Wimbledon Betting / Editor / 26 June 2007 /

Anything Roger Federer can do, Rafael Nadal will want to do too. The triple French Open champion swings into action on Centre Court as he starts his quest for a first Wimbledon crown.

But first Nadal will have to wait for women's champion Amelie Mauresmo to begin her title defence against American Jamea Jackson and then for Tim Henman to return to the Centre Court to try to finish off Carlos Moya after their gripping struggle was halted last night at 5-5 in the fifth set.

So who are the ones to watch today? Well, here are Betfair's four to follow:

Mardy Fish (USA) v Rafael Nadal (Spain, 2)

On paper this looks straight forward for the young Majorcan as he has won all three meetings with the 26-year-old from Minnesota. Their record includes one clash on grass - a Queen's Club meeting last year when Nadal won 7-6 6-1 against the world No 38 who reached the Australian Open quarter-finals in January.

In fact, all their meetings have ended in a straight-sets win for Nadal and Betfair have the world No 2 trading at 1.71 to match Federer's start by winning in straight sets.

Potito Starace (Italy) v Novak Djokovic (Serbia, 4)

Following Nadal on Centre Court is another of the main title challengers, 20-year-old Novak Djokovic. The Serbian fourth seed also has a tricky start against Italy's world No 47 Potito Starace, in a first clash between the two. Starace has never been beyond the first round in three previous visits to Wimbledon but had a good clay-court season with a win in Naples, a runners-up spot a week later in Valencia and a quarter-final in Barcelona. The 6ft 4in Italian warmed up for Wimbledon with a semi-final surge in Lugano earlier in the month.

Djokovic, a semi-finalist in Paris, had his grass-court preparation cut short at the Artois by Arnaud Clement in the last 16. Even so, Djokovic is trading at 1.05 to go through to the second round.

James Blake (USA, 9) v Igor Andreev (Russia)

Pick of the Court 1 matches looks like being the opener between American ninth seed James Blake and the dangerous Russian Igor Andreev. The New Yorker leads 4-0 in meetings but they have never played one another on grass. And Andreev can be a handful, as Andy Roddick found out in the French Open first round. Andreev went on to reach the quarter-finals in Paris, beating four men ranked above him before losing to Djokovic. He was also the hero of Russia's Davis Cup win in Chile in February when he won both his singles. Andreev is trading at 4 to score an upset.

Yung-Jan Chan (Taipei) v Maria Sharapova (Russia, 2)

Maria Sharapova, the 2004 champion, starts her bid to recapture the women's crown when she faces Yung-Jan Chan on No 1 Court. Chan, 18 in August, is ranked No 51 in the world and, having been a pro for less than two years, is playing her second Wimbledon following a first-round exit last year when she came through qualifying to reach the main draw.

They have met just once in Miami this year when Sharapova won 6-3 6-2 and Betfair has Sharapova trading at 1.13 to win in straight sets.

And what of Henman's chances? He squandered four match points in that epic 10th game of the fifth set with Moya before the light worsened. Will that prove costly? Henman trades at 1.91 to progress while Moya is on offer at 2.08.

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