May 2009

French Open Betting: Sensational Soderling sends Nadal out in massive shock

Maxliu / 31 May 2009 / 1 Comments

World number one's Roland Garros reign ends as [48.0] Swede sends [1.02] Spaniard out in fourth round thriller....Read more »

French Open Daily Tips: Back Verdasco - a future Grand Slam winner

Ben Caudell / 31 May 2009 / Leave a comment

After a day of upsets and fruitful betting at Roland Garros, Ben Caudell sifts through today's slim pickings to find the best bets......Read more »

French Open Betting: Massive-price Sharapova sends warning to opponents

Gary Boswell / 30 May 2009 / Leave a comment

As week two gets into gear at Roland Garros, The Boz wonders if Maria Sharapova can be a [500.00] winner of the slam she has never won....Read more »

French Open Daily Tips: Join crowd in backing home boys

Ben Caudell / 30 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Ben Caudell believes that with the home crowd behind them, two French players have what it takes to make the fourth round at Roland Garros......Read more »

French Open Daily Tips: Short-priced Murray one to take on

Ben Caudell / 29 May 2009 / Leave a comment

A host of star names are in action at Roland Garros today and Ben Caudell has reasons to oppose two of them....Read more »

French Open Daily Tips: Rogowska can confirm her promise with second Roland Garros win

Ben Caudell / 28 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Eighteen-year-old can continue on upward curve with a win against Bondarenko today, says Ben Caudell....Read more »

French Open Daily Tips: A pair of bets on the fourth day of action at Roland Garros

Ben Caudell / 27 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Ben Caudell has the pick of the bets on Wednesday at the French Open....Read more »

French Open Daily Tips: Back the outsider in battle of the Frenchmen on day three

Ben Caudell / 26 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Julien Benneteau has the goods to despatch compatriot Jo Wilfried Tsonga today, says Ben Caudell....Read more »

French Open Betting: Six to watch

Barry Millns / 25 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Monaco has already taken some impressive scalps on clay this season, Verdasco is getting stronger in all aspects of his game and could Safin make his mark in what is likely to be his Roland Garos swansong? Barry Millns picks...Read more »

French Open Daily Tips: Value lies with Fognini on day two

Ben Caudell / 25 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Ben Caudell got off to a winning start yesterday thanks to a certain Aussie. Can he keep it up today?...Read more »

French Open Daily Tips: Ageing Aussie can get us off to a winning start on day one

Ben Caudell / 23 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Ben Caudell begins a two week stretch of daily French Open tips with a look at the men's winner market and a first round match....Read more »

French Open Betting: The pick of the first round upsets from the men's draw

Sean Calvert / 23 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Sean Calvert selects the outsiders who can make a mockery of the odds this week in Roland Garros....Read more »

French Open Betting: Why Nadal is unlikely to emulate Federer in the long-term

Jack Houghton / 22 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Jack Houghton tells us why despite his superb last year and vast talent, Rafael Nadal will struggle to achieve the same as Federer has by the time they've both packed it in. And whisper it quietly: he may even lose...Read more »

French Open Betting: Nadal eyes record win but Gonzalez is big value

Sean Calvert / 22 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Armed with the proceeds from what has been an extremely profitable clay court season thus far, the big one is now upon us and the question this fortnight is how to make money from the Rafa roadshow? writes Sean Calvert....Read more »

Betfair Big Interview : Mark Cox

Ralph Ellis / 22 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Roland Garros opens its doors on Monday for this year's French Open. We found former British number one and now BBC expert Mark Cox at the tennis academy he helps run and heard some interesting views on Andy Murray's chances...Read more »

French Open Betting: Can others learn from Federer's win over Nadal?

