Wimbledon Betting - Venus 7/1 to win in 2008
Venus 7/1 To Retain Title Next Year
Beaten semi finalist, World Number One, Justine Henin, yet to win the Wimbledon title, has been installed as 3/1 favourite to break her duck in the tournament next year by William Hill who make Venus Williams 7/1 to retain her title and surprise finalist Bartoli 66/1 to go one better in 2008.
Wimbledon 2008 odds:
3 J.Henin
7/2 S.Williams
7 A.Mauresmo
7 V.Williams
8 M.Sharapova
10 J.Jankovic
16 N.Vaidisova
16 A.Ivanonvic
25 S.Kuznetsova
33 A.Chakvetadze
50 N.Petrova
50 M.Hingis
66 S.Peer
66 T.Golovin
66 M.Bartoli
66 D.Safina
100 Na Li
100 D.hantuchova
100 E.Dementieva
125 P.Schnyder
Wimbledon Betting - Rafa Nadal at 7/2 to beat Roger Federer
Nadal 33/1 To Upset Federer - Twice
Rafa Nadal is a 33/1 shot with William Hill to win the Wimbledon title on Sunday by beating Roger Federer - and to retain the title NEXT year. Federer is 4/6 with Hills to win it this year - and again in 2008.
Federer is 1/6 to win on Sunday with Nadal at 7/2 and Hills offer 5/4 that Federer wins 3-0; 2/1 3-1; 6/1 3-2; Nadal is 16/1 to win 3-0; 11/1 3-1; 15/2 3-2.
Hills make Federer 1/ 3 to win the first set for which Nadal is 9/4, and they go 3/1 that the first set will consist of 8 or fewer games; 10/11 nine or ten; 15/8 eleven or more.
Henin to beat Williams in Wimbledon final 10/11
Justine Henin is 4/9 favourite to win Wimbledon with William Hill who make Venus Williams 9/4, with Miss Ivanovic 9/1 and Miss Bartoli 66/1.
And Hills are offering odds about who will win the final AND who they will beat, and make Henin 10/11 to beat Williams and also offer 11/4 Williams to beat Henin; 3/1 Henin to beat Ivanovic; 12/1 Venus to beat Bartoli; 20/1 Ivanovic to beat Henin; 40/1 Ivanovic to beat Bartoli; 80/1 Bartoli to beat Venus; 125/1 Bartoli to beat Ivanovic.
Hills also make Venus 2/7 to beat 5/2 chance Ivanovic; while Henin is 1/25 to beat 9/1 chance Bartoli.
Wimbledon betting - 4/6 Henin and Federer double
Justin Henin is now 1/ 3 favourite to win Wimbledon with William Hill following her win over Serena Williams, whose sister Venus is now 7/2 second favourite while Hills also offer 12 Vaidisova; 14 Ivanovic; 20 Kuznetsova; 33 Bartoli.
**Ms Henin is 11/8 with Hills to meet Serena’s sister, Venus, in the Final, 15/8 not to.
**William Hill now offer 13/8 that the tournament will go into week three; 4/9 that it will be decided on Sunday.
A Henin-Federer double is quoted at 4/6 by Hills.
ROGER AND OUT?
Roger Federer is 1/ 4 favourite for the Mens Singles with William Hill.
Mens Singles odds:
1/ 4 Federer;
7/1 Nadal;
12 Roddick;
14 Hewitt;
20 Djokovic;
25 Berdych;
33 Bagdatis;
40 Gasquet;
80 Youzhny;
125 Davydenko;
150 Bjorkman; Ferrero.
Weather betting - Wimbledon 3/1 to go into 3rd week and 2/1 to rain during Grand Prix
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SPORTING WASHOUTS - 3/1 WIMBLEDON TO GO INTO 3RD WEEK - 2/1
Bookmakers William Hill are offering odds of 3/1 that a Wimbledon washout will see the tournament forced into a third week’s play (2/9 that it will not); and have cut the odds about rain falling during the British Grand Prix from 3/1 to 2/1.
