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ATP Masters Series Paris betting and odds

The Masters Series event in the French capital provides last chance for players to book their place in the Masters Cup this season while punters will again look to find winning bets with plenty of previous form to go on.

The Series to date has been dominated by three players so far, and unsurprisingly they are the top three in the world rankings - Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

The trio are likely to be prominent in the betting for this final Series event especially among the punters who have already landed plenty of bets by backing them in the previous eight tournaments.

Nadal got off to a flyer in this season's Master Series as he won three of the opening four competitions and he is likely to be short odds in the betting for the Paris showpiece despite having never won the event.

The Paris Masters often throws up the odd strange result, highlighted by the fact that none of the aforementioned world's top three players have ever graced the final.

That could be down to the unique carpet surface the tournament is played on, but whatever the reason, it may mean that punters far more seriously consider the players at longer odds in the betting.

The tournament is widely regarded as the world's most prestigious indoor tennis tournament and some customers will be considering the prospects of Nikolay Davydenko defending the title he won last year when searching for value in the betting.

The Russian destroyed Dominik Hrbaty 6-1 6-2 6-2 last year and both are likely to come under consideration when Betfair customers consider the outright winner betting and match odds in the earlier rounds.

Others that will be on the radar of punters considering a bet, will be the 2005 winner, who was the then-unseeded Tomas Berdych. The impressive performance in the Paris event earned the Czech star his first major title of his young career as he defeated sixth seed Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia.

Whoever does eventually come out on top this time of asking one thing is for sure the big guns who have dominated the ATP Masters Series events to this point are unlikely to have an easy ride in the French capital, which could mean that some bets at sizeable odds are landed over the week-long event in late October-early November.