NADAL MONEY RUSH, AS THE FED CONTINUES TO EASE!
Tags : good evans, featured19th January 2010, by Daniel Hillege
Defending Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal justified his heavy pre-tournament backing with leading bookmaker Centrebet whipping Aussie veteran Peter Luczak in straight sets last night....
Defending Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal justified his heavy pre-tournament backing with leading bookmaker Centrebet whipping Aussie veteran Peter Luczak in straight sets last night! Nadal had been the best-backed among the heavyweight contenders from $7.00 down to join Scot Andy Murray on the second line at $5.50, while four-time winner and tournament favourite Roger Federer continues to ease out from an opening price of $2.65 to $3.30.
Centrebet's Neil Evans said Federer will open his challenge today a raging $1.02 favourite against highly-rated Russian Igor Andreev ($14.00), but might not have it all his own way! "I'm sure there'll be a heap of punters who test the water with the massive price on Andreev, not so much to win, but at least to take a set off Federer," he said!
Evans said the best backed playter in the last 24 hours had been Argentina's US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro ($7.50 into $7.00) leading into his tradesman-like round one win in four sets, while Russian Nikolay Davydenko has been continually backed, firming from as high as $34.00 a week ago into $11.00.
One Centrebet punter had a volatile couple of minutes before winning nearly $7,000.00 after placing $10,000.00 on Luczak to hold his opening service game against Nadal last night at $1.67! Luczak was up 40-0 before two double faults led to him facing a break point. But Nadal faltered and the punter collected back $16,700.00! Another client was also holding his breath in the first set after placing $12,000.00 on Nadal ($1.02 head-to-head) at $1.25 to win in straight sets!
Australian number one Lleyton Hewitt begins his Australian Open campaign tonight on Rod Laver Arena a hot $1.03 favourite on Centrebet to beat little-known Brazilian Ricardo Hocevar ($12.00)! Typically, crowd favourite Hewitt has been well specked by long-shot punters from an opening $126.00 down to $81.00!
MARKET RE-SHAPE AFTER MARIA'S DEMISE!
Only three players are now quoted in single figures on Centrebet to win the Australian Open after well-backed third favourite Maria Sharapova was sensationally dumped out in round one by fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko as a $1.12 favourite!
Evans said Sharapova had been well specked by punters from $9.00 down to $7.00 before her day one demise, allowing heavily-backed tournament favourite Serena Williams to tighten back in from $3.75 to $3.60 and the well fancied Kim Clijsters to move from $4.25 back in to $4.00.
"Suddenly a gap has opened up after just one day," Evans said. "Justin Henin had eased in the betting out to $8.00 before Sharapova's defeat and Henin's solid straight-sets round one win last night."
He said the big mover had been two-time Medibank International winner Elena Dementieva who has now tumbled from $26.00 into $12.00 since the weekend. She had little trouble reaching the second round in straight sets last night! Another Russian and former world number one Dinara Safina, who a week ago was unwanted by punters at $41.00, has tightened right into $14.00 after a rock-solid start. Sharapova's conqueror Kirilenko has firmed from $126.00 into $81.00!
In today's women's action Aussies Samantha Stosur ($1.10), Alicia Molik ($1.40) and Casey Dellacqua ($1.80) are all fancied to advance to the second round, while Jarmila Groth will start a $2.30 outsider against Swede Sofia Arvidsson ($1.40).
AUST OPEN - MEN'S RD 1 |
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$1.03 |
LLEYTON HEWITT |
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$12.00 |
RICARDO HOCEVAR |
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$1.02 |
ROGER FEDERER |
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$14.00 |
IGOR ANDREEV |
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$1.01 |
NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO |
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$16.00 |
DIETER KINDLMANN |
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$5.65 |
MARCEL GRANOLLERS |
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$1.14 |
ROBIN SODERLING |
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$1.08 |
JO WILDRED TSONGA |
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$8.00 |
SERGIY STAKHOVSKY |
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$2.50 |
MIKHAIL YOUZHNY |
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$1.53 |
RICHARD GASQUET |
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$1.01 |
NOVAK DJOKOVIC |
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$16.00 |
DANIEL GIMENO TRAVER |
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$9.00 |
PAULO LORENZI |
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$1.06 |
MARCOS BAGHDATIS |
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MEN'S SINGLES - WINNER |
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$3.30 |
ROGER FEDERER |
(out from $3.15) |
$5.50 |
ANDY MURRAY |
(out from $5.00) |
$5.50 |
RAFAEL NADAL |
(in from $7.00) |
$7.00 |
JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO |
(in from $7.50) |
$7.00 |
NOVAK DJOKOVIC |
(out from $6.50) |
$11.00 |
NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO |
(in from $14.00) |
$29.00 |
ANDY RODDICK |
(in from $34.00) |
$34.00 |
MARIN CILIC |
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$34.00 |
ROBIN SODERLING |
(out from $26.00) |
$34.00 |
FERNANDO VERDASCO |
(in from $41.00) |
$67.00 |
MARCUS BAGHDATIS |
(in from $81.00) |
$67.00 |
JO WILFRED TSONGA |
(out from $51.00) |
$81.00 |
LLEYTON HEWITT |
(in from $126.00) |
$126.00 |
RICHARD GASQUET |
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$126.00 |
FERNANDO GONZALEZ |
(out from $101.00) |
$201.00 |
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WOMEN'S SINGLES - RD 1 |
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$2.30 |
JARMILA GROTH |
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$1.58 |
SOFIA ARVIDSSON |
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$4.50 |
SHENAY PERRY |
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$1.18 |
ANA IVANOVIC |
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$6.30 |
XINYUN HAN |
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$1.10 |
SAMANTHA STOSUR |
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$3.70 |
LUCIE SAFAROVA |
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$1.25 |
VENUS WILLIAMS |
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$1.90 |
ANASTASIYA YAKIMOVA |
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$1.85 |
CASEY DELLACQUA |
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$2.80 |
JULIE COIN |
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$1.40 |
ALICIA MOLIK |
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$1.17 |
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI |
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$4.65 |
ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK |
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$11.00 |
STEPHANIE COHEN ALORO |
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$1.02 |
VICTORIA AZARENKA |
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$1.04 |
SERENA WILLIAMS |
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$10.00 |
URSZULA RADWANSKA |
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WOMEN'S SINGLES - WINNER |
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$3.60 |
SERENA WILLIAMS |
(in from $3.75) |
$4.00 |
KIM CLIJSTERS |
(in from $4.25) |
$7.00 |
JUSTINE HENIN |
(in from $8.00) |
$12.00 |
ELENA DEMENTIEVA |
(in from $14.00) |
$14.00 |
DINARA SAFINA |
(in from $26.00) |
$16.00 |
VICTORIA AZARENKA |
(in from $18.00) |
$16.00 |
VENUS WILLIAMS |
(out from $15.00) |
$19.00 |
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI |
(in from $21.00) |
$41.00 |
SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA |
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$51.00 |
DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA |
(in from $67.00) |
$51.00 |
ANA IVANOVIC |
(out from $41.00) |
$51.00 |
JELENA JANKOVIC |
(out from $41.00) |
$51.00 |
YANINA WICKMAYER |
(in from $67.00) |
$61.00 |
SABINE LISICKI |
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$81.00 |
MARIA KIRILENKO |
(in from $126.00) |
$101.00 |
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last update : 19th January 2010 10:37
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