COULD it be his year? That's what everyone's asking about Andy Murray as his path to the Wimbledon final opened up following Rafael Nadal's shock defeat to Lukas Rosol.
The Scot has started is campaign well with two convincing wins over tough opponents and he is a biggest 6-1 at unibet to claim his first Grand Slam title. To reach the Final Murray is 5-2 at Skybet.
Murray should romp into the second week by seeing off Marcos Baghdatis on Saturday and is a best 1-9 at bodog and McBookie.com to do so.
World No.1 Novak Djokovic remains the 19-20 favourite at unibet favourite followed by Roger Federer, who survived a five-set scare on Friday, at 10-3 with Coral.
Then come two more men in Murray's way, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at 11-1 with Skybet and Juan Martin del Potro at 34-1 with unibet.
I baulked at the short price on Murray and instead I'm trying a double on del Potro versus Kei Nishikori and David Ferrer, who is up against Andy Roddick. It pays just under 1-1.
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Paul am pretty certain its marcos not sergio.
David, it’s Marcos and that’s what I’ve written in today’s Record column but my mind keeps drifting to Spain v Italy and I’ll post my tips soon.
Just put 40 on ivanovic @ 9/4. 1 set down and 3-2 up in 2nd set.
Where does that double pay near 2/1? £50 returns 91 at Paddy, making it about 4/5
Luke. sorry I was being an idiot. I meant nearly evens. Was thinking I was doubling my money but obviously that’s the stake I’m doubling.
Looking like a good bet Joe! I’m thinking of del potro -1.5 on set handicap, ferrer and cilic treble! That pays just under 2/1
Cheers luke. goerges 10/3 now so done a 20 quid cover bet. ivanovic wins im up 70 and if not im still up 26 so no bad for an hours work. Gonna look at other games after this.
Looking good for the £70 profit now mate! I have gone with that treble, £50 free bet returns £97. Not bad for what looks like a good bet! Have also marked down osters -1, elfsborg, molde, hacken and stromsgodset in the footy! Just over 9/1 so going to put £11 on that.
on osters ht/ft, -1 and -2. not much value in straihgt win but hopefully get 2/3 to be in profit.
Only one am not sure about is ferrer as i heard roddick is hitting a bit of form after being injury free for a while. Good luck tho hope ferrer romps it for u. I might try – 1.5 with del potro, tsonga and murray.
Joe, I watched Roddick struggle for long spells against Jamie Baker and Ferrer has been in unbelievable form this season so here’s hoping. I could do with doubling my money in preparation for tomorrow.
-1.5 on all three? Murray and tsonga should both win in straight sets, but not awful lot of games are being won that easily it seems! Yeah roddick is my main concern, wouldn’t surprise me if that match was to go to a final set decider!…Craig, I’d like to think the first two should pay out for you, and -2 should have a good chance too!
heres hoping luke, and better luck at the horses than did on tuesday
Cheers mate! These euros have well and truly done my bank balance in! So many bets looked a good thing, and turned out to be far from! Italy in the final!? Surely no one envisaged that before tourney begun!!
Luke, I read somewhere recently that Italy either flop or reach the final. Looks like the latter this time. To be honest overall there hasn’t been an outstanding team.
Stayng away from the tennis luke unless something decent comes up in play. Very little value out there. Done an acca on haugesund stromsgodset hacken and oster @ just over 4/1. Also done stromsgodset and hacken -1 dble. Good luck guys :)
-1 dble also just over 4/1.
theres the 1st for oster luke :)
Just done murray 3-0 tsonga 3-0 and ferrer – 1.5 sets. Just below 9/1.
Im an idiot. Thot 3/1 for ferrer -1.5 wad great price but didnt realise he was a set down!! 3-0 up in second but i really shuda checked more before betting. Still a good chance tho.
Joe, u ain’t an idiot anymore. Funny how things turn out but as soon as he took the second there was only one winner.
Oooooh ferrer took a very close second set tie break. tsonga served out the first set. Av got a wee chance still.
Ferrer and tsonga produced the goods. Need Murray whitewash for ma treble. Murrays got the game to destroy the cypriot just hope his minds right!
Joe, Ferrer brought my double up after a wee scare so happy with that even though it paid under evens and not 2-1 as I stupidly posted earlier. Anyway a win’s a win and I’ll keep en eye on the tennis for some more value singles or doubles now that Euro 2012 is coming to an end. I really fancy Murray but he was 1-9 at best and I didn’t think it was worth the risk.
Joe, Murray’s making a mess of it again. Hopefully the break for the roof shutting will allow him time to step it up.
IN REPLY TO LUKE I HAVE ITALY AT 12 AND 16 BEFORE THE TOURNEY AND AT 11 BEFORE THEY BEAT ENGLAND I FEEL A BIG WAGER ON SPAIN COMING ON FOR A GUARANTEED PROFIT
Never straight forward with murray! At least hes on his way now.
Joe, played well in the end and that’s how he needs to perform from the start of matches. Anyway after my evens double on Ferrer and Del Potro I’m taking another on Monday that pays just over evens. It’s 2-0 Radwanska v Gorgi and Kohlschreiber to beat Baker.
Finally got a bet up, although cilic made pretty hard work of it! Glad to see majority people had a good day yesterday!! That saying about Italy is pretty accurate actually! Least England are consistent, consistently poor! Colin, did you go each way, or just outright to win it?
OUTRIGHT WINNERS SO I WILL HAVE SOMETHING ON SPAIN @8/15 TO GUARANTEE A PROFIT
Just took lisicki £15 ew @ 8/1. Also tenner double on djokovic and serena @ 4/6 and 5/2. Watched Lisicki last year and she looks good on the turf and going along nicely this year. Her half of the draw is also very open – all the top seeds gone.
Joe, I think Lisicki’s lost every game she’s played against Kerber but good luck with your bet.
Wee in play treble. Kohlschreiber @ 4/11 murray 3-0 @ 3/10 tsonga 3-1 @ 17/20. Also took ferrer 3-2 and del potro 3-2 @ 5/1 and 9/2.
Murray up, kohlschreiber almost there. Need tsonga to take fourth set for treble. See what u mean about ferrer paul.As u can see i expected a tight match but ferrer destroyed him. Del potro 8/13 fave too. I want to see murray do well but think i will be on ferrer tomorrow.
Joe, I haven’t lost a tennis bet yet. Ferrer’s a cracking player and the Murray match could go either way.
Lisicki lost out in the end. At the pics seeing new spidey movie but seen first set and she was terrible. loads of unforced errors
Joe, beaten by the better player I think and maybe the win over Sharapova took too much out of her.
I know murray is better than del potro and maybe even better than ferrer but ferrer was awesome today. Think this match could be a coin toss. With murray in poor form up to wimbledon and ferrer beating him at roland garos in the back of his mind i think 2/1 for ferrer is a good value bet. Worth £30 anyway. You see anything u fancy tomorrow paul? Other mens matches look a bit one sided so not much value. Maybe set betting or keep an eye on in play?
Joe, I reckon Murray might nick it. Thinking of taking both to win in five sets, 5-1 and 6-1. Federer and Djokovic should stroll it and it’s probably Tsonga against Kohlschreiber.