Wimbledon

Bet365 are providing great coverage from the 2011 Wimbledon tennis championships, and as they again flex their online bookmaker muscles. The highly recommended and highly rated bookie are showing live streams of action from SW19 so tennis fans have an opportunity to enjoy some live action in conjunction with live in play betting. With the men’s draw looking likely to come down to just one of four men, with odds highly unlikely that anyone other than Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray or Novak Djokovic will win the event, the women’s draw in contrast is wide open. World number one Caroline Wozniacki guns for her first Grand Slam title, while Venus and Serena Williams look to make an impact after their twelve months have been disrupted by injury and health problems. With the draw very deep over the early rounds, you can catch some of the action at Bet365 through their live streams. You need to be a funded account holder with the bookie in order to be able to get access to live action. Bet365 provide great coverage of top level tennis from the ATP and WTA throughout the year, alongside plenty of live football from European leagues as well as international matches. But the focus of British tennis is largely at Wimbledon at the moment, as big hope Andy Murray looks to lift his first Grand Slam, and doing it in front of the British crowds in South West London would be fitting. New customers to Bet365 can take advantage of a £200 free bet when signing up. Keep up with the action from Wimbledon with live betting at Bet365, who have a great live in play betting service. Catch the top 2011 Wimbledon betting and live action at Bet365.

Britain’s Andy Murray keeps on trucking through his attempt to win Wimbledon, as he moved into the semi finals with a four set win over 10th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The first two matches went to tie breakers, with the Frenchman winning the first, and then Murray getting the all important break at the end of the second set. Once Murray, seeded 4th for the tournament had evened up the match, there was no looking back for the Scot. The tiebreak in the second was all about the game’s best counter puncher taking advantage of a mistake by his opponent. It was the one opening in a very tight opening that Murray needed so that he could step on the gas to win 6-7 7-6 6-2 6-2. Murray’s endurance won out easily on the day, and the all out attack of Tsonga was soon dissipated as Murray stepped up a gear as he needed to. Murray, who hasn’t had the greatest season, moves into the semi final and is looking back near his best. It is the kind of form that took him all the way to the final of the Australian Open at the start of the year where he fell to Roger Federer. That has no chance of happening at the All England Club, as the Fed-Express crashed out in his Quarter Final match against Tomas Berdych. Berdych now moves on to play Novak Djokovic, who looks to be in the form of his life at the moment. No Federer waiting in the final should inspire Murray to drive on, and motivate him even further in his quest for his first ever Grand Slam title. What better place for him to win it than at Wimbledon?

But while Federer has gone, another master of the game stands in Murray’s way. Rafael Nadal is Murray’s opponent in the semi final, a repeat of the quarter final match at the Australian Open. Murray was up two sets in the match before Nadal had to retire hurt, but the Spaniard hold a strong 7-3 head to head record over the Scot, but Murray has won three of the last five meetings. It was the meetings between the two players in the early stages of Murray’s career which Nadal dominated, winning the first five meetings between them. Murray, to his credit, has started to balance the scales a little bit, with one of his finest performances being a straight sets Quarter Final victory over Nadal at Wimbledon in 2008. Murray lost to Andy Roddick in the semi finals, but every year he has played at Wimbledon, he has gone one step further. Is this the time to back Britain’s great tennis hope? There have been concerns over the strength of Nadal’s knee during Wimbledon, and it has been causing him problems. The Spaniard looked somewhat disinterested in his quarter final match against Robin Soderling, picking a fight with the Umpire along the way. Nadal has lost more sets at Wimbledon than he has ever done so in reaching the final of a Grand Slam in his career. He looked extremely disjointed against Soderling, although he won because Soderling himself looked out of steam in the second set, as he’s been nursing an injury himself. Nadal really should be there for the picking from Murray, and the Scot may not get a better run at the title for some years to come.

