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.
July 5: Sean Calvert’s Wimbledon Day 3 Tips
THERE are a few favourites that could be worth taking on today and I am sorely tempted to have a small bet on Dustin Brown to beat Andy Murray who reportedly is still struggling with injury after his practice on Tuesday. I won’t though but Murray and Marin Cilic both look very short in...
July 4: Johnb’s Wimbledon Day 2 Tips
DAY one went well with Johnb's nap/NB winning at 11-10 and Daniil Medvedev's scalp of Stan Wawrinka landing a 5-2 tip. The only loser was Laura Robson and it's now on to day two with Johnb saying: “Again for the men I have gone for bet365 odds for the men’s matches...
July 4: Sean Calvert’s Wimbledon Day 2 Tips
DAY two at Wimbledon 2017 sees round one of the men’s singles complete, with plenty of betting opportunities available on Tuesday. And hopefully day two will go better than day one, which was one of those where the odd point here and there cost me several times over. Philipp...
Wimbledon: Johnb’s Preview and Tips
OUR resident racing tipster Johnb has more than one string to his racquet – he's also a dab hand at serving up winning tennis tips. Here's his preview on the SW19 showpiece as the Championships begin. He says: “The top 5 players in the world are the top 5...
Wimbledon: Sean Calvert’s Preview and Tips
SEAN CALVERT is a top tennis tipster at Unibet with an excellent track record of picking winners. Here's his take on Wimbledon which gets under way today. Sean says: “Since the 2002 win for Lleyton Hewitt the men’s event has been dominated by the ‘big four’, with one of...
June 5: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
RAFA NADAL and Novak Djokovic cruised into the last eight of the French Open on Sunday without dropping a set. They face a clash-of-the-titans semi-final and King of Clay Nadal will be hot favourite. The way he's playing I can't see past him winning but he's now about 1-2....
June 4: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
IT was all about the Lions and Andy Murray yesterday – with one whimpering over the line and the other roaring to victory. A few people backed the NZ Barbarians on the handicaps and they almost won the tour opener. I tipped Andy Murray to lose a set and...
June 3: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
IT'S an early start on Sunday morning for anyone who wants to watch the British & Irish Lions launch their tour. Warren Gatland's side have a gentle opener against the New Zealand Barbarians and are no bigger than 1-33 to win. On the handicaps the line is set at...
June 2: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
WHEN putting up Thursday's tennis double I warned anything can happen when Nick Kyrgios is on court. Unfortunately the Aussie bad boy reverted to type and suffered a meltdown as he crashed to a shock French Open defeat to Kevin Anderson – smashing a racket to smitheerens against a...
June 1: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
IT was two out of three on my ambitious 15-2 tennis treble yesterday. All were good enough prices to be have been done as singles so hopefully some people will have profited. Today at Roland-Garros I've picked out an even-money double I like on two pretty hot favourites –...
May 31: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
TUESDAY'S even-money tennis treble landed thanks to Andy Murray, Juan del Potro and John Isner and the action continues at the French Open today. It should have been two trebles wins from two but highly-rated Alexander Zverev was a surprise loser. Today I'm going for an ambitious 15-2 treble...
May 30: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
IT'S Andy Murray's turn to take centre stage at the French Open and the world No.1 will be hoping for a dramatic-free entrance against Andrey Kuznetsov. The Scot's been struggling for form this year but reached the Final 12 months ago and with Ivan Lendl back at his side...
May 29: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE French Open will dominate the sports thread this week and on a dramatic first day women's top seed Angelique Kerber was beaten. World No.1 Kerber faced a tough start against Ekaterina Makarova so while she becomes the first women's top seed to lose in the first round it...
May 28: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE French Open tennis gets under way today and king of clay Rafa Nadal is the man to beat as he looks to reign again. The last of his nine Roland Garros titles came three years ago but the Spaniard is looking back to his best this season and...
May 24: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
STAN WAWRINKA is back on home soil at the Geneva Open to fine-tune his French Open preparation and is eyeing a quarter-final spot today. The Swiss defending champ takes on world No.78 Rogerio Dutra Silva of Brazil and should have few troubles progressing. Wawrinka to win 2-0 pays 8-13 at...
