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British Open Betting – Donald Breaks Through For First Major Championship

Most sports betting players have seen how Europeans are lording over golf right now: half of the top 10 in the world rankings hail from Europe, and they’ve won four of the last five majors. Expect that to continue at the 140th anniversary of the British Open (known elsewhere as the Open Championship), which will be held for at Royal St. Georges for the first time since 2003, when there was a shock winner. This time, the world’s No.1 player will lift the Claret Jug in his home country.

What: Golf Betting
When: Thursday, July 14th-Sunday, July 17th
Where: Royal St. Georges Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent, England
Pick: Luke Donald

The Favorites

U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy (+550) has finished in the top 15 in his last four starts in a major championship, and he was the first-round leader at St. Andrews last year, massacring the Old Course with a 63 on Thursday, but then he got swept up in a windy 80 on Friday. McIlroy still fought back for a T-3, and after his romp at Congressional, the young Northern Ireland player was always going to be favored here. The top three players in the world, Luke Donald (+1015), Lee Westwood (+1215) and Martin Kaymer (+1415) are all there as well, and the Englishmen (Donald and Westwood) both missed the cut at Royal St. Georges in 2003, but they’re much better golfers now. Kaymer, the PGA Championship winner from Germany, wasn’t around then, but he has won a major. All three finished in the top 11 at St. Andrews last year.

And then there is Tiger Woods (+1215), who finished T-4 when Ben Curtis shocked everyone for a win at Royal St. Georges, but the former world No.1 skipped the U.S. Open because of leg injuries, and it wouldn’t be a surprise if he skipped the British Open as well. Be sure to check in your online sportsbook before you lay a wager on the 14-time (and three-time British Open champion) major winner.

The Second Tier

This group is loaded with talent: 2010 U.S. Open winner Graeme McDowell (+2050) is coming off a T-14 at Congressional, and he is always a threat if he has a sniff of the lead on Sunday. Phil Mickelson (+2050) can be avoided as he has never played well in this event, and he finished T-59 here in 2003. Combined with a T-54 at Congressional, Mickelson has some things to work on. England’s Justin Rose (+2850) has a pair of top-15s in his last three British Open starts, and he’d love to win the Claret Jug in his home country. Masters champion Charl Schwartzel (+2850) is still hanging in there after his win at Augusta, rattling off three top-30s, including a T-9 at the U.S. Open, and his 66 was the low round on Sunday.

But how about this group for golf betting players to ponder: Spain’s Sergio Garcia (+3050) is slowly coming around and finished T-10 here in 2003; Ian Poulter (+3250) and Paul Casey (+3250) will have their home country behind them; Ireland’s Padraig Harrington (+3250) has won three majors, including two British Opens (and he was T-22 in 2003); and Australia’s Jason Day (+3250) may be the biggest threat of all after finishing T-2 at Augusta and Congressional, and he has now finished in the top 10 in his last three major starts.

The Longshots

After the surprising win of Louis Oosthuizen (+7050), and the fact that Curtis was a massive longshot to win in 2003, you have to take a look at the darkhorses. The South African finished T-9 in the U.S. Open, but he has been a bit inconsistent since last year’s huge win at St. Andrews. Steve Stricker has top-10s in both majors this year, has finished in the top 20 in his last seven starts, and that includes a win at the Memorial. With 22-year-old McIlroy ruling over Congressional, some are looking at 18-year-old Italian Matteo Manassero (+4050) to make some noise after a T-54 in the U.S. Open, and he has won a couple times on the European Tour in the last few months.

South Korea’s K.J. Choi (+5050), Matt Kuchar (+5050), and two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen (+6050) also offer some good value, and Goosen, the veteran South African, finished T-10 here in 2003 (Choi finished T-22). He is coming off a T-23 at Congressional, and his experience could make him a threat. Finally, there are no odds out for Fredrik Jacobson, but if you can find them, jump all over it; the Swede is coming off a T-14 at Congressional and he finished T-6 at Royal St. Georges in 2003.

How It Will Play Out

McIlroy will be the story after his comeback from the Augusta collapse to destroy the field at the U.S. Open, but he’s going to have some stiff competition. Westwood has three top-four finishes in his last seven British Open starts, including the last two, and he’s getting ever so closer. Donald beat Westwood in a playoff in England a few weeks ago for the No.1 ranking, so he now has the taste of winning, and there are a number of other players who can win it as well.