Andy Murray v Rafael Nadal Tale of the Tape

Wimbledon Quarter Final Match Odds
4th Seed Andy Murray to win: 22/15 at Bwin
2nd Seed Rafael Nadal to win: 8/13 at SkyBet

Wimbledon Quarter Final Match Odds
3rd Seed Novak Djokovic to win: 10/11 at SkyBet
12th Seed Tomas Berdych to win: Evens at Totesport

Wimbledon Outright Odds
Rafael Nadal – 11/8 at SportingBet
Andy Murray – 14/5 at Bwin
Novak Djokovic – 9/2 at Bet365
Tomas Berdych – 11/2 at Stan James

Wimbledon Quarter Final Tennis Betting

Murray-mania will start up all over again on Wednesday, as Britain’s great tennis hope Andy Murray takes on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the Wimbledon Quarter Finals. This is World Number four taking on World Number Ten and Murray will start as strong favourite in the tennis betting. A place in the semi final would match last year’s run at the All England Club for Murray, who has gone one round better at Wimbledon every year since he started playing there. He has played Frenchman Tsonga once every year since 2007, but never on grass. Murray holds a 2-1 lead in the head to head record with Tsonga, with the most recent match at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Canada last year, being won by the Scot in two sets. All matches between the two players have only been on hard court. Murray believes that his experience in the latter stages of the major tournaments makes him more confident, as it gets easier each time. Murray will need to get his serving back on track after dropping a level a bit on his fourth round victory over Sam Querrey. Victory for Murray over Tsonga will send him into a semi final match against the winner of Robin Soderling (6th) and Rafael Nadal (2nd). After enduring something of a difficult and trying season, Murray should have the edge on the grass over Tsonga, who often is found wanting against the world’s top four seeds.

Quarter Final Match Odds
Andy Murray – 3/10 at SportingBet
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – 10/3 at Bet365

Grand Slam
Andy Murray is 5/1 at Boylesports to win Wimbledon

Andy Murray Wimbledon Stage of Elimination
Semi Finals – 6/4 at Bet365
Quarter Finals – 3/1 at SkyBet
Runner Up – 7/2 at William Hill
Winner – 5/1 at SkyBet

Andy Murray Grass Court Match Record: Won 35, Lost 10
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Grass Court Match Record: Won 7, Lost 4

Andy Murray vs Sam Querrey

Fourth seed Andy Murray has made it through to the second week at Wimbledon, and he will pick up his push for his first ever Grand Slam title with a fourth round match against Sam Querrey (18th seed) on Monday. After having a troubled season, Murray looks to have saved his best for Wimbledon this year, as he has progressed through the tournament without too much trouble. Murray will need all his prowess as one of the best returnees of serve in the game, as Querrey is famous for his big heavy hitting serve. Murray will go into the match as favourite, simply because he has beaten American Querrey three times in a row, all without dropping a set. Murray may find the big American a bit harder to handle than he has done before, because Querrey has picked up three titles this year and has shown marked improvement since the last time they met. Standing at over six and a half foot tall, Querrey uses his height advantage well in his big serving weapon. Murray is looking to at least emulate his semi final appearance last season at Wimbledon, but joining that elusive club of Grand Slam champions is still his biggest ambition. Murray, if he wins, will move on to play the winner of Julien Benneteau (32nd seed) or Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (10th seed).

Roger Federer (1st Seed) goes up against sixteenth seed Austrian Jurgen Melzer in the fourth round, as he looks to add a seventh Wimbledon title to his impressive collection. Federer knows Melzer well but has never faced him a pro level. Federer is still the man to beat, and after having a relatively slow start to at the tournament, he is in the fourth round and will be the main threat. He found himself two sets down in his opening match this year, but being the Champion that he is, he has only dropped one set since them. He is not having things quite all his own way, as those three dropped sets represent the most he has ever dropped on his way to the fourth round. Federer is worth backing strongly, as even if he is not on top of his game, he is still better than most opponents. It would be a major shock for him to fall to someone as low as 16th in the seeding.

Third seed Novak Djokovic is a consistent player and if he wins he will make his fifth consecutive quarter final round appearance at a Grand Slam. The Serbian takes on Wimbledon 2002 winner Leyton Hewitt from Australia, who is ranked down at 19th seed. It should be an interesting one, and is probably top billing of the fourth round matches. Hewitt beat Federer in the final at Halle a couple of weeks ago, so he can’t be in too bad a shape. But that victory suggests that it was just a one off, as Hewitt has a pretty poor record against players in the top three. Djokovic is one those danger men in the tournament who make for a great outside bet behind Federer and Nadal. American Andy Roddick, who has been enjoying a fantastic season, although he hasn’t played much lately after an incredibly busy start to the season, goes into his fourth round match against Yen-Hsun Lu as firm favourite. Roddick has an impressive match record on grass, going 73-16 in his career. The Wimbledon title has evaded Roddick’s grasp three times, as he has been a losing finalist three times at the All England Club. He should have no problem moving forward to the quarter finals.