May 23: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE Giro d'Italia cycling heads for the hills today with Nairo Quintana looking to cut the lead at the top. The Colombian, who took the title in 2014, is second behind Tom Dumoulin in the overall standings and is expected to thrive on the mountainous stage 16. He's favourite...
May 21: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
NOVAK DJOKOVIC is hitting form at the perfect time with the French Open just a week away. The world No.2 blitzed Dominic Thiem – who had taken the scalp of Rafa Nadal in the previous round – to reach today's Rome Masters Final where he takes on German 20-year-old...
May 20: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS put their perfect play-off record on the line tonight in game three of the Western Conference final. The Warriors have won all 10 post-season games so far and lead 2-0 against San Antonio Spurs after back-to-back home victories. San Antonio are 111-50 at Marathonbet to get...
May 19: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE Rome Masters has reached the quarter-final stage and tie of the round sees second seed Novak Djokovic take on Juan Martin Del Potro. Djokovic suffered a painful loss to the Argentine at last summer's Olympics but has won both meetings this year and is yet to drop a...
May 18: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE new Premier League darts champ will be crowned tonight and unsurprisingly Michael van Gerwen is the once again the man to beat. The defending champ and world No.1 is 4-6 title favourite heading into the four-man finals night at London's O2 and gets the action started against Gary...
May 15: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
RAFA NADAL continues to sweep all before him on a clay court and has now scooped three straight title to boost his Frech Open glory hopes. The Spaniard edged out Dominic Thiem on Sunday to add the Madrid Masters crown to his successes in Barcelona and Monte Carlo. Nadal...
May 12: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
ANDY MURRAY'S woes continued with an early Madrid Masters exit as the world No.1's French Open build-up was left in tatters. The Scot suffered a meek third-round surrender to Croatian teen Borna Coric in straight sets then admitted he doesn't know how to cut out the mistakes. Murray is...
May 11: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE Premier League darts heads north to Aberdeen tonight with the final play-off spot and £25,000 table-topper's bonus both to be decided. Michael van Gerwen and Peter Wright are vying to finishing in first place while the remaining top-four berth will go to either Dave Chisnall or Phil Taylor. Chisnall,...
May 10: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE tennis world's top three are all in action at the Madrid Masters today as the third round gets under way. Top seed Andy Murray faces either Borna Coric or Pierre-Hugues Herbert while Novak Djokovic is 4-7 at Unibet to win his meeting with Nicolas Almagro in straight sets....
May 9: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE NBA play-offs continue on Tuesday night with San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets neck and neck in their Conference semi-final. Houston's home win last time out levelled the seven-game series at 2-2 and they're now 101-50 at Marathonbet to edge into the lead with victory in Texas tonight....
May 8: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
NOVAK DJOKOVIC plays his first tournament at the Madrid Masters this week since sacking his entire coaching staff. The 12-times Grand Slam winner hopes the shock move will spark a return to form and he's second favourite at 5-1 with Betfair to retain his Madrid title ahead of a...
May 7: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
IT'S a big night of NBA play-off action on Sunday with Cleveland Cavs eyeing a whitewash of Toronto Raptors. Cavs, the defending champs, lead 3-0 and are 2-5 at Paddy Power to tie up the series tonight while the Raptors are 5-2 at William Hill to keep it alive...
May 6: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
GREGOR TOWNSEND signs off as Glasgow Warriors rugby boss today with an inter-city Pro12 derby clash against Edinburgh. It doubles as an 1872 Cup decider – Glasgow won the first leg 25-12 at Murrayfield in December – and Townsend will be determined to end on a winning high before...
May 5: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
CLEVELAND CAVS can tighten their grip on the NBA title tonight when they head to Toronto Raptors in game three of the Conference semis. The defending champs lead 2-0 after dominating on home ground and are 4-5 at Ladbrokes for victory in Canada, with the Raptors 6-4 at the...
May 4: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE Premier League darts hits Exeter tonight with two-times champ Gary Anderson aiming to lock in a play-off spot. The Flying Scotsman needs victory over James Wade to clinch his top-four berth and he's 4-7 at Boylesports to get it, with his opponent 4-1 at Betfred and the draw...