The smart play is Donald, who has been playing the most consistent golf all season, despite his T-45 at the U.S. Open, and he at least finished strong at Congressional with a 69. A European is going to win the British Open as they’ve taken over the golf world, and Luke Donald should be your diamond sportsbook pick.

British Open Betting Pick: Luke Donald

Online Women’s Wimbledon Betting – Serena Should Face Tougher Challenge In Second Wimbledon Defense

With the tennis season well underway, the online sports betting world will watch and wait as the top ATP and WTA stars converge on the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England in late June for the 125th edition of the Wimbledon Championships. While the majority of the focus will be on the phenomenal play of rising star Novak Djokovic as he continues to prove his merit against names like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, there is reason to look forward to the women side as Serena Williams looks to defend her title for the second time in as many years.

While Serena’s biggest challenge at the third major of the season could hinge on the health of her sister Venus, there will be some added intrigue with a much more competitive field in 2011. Since Venus clinched her first Wimbledon championship back in 2000, one of the Williams’ sisters has staked her claim at Wimbledon in nine of the past 11 tournaments. Venus and Serena have met in the finals three times before, with the older sister Venus winning the tournament five times compared to Serena’s four, although the latter has been the more dominant recently by taking the last two trophies. Serena will be the favorite to win again this year at Wimbledon based on that recent success, but Venus’ injuries have allowed a couple of other top WTA superstars the chance to pull ahead of her in terms of the early sports betting bonus odds for the event.

The toughest challenge should come from the current world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, who has looked absolutely dominant ahead of the 2011 Belmont Stakes betting race. The Danish superstar had already almost matched her career-high for most titles in a single season with four ahead of the French Open by winning 38 of her first 45 contests, although she has struggled against Julia Goerges in particular with a couple of key losses just ahead of Roland Garros. Her poise is what has set Wozniacki apart so far this season, and as long her fitness holds she should be a lock to reach the semi finals. Not far behind on the list of challengers to the dominance of the Williams’ sisters are the experienced Kim Clijsters and Vera Zvonareva, who sit second and third in the world rankings. Clijsters has always had the ability to wear her opponents down, although that has never come easily against the talented Williams’ sisters. Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic are a couple of dark horse contenders that could compete for a title if their fitness levels hold for the tournament, and it will be interesting to see how they fare on the grass courts once again.

Ultimately however, it will come down to the fitness levels of the Williams’ sisters at this year’s tournament, and if they are able to stay healthy they should be able challenge for a spot in this year’s Wimbledon finals.

Wimbledon Betting – Nadal Claims Another Title In London

Online betting players would compare Wimbledon to The Masters; when it comes to tradition, there is no other tennis tournament on the planet. The 125th edition of Wimbledon will begin on June 20th in London, and you can expect to see a familiar face standing tall above the rest of the field.

What: Tennis Betting
When: June 20th-July 3rd
Where: All England Lawn Tennis And Croquet Club, London, England
Pick: Rafael Nadal

The Favorites

Regardless of what happens at the French Open, expect to see Rafael Nadal as the favorite to win at Wimbledon as the defending champion, and he has also won two of the last three editions of Wimbledon. The Spaniard won three straight Grand Slam tournaments before falling in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, which was won by Novak Djokovic, who has been on fire to start the 2011 season. Djokovic reached the semifinals in 2007 and 2008, and even though he went out in the quarterfinals last year, you can’t count the Serbia out considering how great he’s played this season. Of course, Roger Federer will be in the mix as a six-time champion at Wimbledon, even though he hasn’t won a Grand Slam championship since the Australian Open in 2010. This is his longest major drought since losing the first three of 2008, but the Swiss legend will be out to prove he still has something to offer in the tennis world.

An Englishman hasn’t won Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936, and once again Andy Murray will have the weight of the country on his shoulders as he tries to end that streak. Murray has reached the semifinals in each of the last two years at Wimbledon, and he lost to Nadal in the finals of the Australian Open. If he manages to win at the French Open, Murray will have his first major under his belt, but that’s not likely.