Wimbledon second seed Rafael Nadal will be expected to move on effortlessly, although there are concerns over his knee after he struggled through his third round match. He was seen afterwards in training without any apparent discomfort so there should not be any problems for him. His opponent, France’s Paul-Henri Mathieu has suffered nine losses in his nine matches against Nadal in the ATP. There are signs that Nadal, who completely dominated everything on the clay part of the season is struggling a bit through. Twice has had been taken to five sets, both in the second and third rounds, and that is the kind of thing that can put extra stresses on him, and if he is carrying a knee problem, then in the long run, tiredness could be his downfall. The second round 5-set victory was the first time he has ever been taken to five sets on grass. If he is fit then he is Federer’s main challenger for the title. Any underlying injury to Nadal, could mean good things for Andy Murray as they are on collision court for the semi finals.

Wimbledon Fourth Round Match Odds
Roger Federer (1/10 at Boylesports) v Jurgen Mezler (8/1 at Bet365)
Jo Wilfired Tsonga (3/10 at Boylesports) v Julien Benneteau (3/1 at Bwin)
Tomas Berdych (1/7 at SportingBet) v Daneil Brands (11/2 at Bet365)
Novak Djokovic (5/6 at BlueSquare) v Lleyton Hewitt (43/40 at SportingBet)
Andy Roddick (1/14 at Paddy Power) v Yen-Hsun (11/1 at Bet365)
Robin Soderling (2/15 at Boylesports) v David Ferrer (6/1 at Bet365)
Rafael Nadal (1/7 at Boylesports) v Paul Henri Mathieu (7/1 at Stan James)
Andy Murray (2/9 at SportingBet) v Sam Querrey (4/1 at Bet365)

Wimbledon ATP Outright
Roger Federer – 7/4 at Boylesports
Rafael Nadal – 4/1 at BetFred
Robin Soderling – 6/1 at SkyBet
Andy Murray – 6/1 at SportingBet
Andy Roddick – 9/1 at Boylesports
Novak Djokovic – 28/1 at Totesport

Clijsters v Henin Highlights Last 16 Tennis Clashes at Wimbledon

There have not been too many upsets at the WTA Wimbledon tennis tournament so far this year, but perhaps the biggest surprise was Australia’s sixth seed Sam Stosur falling to a qualifier in the first round. Stosur is one of the most improved players on tour this season, and after reaching the final of the French Open, more was expected of her. Surprise winner of the French Open, Italy’s Francesca Schiavone also bombed out in the first round and in terms of things going against the grain, those have been the biggest upsets. Which all means that the strong favourites are still in the mix going into the fourth round, and with places in the quarter finals up for grabs, there are some mighty looking Wimbledon match ups to look forward too.

Number One seed Serena Williams takes on 16th seed Maria Sharapova. Sharapova has been enjoying something of a career resurgence this season, picking up a couple of titles and generally finding her way again. Tough draw for her though against Serena Williams, and while Sharapova is getting back to her best, it has never been, and still is not now, as good as Serena Williams. Expect the hard hitting Williams to win through on this one, as the World Number One is in cruise control at the moment. The last sixteen is where the top players start coming together, and China’s Li Na (seeded 9th) goes up against seventh seed Agnieszka Radwanska. Both players have had comfortable rides through, but Radwanszka edges the head to head against Li Na, 2-1. Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska is worth looking out for in terms of betting. She has been in the quarter finals for the past two seasons at Wimbledon, and is powerful player. She just doesn’t quite put it all together often enough. The winner of this one will move on to play against the winner of the Williams v Sharapova match.

Young Danish starlet, and beauty queen of the tennis circuit Caroline Wozniacki’s stock in betting will go up, as the main contenders from her quarter of the draw are already out. Third seed Wozniacki is a tremendous all round talent, but making the big step up to winning a Grand Slam maybe just out of her reach. She has been ranked second in the World due to an impressive season, and while she lost a bit of momentum going into the French Open and Wimbledon, she will be a threat now that her draw has been made easier. The surprise failure of Victoria Azarenka (14th), Flavia Pennetta (10th) and most shocking of all Samantha Stosur means that Wozniacki is the only seed left in her quarter. She is in the same half of the draw as Serena Williams, but wouldn’t meet until the semi finals, to which Wozniacki should now have an easy ride. Second seed Venus Williams has been untroubled in her progress, and only has 11th seed Marion Bartoli left in her quarter of the draw, and the two would be expected to meet in the quarter finals.