May 3: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE NBA Conference semi-finals continue tonight with reigning champs Cleveland Cavs looking to open up a 2-0 lead. The Cavs beat Toronto Raptors 116-105 in the series opener and are 3-10 at Marathonbet to double their advantage, while the away side are 33-10 at BetVictor to level it up....
May 2: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
ANTHONY JOSHUA delivered a memorable title win at Wembley and he's 5-2 with Ladbrokes to break Lennox Lewis's four-year reign as world heavyweight champ. The same firm make Wladimir Klitschko just 6-4 to retire while a rematch before the end of the year looks unlikely at 7-1. Ladbrokes go 2-1...
Apr 30: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE snooker World Championship final sees Mark Selby defend his title against four-times winner John Higgins. It's a repeat of the 2007 final which Higgins won 18-13 but he heads into this one as underdog at 22-9 with Marathonbet after easing past Barry Hawkins 17-8 in the semis. Reigning...
Apr 29: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
IT'S a huge Saturday of sport with World Championship snooker and world heavyweight boxing among the star attractions. At the Crucible the semi-finals come to an end with John Higgins leading 10-6 against Barry Hawkins and needing seven frames to book a final place. In the other match Mark...
Apr 28: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
ANDY MURRAY can avenge his Monte Carlo Masters defeat in today's rematch with Albert Ramos-Vinolas. The world No.1 was stunned in three sets by the Spaniard last week and they now do battle again in the quarter-finals of the Barcelona Open. Murray is 1-3 at Betfair for victory while...
Apr 27: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
SAN ANTONIO SPURS and Toronto Raptors can both book a Conference semi-final spot in tonight's NBA play-off crunch matches. Spurs lead 3-2 against Memphis Grizzlies and are 4-7 at bet365 to get the victory needed to clinch the series. Grizzlies, who have fought back from a 2-0 deficit, are on...
Apr 26: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
MARIA SHARAPOVA makes her controversial return to the WTA Tour today following a 15-month doping ban. The five-times Grand Slam champ has been handed a wildcard to compete at the Stuttgart Open – a decision criticised by fellow players, including opening opponent Roberta Vinci. Sharapova is 4-11 at Skybet to...
Apr 25: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
RONNIE O'SULLIVAN is the star attraction at the World Championship snooker today as the quarter-finals get under way. The Rocket – seeking his sixth Crucible crown – is 7-15 at Marathonbet to make it past Chinese cueman Ding Junhui (9-5, BetStars). Four-times champ John Higgins begins his last-eight battle...
Apr 24: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE snooker World Championship continues today with Mark Selby firmly on course for the quarter-finals. Selby – second title favourite at 3-1 with Sportingbet behind Skybet's 11-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan – leads 10-6 against China's Xiao Guodong and needs just three more frames to reach the last eight. Meanwhile, the...
Apr 23: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
RAFA NADAL is on the brink of landing his 10th Monte Carlos Masters title after setting up an all-Spanish final. Nadal swatted aside David Goffin in the semis and is now just 1-9 at Betfair to lift the trophy and 2-5 at Coral to wrap it up with a...
Apr 22: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
NOVAK DJOKOVIC is the latest big-name casualty at the Monte Carlo Masters after suffering a shock quarter-final defeat. The world No.2 was stunned in three sets by David Goffin – the first time the Belgian has ever beaten a top-three player – and joins Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka...
Apr 18: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE snooker World Championships continue at the Crucible today with two former champs eyeing a second-round spot. John Higgins has won the title four times – most recently in 2011 – and should have few problems finishing the job against Martin Gould who trails 7-2 in the first to 10 showdown....
Apr 17: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
ANDY MURRAY makes his comeback from injury at this week's Monte Carlo Masters where he's looking for a good showing to relaunch his season. The world No.1, who hasn't played since early March due to a shoulder problem, was runner-up in Monte Carlo to Rafa Nadal last year and...
Apr 15: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
RICKY BURNS has labelled tonight the biggest fight of his career as he bids to make more Scottish boxing history. Burns, Scotland's first three-weight world champ, faces dangerous Namibian southpaw Julius Indongo in Glasgow's Hydro with the super-lightweight WBA, IBO and IBF titles on the line. Victory for Burns,...