‘With showers forecast throughout the rest of the week both Wimbledon and the Grand Prix are vulnerable to the weather’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
WHO’LL WIN McCLAREN - FERRARI SHOWDOWN IN BRITISH GRAND PRIX?
.William Hill make both Ferrari and McClaren 5/6 joint favourites to win the British Grand Prix - and also offer 25/1 Sauber; 33 Renault; 66 Honda; Red Bull; Toyota; Williams; 100/1 Suger Aguri; Toro Rosso; 200/1 Spyker.
HAMILTON MAN TO BEAT FOR TITLE…..Lewis Hamilton will go into the British Grand Prix as 1/ 3 favourite to win the World Championship with William Hill, and 5/2 joint favourite to win the race.
And William Hill now make the rookie Brit 4/1 to finish on the podium in every race of the season; 4/1 to win seven or more GPs during the season - and 1/12 to pick up the BBC TV Sports Personality of the Year Award.
But Hills also make Hamilton 5/2 to fail to finish on the podium for the first time in the British Grand Prix - and offer 150/1 that the British Grand Prix will see a British 1-2. Hamilton is 5/2 to start the British GP in pole position.
Latest F1 odds;
British Grand Prix; 5/2 Hamilton; Alonso; Raikonnen; 11/4 Massa.
World Championship; 1/3 Hamilton; 4/1 Alonso; 8/1 Massa; 12/1 Raikonnen.
HAMILTON to podium every race - 4/1
HAMILTON NOT TO PODIUM IN BRIT GP…..5/2
HOW MANY GPs will Hamilton win?….
2…7/1;
3….8/1;
4…..4/1;
5…..5/2;
6….3/1;
7 or more 4/1.
WHEN WILL HAMILTON NEXT WIN A GP
5/2 British; 7/2 Euro; 5/1 Hungary; 8/1 Turkish; 10 Italian; 12 Belgian; 14 Japanese; 16 Chinese; 20 Brazilian; 7/1 no more wins this season.
HAMILTON TO WIN SPORST PERS OF YEAR
1/12
WHO’LL BE ‘BEST OF THE REST’ BRIT?
William Hill have made Jenson Button 11/10 favourite to be top British driver, excluding Hamilton, in theBritish Grand Prix, and offer David Coulthard at 5/4 with Davidson a 4/1 chance.
BEST OF THE REST IN THE RACE
In their British Grand Prix market excluding Ferrari and McClaren drivers, William Hill make Heidfeld and Kubica 4/1 joint favourites and also offer 7 Fisichella; Kovalainen; 12 Button; Rosberg; 14 Barrichello; Coulthard; Trulli; Webber; 16 Schumacher; 20 Wurz; 33 Davidson; Liuzzi; Sato; 40 Speed; 100 Albers; Sutil.
NATIONALITY OF WINNING DRIVER
Hills offer 9/4 that the winning driver in the British Grand Prix will be British, and also offer 5/2 Finnish; 5/2 Spanish; 11/4 Brazilian; 20 German; 25 Italian; 33 Polish; 125 Australian; 150 Austrian; 200 Japanese; 250 American; 500 Dutch.
Wimbledon Betting - Rafael Nadal 1/2 to go through
With Rafael Nadal’s game with Robin Soderling interrupted by rain yet again, William Hill make the Spaniard 1/ 2 to get through when the match is eventually finished, with Soderling 6/4 outsider.
HILLS now offer 3/1 that the tournament will go into a third week.
Latest William Hill Wimbledon odds;
Mens:2/9 Federer;
8 Nadal;
10 Hewitt; Roddick;
20 Djokovic;
25 Berdych; Bagdatis;
80 Soiderling.
Womens:
4/5 Henin;
9/2 Serena Williams;
5/1 Sharapova;
10/1 Vaidisova;
12/1 Ivanovich;
16/1 Venus Williams.
Federer 5/2 not to Drop a set at Wimbledon
Federer is 5/2 to win Wimbledon for a fifth successive year and not drop a single set with Sky Bet.The world number one’s dream of holding all four Grand Slam crowns will have to wait a little after his French Open final defeat to Rafael Nadal on Sunday.
However the Swiss national is back on his favourite surface of grass and a red-hot 2/5 favourite to continue his domination at this years Wimbledon.
