When a player retires from a tennis match, should you lose your bet or should the bet be void? In the world of gambling, it depends who you have placed your wager with. Different bookmakers have differing rules to deal with these circumstances. Ladbrokes, Coral and Blue Square all state that if a [...]
The French Open starts next week, and with Rafael Nadal looking to be back at his best, all other players could be playing for second place. Last year, Nadal suffered a shock defeat to Robin Soderling, who then went on to reach the final, where he lost to Roger Federer. That was Nadal's first ever loss at Roland Garros, and he will be looking to make sure that it doesn't happen again.
The world's top players convene at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia this week as they look to prepare for the French Open, which starts in a month's time. The 'King of Clay', Rafael Nadal, got back to winning ways at the Monte Carlo Masters, beating Fernando Verdasco 6-0, 6-1 in the final. Roger Federer will also play here, returning after a month's absence. He will be looking to play himself back into form, after failing to reach the quarter-finals in either of his last two tournaments.
Read: ATP Rome Masters betting odds – Federer and Nadal set to rekindle rivalry
The second ATP Masters 1000 event has kicked off in Miami, and signals the first time that the top men have played in the same tournament since the Australian Open in January. Some of the first round matches are played today, but none of the top players are in action.
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 [...]
Read: ATP Dubai Championships – Andy Murray vs Janko Tipsarevic
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.
Read: ATP Swiss Indoors Championship – Federer warms up for London
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.
Read: ATP Valencia Open – Murray hopes to come back with a bang
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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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 [...]
American Andy Roddick was the first big name to fall in the men’s draw of the US Open and women’s top seeds Dinara Safina and Venus Williams also crashed out. Fifth seed Roddick was knocked out by fellow American John Isner in a five set thriller. Roddick battled back from two sets down but eventually succumbed [...]