Apr 11: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE biggest event in snooker gets under way this weekend and defending champ Mark Selby is gunning for a third World Championship title in four years. The world No.1 is currently joint title favourite alongside Judd Trump – who has never conquered the Crucible – at 9-2 with Paddy...
Apr 8: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE second Grand Prix of the new F1 season takes place in China this weekend with Lewis Hamilton looking to get off the mark. The Mercedes driver is favourite at 17-20 with Sportingbet to take pole in this morning's qualifying while Seb Vettel – who won the season opener...
Apr 5: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
IT'S almost time for the Masters and world No.1 Dustin Johnson is seeing plenty of backing from punters. William Hill are also seeing interest in a course record – presumably by big-hitting Johnson – which has now been cut to 10-1 from 16-1. Hills spokesman Rupert Adams said: “There are...
Apr 2: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
IT'S a repeat of the Australian Open Final tonight as Roger Federer and his old nemesis Rafa Nadal fight it out for the Miami Open title. Federer won their Melbourne meeting in five sets and also dumped the Spaniard in last month's Indian Wells Masters last 16, although Nadal...
Mar 24: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE world's top two are both missing through injury at the Miami Open tennis and now Britain's quarter of competitors have all fallen at the first hurdle. Kyle Edmund, Dan Evans and Heather Watson crashed to qualifiers in the opening round while Aljaz Bedene retired due to injury. With...
Mar 23: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
MICHAEL VAN GERWEN is doing a double shift tonight as he sets his sights on grafting his way to top spot in the Premier League darts table. The Dutch dazzler makes up his game hand after missing out recently with a back injury and takes on James Wade before topping...
Mar 20: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
AFTER a packed weekend of action it's a quiet Monday with US sports the main opportunity for a punt. The NBA has a seven-game card tonight including Western Conference leaders Golden State Warriors – who've already clinched the Pacific division – at in-form Oklahoma City Thunder. Thunder's five-match winning...
Mar 18: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE Six Nations comes to an end today with England seeking to seal back-to-back Grand Slams with victory over Ireland. Eddie Jones' men have already wrapped up the Six Nations crown thanks to last week's hammering of Scotland and can now beat New Zealand's record for consecutive Test wins...
Mar 16: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE Premier League darts goes Dutch tonight with week seven seeing Michael van Gerwen, Raymond van Barneveld and Jelle Klaasen all starring on home soil in Rotterdam. Klaasen kicks off the night's action against James Wade while Barney is 3-1 at bet365 and BetVictor to beat former champ Gary...
Mar 14: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
AFTER Andy Murray's early exit Novak Djokovic is title favourite at the Indian Wells Masters and the Serb faces a testing third-round clash today. Djokovic – 2-1 at Betfred to win the tournament for the fourth successive year – takes on Juan Martin Del Potro for the second time...
Mar 12: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
BRITAIN'S Kyle Edmund is targeting the biggest scalp of his career today when he lines up against Novak Djokovic at the Indian Wells Masters. Edmund has yet to win a set against the former world No.1 after two meetings last year and another straight-sets win for the Serb is...
Mar 8: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE first Masters tennis event of the year gets under way in Indian Wells today with Andy Murray heading a stellar field. The world No.1 doesn't have a great record at the event – making the final in 2009 is his best effort – but he's 2-1 at 888sport...
Mar 6: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
HAYE v Bellew saw the bookies take a pounding and the millions wagered made it the biggest British fight in boxing history. David Haye is looking for a rematch to avenge his 11th-round defeat and Ladbrokes fancy him to even the score. They make Haye 2-5 to win if...
Mar 4: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
AFTER months of trash-talking it's time to put up or shut up when motormouth David Haye takes on Tony Bellew in a Saturday fight night special at London's O2. WBC cruiserweight champ Bellew steps up to heavyweight for the bout and has been written off by many cricits, with...
Mar 3: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
ANDY MURRAY survived a major sweat to edge into the semis and stay on track for his first Dubai Championships tennis title. The top seed staved off seven match points against big-hitting German Phillip Kohlschreiber before sealing victory and is now just 2-7 at Coral to win the tournament...
Feb 25: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE Six Nations takes centre stage today with another couple of eye-catching games. Scotland attempt to beat Wales for the first time in a decade but have been hit with injuries to key men and are 63-50 at Marathonbet to triumph at Murrayfield. The Welsh have won the past nine meetings...
