You’ll find weekly tennis betting tips here at MFT with tournament previews for all the key competitions on the ATP and WTA tours, as well as the Grand Slams and Olympic tournaments.
TENNIS: DUBAI FINAL TIPS
ROGER FEDERER is just one victory from his fifth Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title today – standing in his way is treble-chaser Novak Djokovic. Top seed Federer brought up my semi-final forecast with a straight-sets victory over Richard Gasquet yesterday. No.2 Djokovic was on course to bring up another...
TENNIS: DUBAI SEMI FINAL TIPS
RICHARD GASQUET had me making a racquet yesterday after he beat Gilles Simon 2-1 in Dubai – bringing up a fav 4-1 Bonkers Bet. Bookies had unseeded Gasquet as the 5-4 underdog against his fellow Frenchman (4-6) despite taking a 4-0 record into their quarter-final clash at the Dubai...
TENNIS: DUBAI QUARTER FINALS
TOP seed Roger Federer and defending champion Novak Djokovic are in action again today in the quarter-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. I announced earlier this week that both are my tips to contest Sunday's final and therefore I expect them to ease into the last four....
TENNIS: DUBAI DUTY FREE PREVIEW
NOVAK DJOKOVIC returns to action today for the first time since he won the Australian Open, bidding to win his third Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title in a row. The world No.3 from Serbia is the No.2 seed in the UAE and lines up in the latest ATP500...
WEEKEND REVIEW: HOW DID WE DO?
NEARLY all of our tipsters produced winning lines over the weekend but pride of place went to sports betting expert David Jack. Deadly DJ was rubbing his hands in glee as his snooker and tennis outright tips both won. He went for 5-1 chance John Higgins in the Welsh...
TENNIS: MEMPHIS FINAL TIPS
ANDY RODDICK and Milos Raonic were the bookies outsiders in Saturday's Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis – but I predicted victories for both and I hope you took my advice. In my semi-final preview I told you top seed A-Rod was “an appealing 23-20 with Sportingbet” despite three...
ATP500 LATEST BETTING
No.1 seed Andy Roddick reached the semi-finals of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis with a three-set victory over Lleyton Hewitt. The American will now face his toughest test yet in the ATP500 event – the formidable figure of Argentine wildcard Juan Martin del Potro. Del Potro dumped...
TENNIS: MEMPHIS ATP 500 LATEST
CANADIAN wonderkid Milos Raonic grabbed his sixth win a row yesterday to book his place in today's Regions Morgan Keegan Championships quarter-finals in Memphis. The 20-year-old won the San Jose Open on Sunday and after dumping runner-up Fernando Verdasco in the first round of this week's ATP500 event he...
TENNIS: ATP500 MEMPHIS LATEST
Juan Martin del Potro and John Isner will close out the first round of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis in the early hours of Thursday in a battle of the giants. Unseeded Argentine del Potro, stands 6ft 6in, or should that be small, in comparison to 6ft...
TENNIS: ATP500 MEMPHIS TIPS
THE 2011 tennis season, like the career of Milos Raonic, is still in its infancy but that hasn't stopped the Canadian youngster storming up the ATP rankings. Raonic, 20, captured his first major title on Sunday, the ATP250 SAP Open in San Jose, with a 7-6(6) 7-6(5) victory over...
ROTTERDAM SEMI-FINALS TIPS
Robin Soderling remained on course to retain the ATP 500 World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam with a straight-sets victory over Mikhail Youzhny on Friday. He tackles Serb Viktor Troicki in the semi-finals after he upset the odds with a win over Croat Marin Cilic. But Soderling, of course, is...
TENNIS: ABN AMRO ROTTERDAM TIPS
Marcos Baghdatis dumped Andy Murray out of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam with a surprise straight sets victory. The British No.1, who was playing in his first match since his Australian Open final defeat, should have been preparing for a quarter-final clash in the ATP 500...
TENNIS: ANDY MURRAY IS BACK
BRITISH No.1 Andy Murray returns to competitive action on Wednesday for the first time since his Australian Open Final defeat to Novak Djokovic. The Scot is in Rotterdam contesting the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament on indoor hardcourts and faces a tricky first-round clash against world No.20 Marcos Baghdatis....
WHAT NOW FOR MURRAY?
POOR Andy Murray. The Scot collapsed under the weight of expectation on his shoulders – and David Jack's money – to lose the Australian Open Final in straight sets. His defeat to Novak Djokovic was painful viewing but at least he is giving British tennis a chance of ending...
AUSSIE OPEN FINAL: MURRAY v DJOKOVIC
SCOT Andy Murray is just one win from Grand Slam glory and I reckon it will be third time lucky for the British No.1 when he contests the Australian Open final early on Sunday morning. Murray, who lost in the 2008 US Open final, booked his second-successive spot in...