The most anticipated game of the last sixteen will be the Belgian clash between comeback queens Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin. They haven’t been the best of friends down the years, and this is a great match up for the Wimbledon crowds to enjoy. Clijsters beat fan favourite Maria Kirilenko (27th) to set herself up against Henin beat Nadia Petrova (12th). Nothing really too much to chose between the two players, as they can both dominate on grass. The two have bumped into each twice already this season, with Clijsters coming out on top on both occasions. Expect and epic and a classic as the Wimbledon centre showcase match. One of the best betting tips to look at, is Serbian Jelena Jankovic. One of the most consistent players on the WTA tour, the fourth seed is capable of beating the top seeds and has proven it this year, beating both of the Williams sisters. Jankovic is a fighter and wicked punisher given half of the chance. She arguably has the beset footwork of all players on the tour, and is simply a joy to watch. Enigmatic would be the word. Maybe not the best of servers but every point is chased down and she reaches balls others wouldn’t. She plays Vera Zvonareva, the 21st seed, in what should be another fantastic match to look out. Zvonareva has picked up one tour title this year, but when running into top seeds, she has found the step up just a little bit more difficult. Jankovic would meet the winner of Henin and Clijsters. She is a great price, and just because she would need to beat both Williams sisters to win it, doesn’t mean she should be discounted, she beat them both on her way to the final in Rome.

WTA Wimbledon Last 16 Match odds
Na Li (4/6 at SkyBet) v Agnieszka Radwanska (6/5 at Bwin)
Venus Williams (1/20 at SportingBet) v Jarmila Groth (11/1 at Bet365)
Marion Bartoli (2/7 at Boylesports) v Tzvetana Trinova (3/1 at SkyBet)
Jelena Jankovic (4/5 at Boylesports) v Vera Zvonareva (6/5 at Paddy Power)
Justine Henin (10/11 at Boylesports) v Kim Clijsters (Evens at Bet365)
Caroline Wozniacki (4/11 at Boylesports) v Petra Kvitova (11/4 at 888Sport)
Kaia Kanepi (4/9 at SportingBet) v Klara Zakopalova (15/8 at BetFred)
Serena Williams (2/7 at Paddy Power) v Maria Sharapova (3/1 at Bet365)

WTA Wimbledon Outright Winner
Serena Williams – 11/8 at Totesport
Venus Williams – 5/2 at Boylesports
Justine Henin – 10/1 at Stan James
Kim Clijsters – 10/1 at SportingBet
Maria Sharapova – 16/1 at SportingBet
Caroline Wozniacki – 20/1 at SportingBet
Jelena Jankovic – 66/1 at Boylesports

Sports betting week 28 June - 4 July

Date	Sport	Org.	Venue	Event
11Jun-11 Jul		FIFA	South Africa	World Cup
21Jun-4 Jul		WTA	Wimbledon	The Championships, English Open
21Jun-4 Jul		ATP	Wimbledon	The Championships, English Open
3-25 Jul		UCI	France	Tour de France

Andy Murray gets his Wimbledon 2010 tennis campaign under way tomorrow, with a first round fixture against Jan Hajek who is ranked number 90 in the world. Murray has been named fourth seed for the Grand Slam, and he will be looking to at least replicate last year’s performance when he reached the semi finals. With concerns over his season going so badly downhill after a poor run of form since reached the Australian Open final, Murray is looking to rediscover his best form in an effort to secure the first Grand Slam title of his career. He will be back in the tennis betting, simply because he has not produced the form expected of him over the past couple of months, and there will be doubts over his temperament. There is extra pressure on Murray at Wimbledon, but with the British crowds behind him, perhaps it could be the thing that sparks that extra bit of desire and effort from him. Too often he has appeared to be battling himself as much as his opponent, and he needs to get back to his aggressive frame of mind in which he ruthlessly punished opponents. Murray is regarded as the master of returning serves, and will be looking for a swift, solid win in the opening round. In other British Wimbledon news, Elena Baltacha, Melanie South and Laura Robson all went out at the first hurdle. Sixteen year old Robson was on centre court against fourth seed Jelena Jankovic and showed why she is touted as such a hot prospect for the future.