Barry Millns / 21 May 2009 / Leave a comment

With the French Open starting this weekend, Barry Millns asks how much should we read into Roger Federer's win against Rafael Nadal at the Madrid Masters?...Read more »

French Open Betting: Go with the clay-court specialist in the women's draw

Gary Boswell / 21 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Gary Boswell says goodbye to football betting for the next few months and focuses on the ever-dramatic and unpredicatble discipline of women's tennis as he goes in search of the French Open value....Read more »

Tennis Betting: Lengthy Gasquet ban does neither player nor sport any good

Simon Mundie / 19 May 2009 / Leave a comment

As the world of tennis waits to hear what sentence will be handed out to Richard Gasquet, Simon Mundie wonders what may have caused the genial Frenchman to experiment with recreation drugs and looks at other player who haven't quite...Read more »

Austrian Open Tennis Betting: Side with Youzhny this week

Sean Calvert / 18 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Sean Calvert talks us through a successful week in Madrid on the betting front and gives us a haeds-up on why favourite Davydenko is best left alone and Youzhny worth backing as the ATP Tour heads to Austria....Read more »

Madrid Master Betting: Federer can edge final against tired Nadal

Ben Caudell / 17 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Ben Caudell has been impressed by the form of Roger Federer this week and believes the world number two could be about to achieve a rare victory over Rafael Nadal on the red stuff......Read more »

Madrid Masters Betting Day Six: Back Fed for Roland Garros rehearsal

Ben Caudell / 16 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Juan Martin Del Potro is flying high after defeating Andy Murray but Ben Caudell believes the Argentine is about to come unstuck against the world number two....Read more »

Madrid Masters Betting Day Five: Hurry to oppose Murray

Ben Caudell / 15 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Ben Caudell picked another winner yesterday when he predicted Gilles Simon's demise at the hands of Ivan Ljubicic and he's back again today to look at who our money should be on as the Madrid Masters reaches the quarter-final stage....Read more »

Madrid Masters Betting Day Four: Ivan means business

Ben Caudell / 14 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Fresh from predicting Juan Monaco's odds-against win over David Ferrer yesterday, Ben Caudell looks ahead to day four at the Madrid Masters where a rejuvenated Ivan Ljubicic is in action....Read more »

Madrid Masters Betting Day Three: Monaco at home in Madrid

Ben Caudell / 13 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Fresh from predicting James Blake's win over Hanescu yesterday, Ben Caudell is back to talk us through the best bets of day three on the dirt of Madrid....Read more »

Madrid Masters Daily Tips: Day two

Ben Caudell / 12 May 2009 / Leave a comment

You can follow the action at the Madrid Masters on Betfair Live Video - in the meantime, Ben Caudell arms you with the best bets....Read more »

Tennis Betting: Can anyone match Nadal's will to win in Madrid?

Sean Calvert / 11 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Sean Calvert assesses the field for the Madrid Masters and concludes that only a certain Serbian is capable of troubling the world number one on clay....Read more »

Madrid Masters Daily Tips: Day one

Ben Caudell / 11 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Ben Caudell makes his picks for the first day at the Madrid Masters Series......Read more »

Women's Tennis 2009: The battle is on for No.1 status, but who wants it?

Barry Millns / 07 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Barry Millns assesses the state of play in the women's game where few seem capable of grasping the mantle of "world's best"....Read more »

Estoril Open Betting: Ferrer the better of the two Davids to side with

Sean Calvert / 04 May 2009 / Leave a comment

With no Nadal around to serve as a license to print money, Sean Calvert goes in search of the value as the ATP Tour heads to Estoril, Portugal. With inconsistency very much a trademark of Davydenko and Nalbandian, David Ferrer...Read more »

Rome Masters Tennis Betting: Final tips

Ben Caudell / 03 May 2009 / Leave a comment

The two best clay court players in the world battle it out for the 2009 Rome Master Series title this afternoon. Novak Djokovic is the reigning champion and Rafael Nadal is a three time winner in Rome and the greatest...Read more »

Rome Masters Tennis Betting: Day six tips

Ben Caudell / 02 May 2009 / Leave a comment

The Rome Master Series has reached the semi final stage with the top three seeds still to drop a set. Not since 1981 have the top three in the world advanced to this stage in Rome. But who does Ben...Read more »

Rome Masters Tennis Betting: Day five tips

Ben Caudell / 01 May 2009 / Leave a comment

It's a South American battle to make the semis and Ben Caudell fancies the favourite....Read more »