AUSTRALIAN OPEN: WOMEN’S FINAL
WORLD No.3 Kim Clijsters will go in search of her fourth Grand Slam title on Saturday morning when she tackles Li Na in the women's singles final at the Australian Open. The 27-year-old Belgian, who has three US Open titles, was a finalist in Melbourne in 2004 but lost...
AUSTRALIAN OPEN: MURRAY v FERRER
BRITISH No.1 Andy Murray will walk on to the Rod Laver Arena on Friday closer than ever to winning that elusive maiden Grand Slam. The 23-year-old would have been expecting to take to the court with world No.1 Rafael Nadal. However, the Mallorcan's dream of holding all four Grand...
TENNIS: FEDERER v DJOKOVIC
ROGER FEDERER and Novak Djokovic meet in the early hours of Thursday morning with a place in the Australian Open men's singles final at stake. Both players have previous in Melbourne – defending champion Fed chasing his fifth title Down Under and 2008 winner Novak bidding for his second....
WOMEN’S TENNIS: AUSTRALIAN OPEN
AUSTRALIAN OPEN women's singles favourite Kim Clijsters should book her place in the final when she tackles Russian Vera Zvonareva in the early hours of Thursday. Belgian Clijsters, a three-time US Open champion and a finalist in Australia in 2004, has beaten No.2 seed Zvonareva in six of their...
AUSTRALIAN OPEN: WOMEN’S QUARTER-FINAL PREVIEW
WOMEN'S singles favourite Kim Clijsters is just three wins from capturing her first Australian Open title after a 7-6 6-2 win over unseeded Russian Ekaterina Makarova. The No.3 seed from Belgium tackles Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in the last eight and with Maria Sharapova, Venus Williams and Justine Henin...
TENNIS: MURRAY HAS SCOT THE LOT
Andy Murray stormed into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Monday with another straight-sets victory. Jurgen Melzer was undoubtedly the British No.1's toughest test so far in Melbourne but Murray crushed the No.11 seed 6-3 6-1 6-1 in 103 blistering minutes. Murray is 9-2 with totesport to win...
AUSTRALIAN OPEN BETTING TIPS
Australian Open favourite Rafael Nadal will tackle David Ferrer in an all-Spanish quarter-final after a comfortable victory over Marin Cilic. World No.1 Nadal, who is bidding to become the first player since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all Grand Slams at the one time, eased past his Croatian...
TENNIS: AUSTRALIAN OPEN
THE first tennis Grand Slam of 2011 is only a matter of hours away and I would be delighted if we are celebrating Andy Murray's first major victory on January 30. Every season begins with the question “is this Murray's year?” and to be fair to the Scot he's...
McCOY CANTERS TO SPOTY PRIZE
AP McCoy landed a huge gamble when he was crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Ladbrokes alone shelled out more than £100,000 – although they claim they did so with a smile. McCoy justified odds of 4-6 to take the prestigious prize and although the bookies took a...
TENNIS: NADAL v FEDERER
THE Barclays ATP World Tour Finals conclude today with the two finest players on the planet battling it out for the top prize. Step forward my pre-tournament pick Rafael Nadal and world No.2 Roger Federer. Both players have been in blistering form at London's 02 Arena and came through...
TENNIS: ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS
The season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals get underway on Sunday with British No.1 Andy Murray tackling Paris Masters champion Robin Soderling. Murray's fifth match-up with the Swede, who took his world No.4 spot with victory in the French capital last weekend, opens Group B at the O2 Arena...
TENNIS: PARIS MASTERS FINAL
Gael Monfils was the toast of Paris last night after a sensational maiden career victory over top seed Roger Federer. The Frenchman, playing in his home city, delighted his supporters at the Palais Omnisports with a 7-6(7) 6-7(1) 7-6(4) semi-final success. But rather than basking in his first win...
ATP PARIS MASTERS LATEST
BRITISH No.1 Andy Murray felt the full force of a Gael yesterday in Paris – Gael Monfils. The Frenchman dumped Murray 6-2 2-6 6-3 to set up a showdown with Roger Federer in the Paris Masters. Swiss world No.2 Fed has still to lose a set at the Palias...
TENNIS: GO THE DISTANCE IN PARIS
It's quarter-final day at the ATP 1000 Paris Masters with British No.1 Andy Murray in action against local hero Gael Monfils. Murray, (2-5, Boylesports, Betfred, 888sport, Blue Square) leads Monfils (9-4, bet365, totesport, Ladbrokes) 3-1 in previous meetings and I reckon the Scot will extend his lead after a...
