French Open Results: Murray backed at 10-1 as he outlasts Gasquet again

French Open Betting / Maxliu / 25 May 2010 /

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Murray was relieved to get past Gasquet in the first round

"Murray drifted to [200.00] in Betfair’s outright winner market when looking set for defeat, but he's now into [70.0]."

Relief for Andy backers as British star trades at big odds before knocking out erratic Frenchman in first round five setter.

Andy Murray drifted to [11.0] on Betfair as he stood two sets and a break down in the third, with his opponent Richard Gasquet backed at [1.1] on the exchange.

But in a carbon copy of their marathon 2008 Wimbledon match, Murray again outlasted Gasquet, who crumbled to a five set defeat after seemingly cruising to victory.

At least this time, Gasquet could justifiably point to playing 10 matches in the previous 14 days (including winning the Nice Open at the weekend), and fatigue, as a contributory factor.

In a show of punting instinct over patriotism, Betting.Betfair tennis tipster Ben Caudell had backed Gasquet to beat Murray. It would have been a good start to the French Open for Ben who punters will be looking to for insightful pointers over the next fortnight.

Murray drifted to [200.00] in Betfair's outright winner market when looking set for defeat, but he's now into [70.0]. However, the fourth-seed Brit is struggling with pain in his knee and repaired to an ice bath immediately following his five set victory.

Despite this, he will fancy his chances of wining his second-round encounter against Juan Ignacio Chela on Wednesday. Murray has beaten the Argentinian five times out of five, most recently in emphatic style in Madrid.

Rafael Nadal is the [1.47] tournament favourite, with Roger Federer a [5.6] chance.

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