The Second Tier

After the top four, tennis betting players may have a tough time picking a winner from this group. Robin Soderling got to the quarterfinals of last year’s tournament, and he has been improving over the last few years, but we’re not sure if he’s ready to take the leap to Wimbledon champion. Tomas Berdych lost to Nadal in last year’s final, and he should be rested as he was upset in the first round of the French Open. Reaching the final again will be more of a mental test than physical for Berdych, who was leading qualifier Stephane Robert by two sets before collapsing in a five-set loss. Spain’s David Ferrer could be on the verge of a great season after reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open, but he has never gotten past the fourth round at Wimbledon.

Austria’s Jurgen Melzer is another player who could be making the jump to the next level, and he’s the only player in the world to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles action. He also won the doubles title last year at Wimbledon, so that should give him some confidence, but we’re not sure what that will do for his tennis betting odds. France’s Gael Monfils could also earn some consideration, but the 24-year-old hasn’t made it past the third round at the All England Club, and he’s still relatively inexperienced, although he is one of the more exciting players on the tour.

The Longshots

Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick will fly the American flag at Wimbledon, but it’s not even certain that Roddick will play as he had to withdraw from the French Open because of a shoulder injury. He has been a Wimbledon runner-up three times, losing all three times to Federer, and his window of opportunity is closing fast. Fish hasn’t made it past the quarterfinals of any Grand Slam tournament, but he is probably the best shot the Americans have to win their first Wimbledon since Pete Sampras in 2000.

France’s Jo-Wilfred Tsonga may be the best longshot bet you can make after last year’s trip to the quarterfinals, and if he can keep his head in the game, he has the talent to win at Wimbledon; but he tends to get frustrated, and that’s the one thing you can’t do.

How It Will Play Out

Three of the top four favorites made it to the semifinals, and only a major upset of Federer by Berdych stopped it from being a clean sweep. Either Federer or Nadal has won the last eight Wimbledon titles, so it wouldn’t be insane to think that will continue. But Federer has lacked an aura of invincibility for a couple years now, and it looks like there are cracks in Nadal’s armor as well. Then there is Murray, who has far too much pressure on him in regards to the British media.

Djokovic has been playing out of his mind as of late, but Nadal still has something left in the tank and he’ll prove that at the All England Club. It’s a shame that Nadal’s balky knees have caused him so much trouble, but he’ll make it through Wimbledon. Go with Rafael Nadal in your sports betting picks.

Wimbledon Betting Pick: Rafael Nadal

Betting On The French Open – Wozniacki Claims First Grand Slam Of Young Career

Sports betting players saw an upset at last year’s French Open, the second major championship of the season, but this year’s winner will be a 20-year-old who has risen to the top of the rankings, and she’ll validate her quick ascent by overcoming the field at Roland Garros.

What: Tennis Betting
When: May 22nd-June 5th
Where: Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France
Pick: Caroline Wozniacki +500

The Favorites

Kim Clijsters (+475) has emerged as the favorite at Roland Garros this year as she closed out 2010 by winning the U.S. Open, then she opened up 2011 by winning the Australian Open. Clijsters has never won the French, making it to the final in 2001 and 2003, but she hasn’t played at Roland Garros in four years due to her retirement, which she ended at the 2009 U.S. Open, and she skipped last year’s event. Caroline Wozniacki (+500) currently holds onto the No.1 spot in the WTA rankings, and she’s still looking for her first Grand Slam title after losing in the semifinals in the last two Grand Slam tournaments. She did win a clay tournament in the United States last month and finished second at a clay event in Germany, so she looks to be improving on this surface.

Samantha Stosur (+750) is next on the tennis betting list, and she could be ready to break through after reaching the semifinals and finals in her last two appearances at Roland Garros. She hasn’t won a tournament yet this year, but it’s all about peaking at the right time, so the Aussie definitely has a shot. Vera Zvonareva (+800) is right behind her, but she’s never made it past the quarterfinals in the French Open, and that was in 2003, so the Russian may not be a smart play. Victoria Azarenka (+900) and Svetlana Kuznetsova (+900) bring up the rear for the tennis betting favorites at Roland Garros, and Kuznetsova could be the better choice as she won the 2009 Open, although she did fall in the third round last year. Azarenka won a clay tournament in Spain last month, but she has to keep her temper under control.