Feb 24: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
IT'S another busy night of NBA action on Friday with the worst team in the league trying to snap their record losing streak. The Brooklyn Nets have suffered 14 defeats in a row – and 16 straight at home where they've yet to taste victory in 2017 – and...
Feb 22: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
BRITAIN'S Aljax Bedene is looking to cash in on Lucas Pouille's ropey recent form when the pair square off in the Marseille Open tennis today. French world No.17 Pouille is enduring a rocky start to 2017 and has suffered three early exits on the spin to Kyle Edmund, Alex...
Feb 21: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE Six Nations resumes this weekend and Scotland are reeling from the loss of two key men for the crunch showdown with Wales at Murrayfield. Skipper and scrum-half Greig Laidlaw – the third-highest scoring in Scotland history – and back-rower Josh Strauss have both been ruled out for the...
Feb 20: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA yesterday landed his first APT Tour title in two years – now he's heading home to go for two in a row. The Frenchman, who came from a set down to beat David Goffin in the Rotterdam final, is joint favourite favourite at 4-1 at Coral for...
Feb 19: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE Welsh Open snooker trophy is up for grabs today and Judd Trump is favourite to win it ahead of Stuart Bingham. The world No.4 eased past Scott Donaldson 6-3 while world No.2 Bingham was also in impressive form as he thumped Robert Milkins 6-0. The final is best of...
Feb 16: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE Premier League darts bandwagon rolls into Leeds tonight for week three of the new season and kicking off proceedings is an all-Scottish showdown. Peter Wright sealed his third ranking title in the last fortnight with victory at the UK Open qualifiers on Sunday and will hope to continue that...
Feb 14: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
GRIGOR DIMITROV started the tennis season in style by reaching the Australian Open semis and he's looking to carry that form into this week's Rotterdam Open. The Bulgarian fifth seed is 7-2 title favourite at Boylesports on the back of his impressive Melbourne showing and begins his glory quest...
Feb 13: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
BARRY HAWKINS potted the World Grand Prix title last night with a 10-7 win over Ryan Day and now the snooker circuit heads to Cardiff for the Welsh Open. It's the last of the season's Home Nations series and Ronnie O'Sullivan defends his crown after winning the tournament a record fifth...
Feb 12: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE Six Nations has been a stormer so far and today's match should be no different with Scotland taking on France in Paris. Scotland haven't won in the French capital since 1999 – and have never begun a Six Nations campaign with back-to-back victories – but are full of...
Feb 11: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
IT'S another big Saturday of Six Nations rugby and England put their record 15-match winning streak on the line in a blockbuster showdown with Wales in Cardiff. Wales are sweating on the fitness of key men George North and Dan Biggar and have been riled by England boss Eddie Jones's...
Feb 9: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE Premier League darts hits Nottingham tonight and Peter Wright is eyeing a second victory over Michael van Gerwen in the space of a week. Wright followed up his victory over Jelle Klaasen in the Premier League opening night by beating MVG in the UK Open qualifiers – his...
Feb 6: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
IT'S another busy night of NBA action and Eastern Conference table-toppers face a tough trip to in-form Washington Wizards. Third-placed Wizards have won nine of their last 10 and are 20-23 at bet365 to beat the Cavs, who are slight favourites at 20-21 for a third straight win. The...
Feb 5: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE Six Nations got off to a thrilling start yesterday with Scotland taking the scalp of Ireland before England scraped past France for a record 15th consecutive win. Wales round off the opening weekend action today against perennial wooden spoon recipients Italy in Rome's Stadio Olimpico, The Azzurri haven't...
Feb 4: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
THE Six Nations kicks off today with two cracking clashes either side of the border. Perennial flops Scotland are for once full of optimism on the back of some decent results and hope to start coach Vern Cotter's final campaign with a win over Ireland at Murrayfield. The Scots...
Feb 3: Jordan’s Sports Tips & Chat
BRITAIN begin their bid for a second Davis Cup tennis title in three years today with a first-round tie against Canada in Ottawa. Both sides are without their star man – Andy Murray and Milos Raonic – and the Brits are just 2-9 at bet365 to beat a Canadian...