p>\n<h3>Rod Laver<\/h3>\n<p>The opinions of the great Rod Laver are always well-respected, and the\u00a0Australian tennis legend has given his pick to win this year&#8217;s Aussie Open. He hasn&#8217;t gone with either Murray nor Djokovic; instead, he&#8217;s gone with another living legend: <strong>Roger Federer,\u00a0<\/strong>who is +1,000 to win it all.<\/p>\n<p>Federer missed most of 2016 due to injury, and will enter the tournament only as a No. 17 seed. But Laver believes the 35-year-old Swiss still has enough left in the tank to come back and win his fifth career Australian Open crown this year.<\/p>\n<p>Find yourself siding with the experts?\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/record.tbaffiliate.com\/_y8k7RB3Ll4xutv7iXV6HvmNd7ZgqdRLk\/6\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Create a betting account now<\/a> and cash in with all the action Down Under with America&#8217;s top online sportsbook.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/record.tbaffiliate.com\/_y8k7RB3Ll4xutv7iXV6HvmNd7ZgqdRLk\/28\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145127\" src=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/TENNIS-BANNERS-620x110.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"pvc_stats all \" data-element-id=\"129447\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> &nbsp;3,123&nbsp;total views, &nbsp;1&nbsp;views today<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two men &#8211; Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic &#8211; have been consistently the last two standing on the men&#8217;s side of the Australian Open over the past few years. 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