The Second Tier

Defending champion Francesca Schiavone (+1200) leads the next group, and she’s reached the quarterfinals in the last two Grand Slams, showing that last year’s win at Roland Garros was no fluke. She may run into Jelena Jankovic (+1550), who has reached the semifinals in three of the last four years in the French Open, and the Serbian just seems to be on the verge of winning a Grand Slam. The French Open is probably her best chance to do so, despite her game being suited for hard courts. Another Serb, Ana Ivanovic (+1600) will be a threat as a former champion at Roland Garros, but she hasn’t gotten past the fourth round in two years at any Grand Slam. She’ll have to shake off a first-round loss in Madrid, and this will be a real test of Ivanovic’s mental strength as the former No.1 looks to find the form that put her at the top of the rankings in 2008.

You could get some value in your sportsbook for Li Na (+1800), who lost to Clijsters in the finals of the Australian Open, becoming the first Chinese player of either gender to reach a final in a Grand Slam. She’ll be eager to prove that was not a fluke, although she hasn’t made it past the fourth round in four trips to Roland Garros. The Williams sisters, Serena (+1900) and Venus (+2000), and even though they have 23 Grand Slams between them, they have one win at Roland Garros, by Serena in 2002, and she had to go through Venus to do it. Serena probably won’t be playing as she just resumed training because of a number of medical issues. Venus hasn’t made it past the quarterfinals in Paris since 2006, and we doubt it’ll happen this year. Maria Sharapova (+2000) and Petra Kvitova (+2000) probably aren’t worth a pick, either, as Sharapova has made it past the quarters once, in 2007, and Kvitova is making her third trip to Roland Garros after getting booted in the first round last year.

The Longshots

Dinara Safina (+4000) will be a big name that some will gravitate to, and she’s on her way back up the rankings after freefalling from the top spot. Safina reached the finals of the French Open in 2008 and 2009, but she’s now lost in the first round in her last three Grand Slams. Maybe, now that she doesn’t have the pressure of being the No.1 player in the world on her shoulders, she could contend once again, but we wouldn’t bet on it.

Our longshot pick is Flavia Pennetta (+4000), who has reached the fourth round in two of the last three French Opens, and she’s won nine WTA tournaments: seven of them have come on clay. An Italian won last year’s event at Roland Garros, why can’t it happen again?

The Pick

We’re taking Wozniacki to come through with her first Grand Slam as she is playing superb tennis with three tournament wins in 2011, and she’s been consistent over the past couple of years, reaching the fourth round in every Grand Slam since 2009 at Wimbledon. She also doesn’t seem like she’ll break under the pressure of being No.1 like Safina did, and she’s on a roll right now, so go with Caroline Wozniacki in your online betting picks.

French Open Betting Pick: Caroline Wozniacki

French Open Betting – Wozniacki And Nadal Are Clear Favorites

The 2011 French Open will own a fair share of intrigue, but at the end of the day, two players are clearly in prime position to take home the respective singles championships.
Womens Tournament Overview

Its really not very complicated: Ever since the last French Open, when Francesca Schiavone defeated Samantha Stosur in an unexpected womens final, the big names have won majors on the WTA side of the tennis divide. Serena Williams romped to the Wimbledon title by hammering Vera Zvonareva and upholding the sports betting consensus. Then, at the U.S. Open, Kim Clijsters took advantage of Serenas absence and won the tournament by whipping Zvonareva in the final. At the Australian Open, Serena was still sidelined by injury, enabling Clijsters to defeat Li Na and win her first non-U.S. Open major title. As the WTA Tour prepared for the clay-court season, Clijsters was the favorite to win in Paris. However, an injury suffered by the Belgian a few weeks ago has removed her from the field. Serena and Clijsters, the last two major champions in womens tennis, will both be removed from the 128-player draw. This means that the worlds top-ranked player, Denmarks Caroline Wozniacki, has her big chance to claim an elusive first major. Wozniacki lost the 2009 U.S. Open final to Clijsters, and shes also made the semifinals of a major on two other occasions, at the 2010 U.S. Open and the 2011 Australian Open. Wozniacki has knocked on the door but hasnt quite been able to break through. Now, with the sports two best players on the sidelines, Wozniackis time has arrived. She has to be viewed as the favorite in the absence of a formidable challenger. Zvonareva could make noise and Schiavone might play inspired tennis in defense of her title, but Wozniacki is the most consistent performer other than Serena and Clijsters. Its her tournament to lose.

