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Wimbledon 2011 Betting: Can Andy learn from Rory?

Will 2011 be his year too?

Golf fans are jubilant, tennis fans hopeful, but what can Andy Murray learn from Rory McIlroy's stunning victory at the US Open? Max Liu considers similarities and differences between the Irishman and the Scotsman....

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Maxliu

21 Jun 2011

Andy Murray Wimbledon Bets: Relaxed, happy and raring to go

Doing it for the kids. Murray has been relaxing ahead of the biggest fortnight of his year.

There were signs during and after his Queen's win over Jo Wilfried-Tsonga that Andy Murray is enjoying his tennis and life as a whole. With Wimbledon starting next week, that's a good state of mind...

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Ralph Ellis

15 Jun 2011

Andy Murray: Temporary slump or permanent decline?

Why does this keep happening to me? Murray loses another Grand Slam final

Earlier on in the year Andy Murray lost his third Grand Slam final and his season hasn't exactly improved since. Matthew Walton wonders it's just a matter of time before he's back up in the...

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Matthew Walton

14 Mar 2011

Wimbledon Betting: Zvonareva is there for the taking

Will Vera Zvonareva make her first Grand Slam final or will she be brought back down to earth byTsvetana Pironkova

Ralph Ellis tells us how he'd normally be opposing Tsvetana Pironkova after her defeat of Venus Williams but why the fact that Vera Zvonareva is on the opposite side of the net has caused him...

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Ralph Ellis

30 Jun 2010

Wimbledon Betting: Maria is looking good in more ways than one

From Russia with Love. Sharapova has found her love again for tennis, in addition to the catwalks

Ralph Ellis takes a brief look at the career of 2004 Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova and wonders whether this is the tournament in which she tells women's tennis that she is truly back....

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Ralph Ellis

23 Jun 2010

Wimbledon Betting: Meet the grass court specialists

Away From Home. Hewitt loves it at SW19...

We all know that Roger Federer is King of Wimbledon and that Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick can more than hold their own on the green stuff. But beyond that, who are the true grass...

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Sean Calvert

17 Jun 2010

Barclays ATP Tour Finals: Djokovic back to his best

After a troublesome year in which he was criticised for retiring from too many matches, switched rackets and failed to make a Grand Slam final the man they call "The Serbinator" looks back to his...

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Simon Mundie

20 Nov 2009

Which Ana Ivanovic can we expect in 2009?

Ana Ivanovic's meteoric rise up the rankings in the first half of 2008 was of stark contrast to her fall from grace in the second half of the season. But the former world number one...

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Simon Mundie

5 Dec 2008

Jelena Jankovic: Welcome breath of fresh air or tiresome drama queen?

Barry Millns looks at the two sides of the player they call JJ: the world number one who gives her all week in week out and the trainer-calling, gamesmanship-embracing drama queen that gets under her...

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Barry Millns

12 Nov 2008

Shanghai Masters Cup: Nadal's absence is a long-term worry for tennis fans

All the talk so far at the Shanghai Masters Cup is of Federer's defeat to Gilles Simon in the opening round robin match of the Red Group. But here Simon Mundie scratches beneath the surface...

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Simon Mundie

10 Nov 2008

Tennis Betting: Big things beckon for fast and furious Tsonga

The winner of last week's Paris Masters Series has combined athleticism and power to dispose of a number of big names of late and, fitness permitting, could stake a sustained claim for a top five...

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Barry Millns

4 Nov 2008

Is Laura Robson the new Ana Ivanovic?

Barry Millns looks at the meteoric rise of British prodigy Laura Robson which culminated with her being the first British girl to win the Wimbledon junior title since Annabel Croft. With comparisons made between her...

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Barry Millns

30 Sep 2008

Wimbledon Betting: Two halves of the same whole but which Williams should you be backing?

Gary Boswell discusses the phenomenon that are the Williams sisters and their on-court achievements and off-court "distractions". More importantly though: which of them is the value for the Wimbledon title this year?...

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Gary Boswell

20 Jun 2008

The Betfair Big Interview: Lleyton Hewitt

Strawberries, cream, and the chance to make a few bob backing and laying in play during tight matches. Welcome back to Wimbledon! Betfair got to sit down with former champion Lleyton Hewitt to hear his...

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Ralph Ellis

20 Jun 2008

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