It’s 9/4 that he will meet Nadal again in the Final, with Nadal chances being ranked at a best price of 13/2 at extrabet.
Jankovic looking strong
Jelena Jankovic is into as short as 3/1 for French Open glory after underlining her claims by defeating Venus Williams 6-4 4-6 6-1 in the third round on Friday.The Serbian, who has never previously ventured beyond the 3rd round at Roland Garros before, looked solid in the first set and just needed one break of serve to move into a 1-0 advantage.
Williams did level the match as she pushed the fourth seed hard, but Jankovic notched up six straight games in the final set to reach the fourth round.
Blue Square now offer just 3/1 about her claiming the title, with no better than 4/1 available elsewhere.
Coria still Fav
Recent injury worries shouldn’t hamper 15/8 Guillermo Coria’s ace clay court winning run when he serves it up at this week’s Hamburg Masters.
It’s been almost a year since the waspish Argentine last tasted defeat on the dirt and reports that he has been struggling with an abdominal strain since Monte Carlo in April are nothing to worry about according to the firm’s tennis man Paul Moody.
“I’m assuming Coria’s strain was minor and I’m certainly I’m not looking to lay him big here where all of his main dangers are in the other side of the draw,” he said.
“Mariano Zabaleta gave him a tough match in Paris last year, and while him or Tommy Robredo could provide an early guide to his fitness, it’s not hard to see him extending his impressive winning run on the clay.”
Coria’s last defeat on clay came against big-serving Dutchman Martin Verkerk in the semis at Roland Garros.
Moody said that the late withdrawal of Juan Carlos Ferrero could only enhance Coria’s chances of extending his winning sequence and that even in-form Carlos Moya 5/1 might struggle to get near the 22-year-old this week.
“Moya would appear the main danger on current form in the other half that also contains Federer and Safin but while I was pleased to see him finally get a Masters notch on his bedpost this year in Rome, I’m not totally convinced that the slow conditions at Hamburg will play to his strengths and am looking at him more as a Paris contender now,” he said.
For value seekers Moody put up 33/1 Andrei Pavel as someone to give punters a decent run for their money.
“Pavel was unlucky to come up against a Moya in possibly his best form ever in Rome and the Romanian has every chance to come through what looks the weakest quarter of the draw before a likely face-off against Coria.”
FEDERER 3/1 FOR GRAND SLAM
Roger Federer is 3/1, from 6/1, to win the Grand Slam, according to Ladbrokes, following his straight-sets win over Fernando Gonzalez in the Australian Open final.
Ladbrokes spokesman Nick Weinberg said: “We’ve laid plenty of Federer for the Grand Slam and the fact he captured the Australian Open without dropping a set doesn’t bode well for us. He was, not for the first time, the worst result in the book.
“Our best chance of getting the gamble beaten will be at Roland Garros (French Open), supposedly Federer’s weakest surface (clay).
“It’s only January but we’re losing sleep already.”
Federer was certainly in confident mood about the French Open after his 7-6 6-4 6-4 win, which meant he secured the title without dropping a set - the first man to do so at Grand Slam level since 1980.
He said: “The French Open is obviously the next big one for me. That’s going to be very interesting to see how I’m going to do there.
“I’ve made one step further every year now. I went from semis to finals. I got closer to Rafa (Nadal) as well. I think it’s going to be a very interesting.”
Coral also priced up at 3/1 following Federer’s win, but were soon forced to cut that to 5/2.
Coral’s Simon Clare said: “Countless great players over many decades have failed to achieve the Grand Slam, but many punters watching Federer this week have been piling their cash on him doing the Grand Slam this year.”
Meanwhile, Ladbrokes make the Swiss ace just 6/5 to contest every Grand Slam final this year while he’s 5/2 to retain his Wimbledon title without dropping a set. Coral and William Hill go 4/1.
Ante-post, Federer had been 6/1 to do so in Melbourne.
The Magic Sign also have betting on how many Grand Slams he’ll win in 2007 and offer: Exactly one 10/1, Exactly two 9/4, Exactly three 11/10, All four 3/1.