French Open Women’s Championship Pick: Caroline Wozniacki.
Mens Tournament Overview
The mens tournament is even less complicated than the womens event; it’s a tournament an MLB baseball betting whiz could figure out. If Caroline Wozniacki is the odds-on choice to win on the final Saturday of this two-week tournament, Rafael Nadal is an even more prohibitive favorite to win the mens championship on the final Sunday of this fortnight-long conclusion to the clay-court season.

The numbers are well-known and impressive: Nadal has lost just once at the French Open in his career, winning the event five times in six tries. The Spaniard has never been taken to five sets at the French, and hes one championship away from matching Bjorn Borgs sixth Coupe des Mousquetaires, which would establish Nadal as the best clay-courter of all time in the eyes of many tennis experts. Novak Djokovic is likely to be the number-two seed in this tournament, thereby gaining the opposite half of the draw and setting up a blockbuster final, but as good as Djokovic has been in 2011 (he hasnt lost a match heading into the final week of April), Nadals spiritual home is the red clay of Europe. It would be a significant upset if anyone other than Djokovic beat Nadal on the dirt, and a Djokovic win would still rank as a definite surprise. Nadal is unquestionably the one to beat in the mens tournament. His resume on clay demands that level of respect among betting analysts.

French Open Men’s Championship Pick: Rafael Nadal.

Women’s Australian Open Betting – Top Ladies In Tennis Meet On The Court

The 2011 Australian Open is decidedly harder to pick now that its best player won’t be participating. That’s the bottom line on a tournament that’s wide open, even though there’s a clear-cut choice to make when all is said and done.

Serena Williams should normally be the favorite in any major tournament other than the French Open. That’s something any tennis betting expert knows. Serena has unmistakably imposed herself on the rest of the women’s field, using her overpowering serve – the biggest and most decisive shot in women’s tennis over the past several years – and her signature mental toughness to eclipse everyone else on the WTA Tour by a considerable margin. However, Serena’s absence from this Australian summer – due to a foot injury – throws the event into a state of chaos, a blessing for the rest of the women’s tennis field.

Precisely because everyone in the sport has been off for roughly two months since the early-November season-ending championships in Doha, the Australian Open is the hardest major to predict; it’s even tougher to peg than anything Super Bowl betting analysts will dissect in a few weeks. Will players be rusty or fresh? Will the defense-minded players be comfortable running down balls, or will they lack the rhythm and fluidity they need? Will offense-first players be able to hit the ball cleanly on a regular basis, or will they have an overly difficult time getting into the flow at this two-week event? These are the kinds of questions that crop up when the Australian Open arrives, and with Serena Williams out, it makes the women’s side a little harder to pick.

The ranks of online betting students will be focused on a few players in particular when this tournament begins in Melbourne on Jan. 17. The favorite should be Kim Clijsters. The Belgian won the U.S. Open last September when Serena was also out of commission with her long-continuing foot injury. Clijsters has established herself as the best hardcourt player on the tour after Serena. It has to be said, though, that Clijsters has never won the Australian Open and suffered a shocking third-round loss last year to Nadia Petrova. Moreover, that loss was decisive; Clijsters lost in straight sets, and she didn’t win five games in either one of those sets. It could be that Clijsters won’t be in peak form, so she’s not a lock to win the title. At any rate, she’s the best choice in a field of questionable performers.

Another prime contender is Caroline Wozniacki. Though not blessed with huge weapons on the ground, Wozniacki’s consistent ball-retrieving ability makes the Dane a force to be reckoned with. She reached the semifinals at the U.S. Open last year and reached the finals the year before. In a weak field, Wozniacki is a solid choice to make the semis, and with the right draw, she could advance even further in the bracket.

The third main choice has to be Vera Zvonareva. The breakout player of 2010 on the women’s tour reached the Wimbledon and U.S. Open finals. If the Russian picks up where she left off last season, she’ll be part of the final four and will have every opportunity to take home the title.

