Rafa Nadal wasn’t 100% at full fitness going into the Australian Open having been nursing a knee issue that had been bothering him from last year. He has had his fair share of injuries in his career, and he couldn’t last the distance at the Australian Open, having to pull out of his battle with Marin Cilic in the quarter finals in the deciding set.
While he has had his problems, it isn’t very often that Rafa has not gone on to actually complete a match. However, anyone who had backed him to do a number on Cilic in that quarter final duel in Melbourne will have been happy about Paddy Power’s tennis retirement money back special.
With the world number one deciding enough was enough in the match, it triggered a refund of free bets for punters who had staked on him to win the match. In the end it ended up costing Paddy Power roughly £50,000 in free bet stakes.
The tennis retirement fund offers some insurance for punters who are backing a player in any ATP, WTA and Grand Slam matches for win single bets only. If a backed selection retires from the match after the first set has been fully completed, then the bookmaker issues a lost stake refund as a free bet (maximum free bet refund of £50,000).
See full details of the Tennis Retirement Refund offer at the Paddy Power website.
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