TENNIS: MAKE A MINT ON MURRAY
British No.1 Andy Murray is in Paris this week for the ninth and final ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event at the Palais Omnisport in Bercy. The 23-year-old Scot, who has never won the title in the French capital, begins his quest at the second-round stage today against the...
TENNIS: SHANGHAI MASTERS
The ATP 1000 Shanghai Rolex Masters is underway in China and I'm sticking with Rafael Nadal, my tip for last month's US Open, to grab his eight title of 2010. Spain's world No.1 is the current French Open, Wimbledon and US Open champion, the first man to win three...
CHINA OPEN TENNIS LATEST
British No.1 Andy Murray is in quarter-final action on Friday as he continues his quest to win the ATP 500 China Open in Beijing. The 23-year-old Scot (2-11, boylesports) tackles Ivan Ljubicic, a player I backed to win his last-16 clash with Alexandr Dolgopolov. I urged you to get...
CHINA AND JAPAN OPEN TENNIS
Veteran Croat Ivan Ljubicic got off to a flying start at the China Open with an impressive straight-sets victory over US Open semi-finalist and No.7 seed Mikhail Youzhny on Tuesday. The 31-year-old world No.17 tackles Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov (5-6, totesport, Ladbrokes, William Hill) for the first time – a...
Tennis: Get on the French Double
The first rounds of the ATP 500 Japan and Beijing Opens have now concluded but not before I served a couple of aces of my own. I hope you took my advice on David Ferrer and Richard Gasquet and if so you'll already be thinking about your next big...
Tennis: Japan Open Betting Tips
The big names in men's tennis are back on court as they build up to next Monday's ATP 1000 Shanghai Masters. World No.1 Rafael Nadal headlines the field at the Japan Open in Tokyo while world No.3 Novak Djokovic and world No.4 Andy Murray are the top draws at...
NICE ONE NADAL
By David Jack BOOKIES reckon Rafa Nadal is the man to beat in men's tennis after winning the US Open final. I tipped the Spaniard at 7-2 at the start of the tournament and he won in sensational style, dropping his only set in the final. The odds suggest...
US OPEN FINAL BETTING PREVIEW
The US Open concludes tonight with my pre-tournament tip Rafael Nadal just hours away from capturing his first Grand Slam at Flushing Meadows. Regular readers will recall I backed the Spanish world No.1 to triumph in New York because the US Open was the only Slam missing from his...
US OPEN TENNIS LATEST
By David Jack We've reached the semi-finals of the US Open and I'm delighted to see my pre-tournament forecasts Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki remain on course for their first titles at Flushing Meadows. I predicted world No.1 Rafa would go head to head with No.2 Roger Federer in...
US Open: Latest Betting Tips
Our resident tennis expert David Jack gives us the betting lowdown on the latest action at the US Open. Stanislas Wawrinka dumped Andy Murray on Sunday night and tackles American Sam Querrey today for a place in the US Open quarter-finals. The No.25 seed from Switzerland, despite the need...
ANDY MURRAY’S LAST STAN
DON'T say we didn't warn you. Andy Murray's out of the US Open and tipster David Jack feared the worst. He knew the Scot would be in a for a tough time from Swiss star Stanislas Wawrinka and how right he was. The world No.27 polished off Murray in...
ANDY MURRAY US OPEN LATEST
Tennis Tips By David Jack British No.1 Andy Murray has comfortably reached the last 32 at the US Open and returns to court today against his good friend Stanislas Wawrinka in the Louis Armstrong Stadium. The pair met in 2008 at Flushing Meadows in the last 16 when Murray...
MURRAY v BROWN US OPEN
By DAVID JACK Andy Murray (1-50, William Hill) is back on court in the US Open tonight against world No.123 Dustin Brown (25-1, boylesports) and another comfortable work-out beckons for the Scot at Flushing Meadows. The world No.4 began his Grand Slam bid with a straight sets victory over...
US OPEN TENNIS BETTING LATEST
By DAVID JACK I RECKON Nicolas Almagro's experience will be too much for the unseeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the all-Spanish second-round battle. Fourteenth seed Almagro, who has won two ATP titles this year, is available at 8-13 with William Hill. Another seed, No.29 Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, is rated...
TENNIS TREBLE TRAPS
Guest tennis columnist David Jack served up a cracker with his first men's tennis treble on the US Open first-round matches. He tipped wins for Kevin Anderson, Janko Tipsarevic and Taylor Dent and it paid £33 to a tenner stake with William Hill. And we know plenty of you...
DAVID JACK’S US OPEN TENNIS PREVIEW
Guest tipster David Jack gives us his exclusive lowdown on how the US Open at Flushing Meadow will shape in both the men's and women's tournaments. All eyes will be on Andy Murray as the US Open gets underway at Flushing Meadows tomorrow but I reckon the Scot will...