Online bookmakers would have been cheering hard yesterday as long odds on favourite Roger Federer came within a point of crashing out on the first day of competition. To those bookmakers’ dismay, Federer dug deep and managed to claw his way back and finally win the match in five sets. He almost became only the [...]
Tag Archive: Tennis
Spread Betting On The Wimbledon Classic
Tennis fans around the world look forward to Wimbledon each year with most claiming it as THE tennis championship. It is certainly THE tennis championship when it comes to tradition and pomp and ceremony. It also seems to bring out the very best in players. Spread betting on tennis has become popular, particularly with so [...]
Betting Odds – Odds On Look On?
When do the betting odds on a sport reach a point where you just have to put away your wallet? Rafael Nadal goes into today’s French Open final against Robin Soderling at odds that really make punting a hard ask. Nadal is at almost 1/4 with most online bookmakers while Soderling is at 3/1 – [...]
French Open Betting Odds – Oh How The Tide Doth Turn
What a spectacular couple of days of tennis. Murray, then Federer, and now Djokovic out of the men’s tournament while the Williams sisters, early favourite Henin and Wozniak have also exited. They have been great matches as well but what has been interesting is the trends of betting odds on each of the players.
Of course, [...]
French Open Betting – Nadal, Federer And Daylight
You would be excused for thinking that this year’s Men’s French Open only had two nominations, Roger Federer (the defending champion) and Rafael Nadal (the clay court king). Online bookmakers have opened with Rafael Nadal odds on favourite at almost 1/2, Federer’s second elect at 4/1 and daylight third – at least Novak Djokovic is [...]
Time To Hit The Online Bookmakers – Tennis, Football and Cricket
We have an interesting couple of days of sport ahead of us as the weekend arrives and with luck, we may just score a few good wins against the online bookmakers – at least, we can try.
England are through to their first ever Twenty20 World Cup final and at this point, have leapfrogged Australia [...]
Betting Exchanges Provide Great Odds To Punters
A lot of people doubt the value of betting exchanges but this week’s tennis Masters event in Indian Wells has proven how wrong they can be. The real value in a betting exchange is in backing losers, not winners. If you want to back winners, go to a traditional bookmaker.
Backing someone to lose is no [...]
Betting Odds Tight At Indian Wells
As we head towards summer, the intensity between the top four male tennis players is increasing and this can be seen by the tight betting odds offered by bookmakers. The Indian Wells Paribas Open is entering the last stage of the tournament with Roger Federer heading the betting at 18/10.
Federer is playing well and looks [...]