Andy Murray to win: 1/40 at Boylesports
Jan Hajek to win: 16/1 at Totesport

Andy Murray is 9/1 at SportingBet to win Wimbledon

Sports betting week 21 - 27 June

Date	Sport	Org.	Venue	Event
11Jun-11 Jul		FIFA	South Africa	World Cup
21Jun-4 Jul		WTA	Wimbledon	The Championships, English Open
21Jun-4 Jul		ATP	Wimbledon	The Championships, English Open
27Jun		FIA	Valencia	Grand Prix of Europe

Youngsters Robson and Watson look to impress

There is plenty of British interest at Wimbledon Tennis Championships this year. Andy Murray will get a lot of home support naturally, as he goes in search of his first ever Grand Slam. He has been going through tough times this season after reaching the final of the Australian Grand Slam and losing there to Roger Federer. He looks to be lacking a bit of confidence in himself, and needs to channel his aggression and little bit better. He is the only Brit in the top 100 of the ATP rankings, and naturally there will be a lot of pressure on his shoulders. Likewise with the only British women in the top 100 of the WTA rankings, Elena Baltacha, who has been enjoying a wonderful season. Baltacha has picked up some notable wins this year, beating Jie Zheng, along with Na Li, and battled well in her first set against Sam Stosur in the quarter finals at Eastbourne. Baltacha is currently sitting at her highest ranking ever of 52, and she looks to be getting better and stronger all the time. There will be a lot of cheers for her at Wimbledon, as she takes on world #77 Petra Martic of Croatia in the first round. A win there would earn her a great tie against World Number 11 Marion Bartoli in the second round.

Two notable Brits have been handed wildcard entries into Wimbledon, and will be worth keeping an eye on, as they are the future of British tennis. Heather Watson, who seems to have a permanent smile on her face, is good future talent, having won the US Open junior title, and crushed Aleksandra Wozniak last year (who is ranked 296 places higher than her in the world standings). 18 year old Watson goes up against qualifier Romina Sarina Oprandi from Italy in the first round, who stands at 140th in the world rankings, and stands a good chance of progressing. But perhaps more eyes will be on sixteen year old Laura Robson, who will be taking centre stage on Monday. The powerful, talented youngster really has the tennis world at her feet. Robson is a former junior Wimbledon champion, and she steps out onto Centre Court for the first time ever as she faces number four seed Jelena Jankovic in the first round. That will be a huge moment for her, as she continues to grow and develop into such a promising player. The Aussie born Brit put on a great show last year when she took Daniela Hantuchova to three sets in the first round. Britain also have Anne Keothavong, Katie 0’Brien and Melanie South in first round action on the first two days.

Elena Baltacha to win: 7/19 at Bwin
Petra Martic to win: 5/2 at SkyBet

Jelena Jankovic to win: 1/8 at Boylesports
Laura Robson to win: 13/2 at 888Sport

Heather Watson to win: 9/10 at Victor Chandler
Romina Oprandi to win: Evens at Bet365

While most of the attention will be focused on the chances of Britain’s Andy Murray picking up his first ever Grand Slam at Wimbledon this year, the WTA side of Wimbledon offers some great betting opportunities at the most coveted grass court tournament in the World. Not all of the world’s stars are gathering there, with notable ommisions being World Number five Elena Dementieva along with Dinara Safina.  Here we will take a run down of the top seeds as they challenge for The Championships at Wimbledon, and the strong challenges which may come from those outside of those top five spots. The seedings have been dealt out, the draw has been and the grass has been neatly manicured, and Wimbledon is ready for the off.

Firstly, the seeding is all important, as it determines the degree of toughness of getting to the final itself. Naturally, as with any tournament, the top seeds are keep apart for as long as possible, but that does not mean there are not some tough challenges ahead for the strong favourites in the draw. The WTA has been fascinating this year, with no-one really dominating things, and we have seen the emergence of a good crop of young talent who are ready to threaten the top ranked players in the World. We have seen the surprise rich as Francesca Schiavone to win the French Open, and Caroline Wozniacki rise up through the ranks to hold to the honour of being the second best player in the world. Here we take a look at the top five seeds, plus the best in betting tips to go all the way at Wimbledon:

#1 Serena Williams (USA) will start the tournament as favourite, and that is not hard to disagree with. Has her season been faultless? Nope, after starting the season strongly by winning in Sydney and then lifting the Australian Grand Slam, she has not reached the final of any other tournament she has entered. Granted, she has not been as active as other players in the top ten, but her dominance is under threat. Still, she is a player who will always draw a lot of betting, as more often than not she rises to the occasion. She won Wimbledon for the third time last year, beating her sister in the final. A good solid bet, but there are just hints that she is looking a little bit vulnerable, and not as invincible as may first seem apparent.
5/2 at Sporting Bet