A betting perspective also needs to account for a few other factors: Justine Henin, last year’s finalist, is still recovering from an injury that ruined the second half of her 2010 season. Elena Dementieva has retired from women’s tennis. Dinara Safina is still battling back from an assortment of injuries and shows no signs of immediately returning to the form that made Marat Safin’s sister No. 1 in the world.

Pick Clijsters to win the title, although the draw has not yet been announced.

Australian Open Betting – Men’s Tournament

The 2011 men’s tennis season is shaping up to be a very exciting one. The buzz for the 2011 Australian Open is already building, and rightly so.

The community of online betting analysts has some easy choices and some not-so-simple considerations to ponder in the world of the ATP Tour. First of all, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are going to make the quarterfinals of this tournament. They’ve done so every year since 2007, with Federer having made the quarterfinals of 26 straight major tournaments. That’s child’s play. What’s also child’s play is making the contention that one of five men – Nadal, Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, and Robin Soderling – will win the tournament. The men’s field is top-heavy, but at the top, it’s crowded and deliciously complicated, and that’s when making predictions becomes difficult, especially without the benefit of knowing who will play each other in each round.

Groups of betting gurus have some interesting questions to toss around in the days before the draw is announced for the Australian Open. Question number one is this: Is Rafael Nadal physically and mentally fresh enough to continue his dominance? Nadal has taken the last three major titles in men’s tennis, rolling to the French, Wimbledon and U.S. Open crowns in 2010. Nadal could become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four major championships at the same time. That bit of history will be daunting, and what will also be an obstacle for Nadal is that he’ll be more of a target than ever before. The likes of Djokovic, Murray and Soderling will be aiming for him, and since Nadal has only one championship to his name in Australia – won in 2009 due to a pair of phenomenal displays in the semifinals and the final – it’s not a slam dunk that he’ll be at his very best in the land Down Under. Nadal is a lock to win the French Open as long as he’s healthy, and he’s become almost impregnable at Wimbledon, where the ball bounces slower than it used to. In Australia, the ball bounces more slowly than at the U.S. Open, but opponents will still be able to flatten their groundstrokes and rob Nadal of time. It will be very intriguing to see if Nadal can immediately rediscover the form he gained at the U.S. Open. If he doesn’t, he’ll be vulnerable.

The second big question is if Murray is finally ready to break through at a major. Murray has all the tools and skills needed to win, but his mental game has held him back at times. Murray loses matches out of the blue, when no one is expecting him to suffer an upset. Alarming setbacks have become a pattern for Murray at the majors; if he can slay his mental demons, he can go toe-to-toe with both Nadal and Federer, and he could bust up the draw in the process.

The third big question for the tennis betting community is if Soderling can play well in Australia. The big Swede has made a name for himself in recent years by reaching two straight French Open finals and playing deep into both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. Soderling, however, flamed out of the 2010 Australian Open and has never made the third round of this event. If he can get past his mental block in Melbourne, Soderling will be a factor.

The final big question is if either Djokovic or Federer – if placed against Nadal in a semifinal or final – can take down Rafa. The verdict here is no. Bet on Rafael Nadal to win his fourth straight major title and celebrate a championship with the joy reserved for the winners of Super Bowl betting contests. The Mallorcan is simply more imposing and more confident than anyone else on tour, and the off-season should give him enough physical fuel to power past the competition.

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Women’s US Open Betting – Venus Keeps It In The Family At Flushing Meadows

Online betting players are used to seeing a Williams hoisting a trophy after one of tennis’ Grand Slam tournaments has ended, by recently it has been all Serena, who has won five Grand Slams since Venus has won her last, Wimbledon in 2008.  We’re banking on Venus to take advantage of her injured sister, as well as the rest of the field, on en route to her eighth major championship win.

