Andy Murray takes on Serbian Janko Tipsarevic in his second round match of the Dubai World Championships, but he will not face an easy task against the world no. 39. Tipsarevic has a good record against Murray, and has won two of the five matches that they have played. The last time they played was in [...]
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MELBOURNE – Andy Murray faces Rafael Nadal tonight in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open. The Scot is the fifth seed for the tournament but comes up against the world’s number two in the last eight and will be looking to reach the semi-finals for the first time in his career. Nadal is the defending Champion [...]
The Swiss Indoors Championship has started and Roger Federer has returned from a self-imposed rest period just in time to play in his hometown event in Basel. Federer missed touring East Asia due to fatigue but will play this week and again in the Paris Masters as he warms up for the World Tour Finals where he will hope to regain the crown he lost last year.
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The ATP Valencia Open is under way, with Andy Murray playing his first tournament since the US Open in September. Murray did not play in Shanghai or Japan, and will be using this tournament to get back in his groove for the World Tour finals at the end of the month.
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The final event of the women’s tennis season started yesterday, with the top eight ranked players contesting a unique round-robin event in Doha. There are two groups in the competition and players will play the other competitors in their group, before the top two from each group advance to the semi-finals, with the winner taking [...]
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LONDON – The WTA’s Tennis Integrity Unit is to investigate Caroline Wozniacki’s decision to retire from a game in which she was leading her opponent 7-5, 5-0. Gamblers on Betfair, the leading betting exchange, cleaned up on her opponent, Anne Kremer of Luxembourg, at odds of up to 40/1. Wozniacki, who made the finals of this year’s [...]
Bookmakers are confident that Justine Henin’s return to the WTA Tour will be successful and offer odds of just 3/1 (bet $10 to make $30 profit) that she will be world no 1 at the end of 2010. After a 16 month ‘retirement’ Henin has said she aims to return to the world of professional tennis [...]
Roger Federer and Juan Martin Del Potro will contest the US Open men’s final tonight after both winning their semi finals last night. Del Potro thrashed Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-2, 6-2, in a match he dominated from the start. Federer also won his clash against Novak Djokovic in straight sets, beating the Serb 7-6 (7-3), [...]
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Kim Clijsters is a hot favorite to win the US Open after her amazing victory over Serena Williams. In all the furore it has almost been forgotten that she meets Caroline Wozniacki in today’s final. Clijsters’ best odds on victory are 2/7 (bet $70 to make $20 profit) while Wozniacki can be backed at 18/5. Clijsters is [...]
The linesmakers seem to have no doubt who will be the winner of this match – they make Roger Federer a best price of 2/9 (bet $90 to make $20 profit) to progress to the final of the US Open. Novak Djokovic, who is seeded no 4, is almost dismissively written off at 7/2 to win [...]