#2 Venus Williams (USA) has been enjoying a pretty solid season. She has won two finals and lost two finals this year, so naturally she has it in her to reach the final here again. She only reached the quarter finals of the Australian Open, and then the last 16 in the French Open, so she will be hoping for a step up in performance. Out of the two sisters, she looks to be the one playing catch up, but will still be at the top of tennis betting.
7/2 at Totesport

#3 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) really would be one of the most popular winners at Wimbledon, if she could pull it off. The young starlet has enjoyed a great season, with the middle part of it being her most successful. She really rose to the top of her game near the end of the hard court portion and the beginning of the clay court section of the season. For all of her hard work though, she has only picked up one title this year, and losing in the first round at Eastbourne as part of her warm up to spunky French player Aravane Rezai, one has to question whether Wozniacki is really ready to push on for a Grand Slam just yet. If she continues to grow in strength and stature, she will very soon, but the timing does not look quite right for her.
28/1 at Boylesports

#4. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) should be in the mix at the quarter final stages, and is more than capable of winning Wimbledon. She is unique in that he footwork is perfectly adaptable to all surfaces, as she slides and glides around the court whatever the surface is under her feet. Jankovic is a fighter, and a big personal favourite, as she chases down every point and is incredibly gritty and tough to break down. She also has a fantastic all round skill set which serves her very well, and is very consitent. A former number one, she is on her way back up the standings, and is looking in fine form. She makes for a great bet at Wimbledon, although she hasn’t been dealt the kindest of draws, with both Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin in the same quarter. Well worth a bet all the same, as she has taken out the best in the world during a successful first half of 2010.
37/1 at Bwin

#5 Francesca Schiavone (ITA) was a surprising winner at the French Open. Aside from winning in Barcelona, there had been nothing in her form to suggest that she would win a Grand Slam this year. This is the perfect example of how open the WTA is this season. She beat Sam Stosur in the final, but it would be a monumental task for her to pull out back to back Grand Slams.
100/1 at Bet365

#6. Samantha Stosur (AUS) makes for a great bet. She reached the final of the French Open, losing to Schiavone, just when everything looked to be going her way. Stosur is one of the most improved players on the tour this year, and would deservedly earn a Grand Slam title. The Aussie star has grown in stature and improved immensely in her all round game, and will be a threat. She has some tough opponents in her quarter, being in the same section as number three seed Wozniacki, Victoria Azarenka and Aravane Rezai. To be honest, she would fancy her chances against any of them, the form she is in. A very good outside punt, and you should find good value on following her. Has lost four finals this year, and she should be able to break through that barrier soon.
16/1 at SportingBet

#8. Kim Clijsters (BEL) will be a major threat. She looked in sparkling form at Eastbourne, coming back from a considerable break, as she concentrates on peaking for the Grand Slams. She ran into an equally inspired Victoria Azarenka though. Perhaps one of the finest grass court players around, she will be a threat. Has her old foe Justine Henin in the same quarter as her, as well as fourth seed Jelena Jankovic. No reason why she cannot go on and win, and she will be up there in the betting odds.
9/1 at Boylesports

#14 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Another personal favourite, and seems to have rediscovered her form just at the right time. Her season has been a bit Jekyl and Hyde, and she fired out of the blocks at the start of 2010, picking up an 11-3 match records, reaching the quarter finals of the Australian Open Grand Slam. She also reached the final of Dubai, but then her season took a downward spiral, as looked to be getting frustrated with herself, and was losing more than she was winning. She is way better than that, and after beating Radwanska, Clijsters and Bartoli at Eastbourne, has maybe rediscovered her best. She is fiery, competitive and one of the best movers on the court. The potential is there, and hopefully she can hold her temper and put up a strong challenge. Very good outside bet.
25/1 at Totesport

#17 Justine Henin (DEN) just won in Holland, perfect timing to get her Wimbledon challenge under way. Like Clijsters, is enjoying a bit of renaissance in her career, and the fact that she has picked up two victories out of four finals this year, will always ensure that she is a good bet. Not an easy passage through the tournament, but then she faced a tough run at the Australian Open and came through with flying colours. A real danger.
17/2 at Boylesports