What: Tennis Betting
When: August 30th-September 12th
Where: Billie Jean King National Tennis Center – Flushing Meadows, New York
Who: WTA

The Women’s US Open Betting Favorites – Serena Williams (+150), Kim Clijsters (+300), Maria Sharapova (+550), Venus Williams (+700)

Everything depends right now on Serena’s foot injury, and right now, she’s questionable.  Serena has won this event in 1999, 2002 and 2008, and she’s won the Australian Open and Wimbledon this year and is the dominant female player on the planet.  But if she’s hurt, the door is open for Clijsters to go back-to-back at Flushing Meadows, and she also won here in 2005.  Sharapova is another former champion who won in 2006, and is coming off a promising showing at Wimbledon.  But the one to watch out of this group could be Serena’s sister Venus, who won the US Open in 2000 and 2001, and she’ll be hungry as she hasn’t won a major since the 2008 title at Wimbledon (little sister Serena has won five since then, by comparison).  Venus hasn’t gotten past the quarterfinals in any major this year, and her long legs should suit her well on the hard courts in Flushing Meadows. 

The Second Tier of Women’s US Open Betting Contenders – Caroline Wozniacki (+1200), Samantha Stosur (+1400), Jelena Jankovic (+1600), Vera Zvonareva (+1600)

Wozniacki fell to Clijsters in the final of the US Open last year, but she hasn’t reached the semifinals in any major this year, as she went to the quarterfinals of the French Open for her best result.  Stosur went to the finals of the French Open, losing to Francesca Schiavone, and then she fell in the first round at Wimbledon.  Stosur has never been past the second round at the US Open, so she may be punching above her weight here.  Jankovic fell in the 2008 final at Flushing Meadows against Serena Williams, and as far as results go, the US Open is her best tournament.  Zvonareva is the darkhorse here as she is coming off a loss to Serena in the final at Wimbledon, but she’s never been past the fourth round at Flushing Meadows.

The Longshots For Women’s US Open Betting – Elena Dementieva (+2000), Victoria Azarenka (+2000), The Field

Dementieva is back in the field after a torn calf muscle forced her to retire in the semifinals at Roland Garros, and it also caused her to miss Wimbledon.  She’s gone to the final of the US Open just once, losing to Sveltlana Kuznetsova in 2004, and Dementieva made it to the semis in 2000, 2005 and 2008.  Azarenka has never made it past the quarterfinals of any major tournament, and is coming off a first-round elimination in the French Open, as well as falling in the third round at Wimbledon, so it’s a wonder why she has odds that are even this good.

It’s been a long time since Venus Williams has won a Grand Slam as little sister Serena has taken over the biggest titles in tennis, and don’t think Venus isn’t upset about it.  Her game is made for the hard courts of Flushing Meadows, where she can get to virtually any ball because of her graceful stride.  She may even be a bit hungrier as she fell in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, her best tournament, and there’s no better way to turn your fortunes around then with a victory.  We’re taking Venus Williams to fly the family flag and, that will net you a win in your sports betting book.  

Women’s US Open Betting Pick: Venus Williams

Australian Open betting – Men’s First Week Update

The Australian Open betting season has been a predictable one so far as the main seeds have been making their way through the opening rounds on the men’s side. Online betting cappers know that not too much has been decided quite yet as the titans have yet to square off.

Upsets – Australian Open Betting
There have been a number of upsets on the men’s side but none of overly great significance. The highest seed to lose on the men’s side was No. 8 seed Robin Soderling. The Swede had been playing some of his best tennis last year but a wrist injury in the early part of this year has clearly hampered him.

diamond Tennis betting odds makers weren’t expecting much of No. 13 Radek Stepanek and he proved them right with a first-round loss. No. 16 Tommy Robredo, No. 23 Juan Carlos Ferrero, No. 25 Sam Querrey and No. 28 Jurgen Melzer were also ousted in the first round.

No. 17 David Ferrer, No. 21 Tomas Berdych and No. 29 Victor Troicki lost in the second round.

The Favorites – Australian Open Tennis betting
diamond sportsbook cappers haven’t seen too much drama from the top seeds.

No. 1 seed Roger Federer had bit of a test in the first round against Igor Andreev but after losing the first set he rolled right through. The other challenge for a top seed was No. 4 Juan Martin Del Potro who has been pushed by two Americans in the first two rounds. Del Potro had to win 10-8 in the fifth set to put James Blake to bed.

Picks – Australian Open Tennis betting
Our picks of Rafael Nadal, Nikolay Davydenko and Jo-Wilfred Tsonga are still intact.

Davydenko has been on fire, losing just 10 games in two matches while Tsonga also has two straight sets victories under his belt.

Online betting sharps know that No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal has been challenged very little to this point as well.