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Nadal made it against most difficult to beat on a Tour,Del Potro, plus his lefthanded game is not easy to adopt to. PLUS NADAL IS A MONSTER !!!
The previous opponents Nishicori and Khachanov are nothing like Nadal, not the same pace of a game , no fear to face in front of you, not lefthanders.
And the main reason is that Djokovic never showed consistancy throughtout last two seasons and this is the farest he came eversince US Open 2016.
And Anderson, why? I hope that this bravest possible game as it was against Fedex is not all from this guy at Wimbledom 2018, moreover I believe he might create an upset . 

Odds for Croatia to win the WC is 5,5, among four teams Croats stand as underdogs but I believe that all 4 teams are about the same quality, Belgium played extremly good against Brazil, French also had good maches  so much as very solid England.
But Croats strugled the most in eliminations, twice having been fortunate throught penalty roulette, such team should not be underestimated, if recouvery process for players goes well I bečieve they have equal chances as other participants in semifinals.
One think was very much always the same on every WC, Golden boot goes to the player in winners team and if Croats win it must be Luka Modric, odd is quite high but worth gambling

Brazil is better team and Belgium's defence is wonnerable what was obvious with Japan whereas Brazil is very solid in defence
I also thing that Russians are already too satisfied with 1/4finals and mentally spent whereas Croatians came out of difficult win with fortune along the way. Quality is on Croatian side and should result with at least two goals scored in russian net

I think that the ball would be much more in possetion of Belgium whose approch to the game is agressive towards opponents goal. That is not always the case about cards, butdirction of balls that Belgiums create is sometimes so unpredictable that I believe in many late chalenges or trippings.
Japanese players are very fact, so as Belgium's midfieldes, the referee from Senegal is not too easyhanded for cards, but on the other hand, Japanese are fighters with no thinking further more than this game.
So unless Belguim starts a game with early 3:0 lead, which is only theoretically posible, the game should be interesting at least first 70 minutes if not whole way throught 90 minutes