Wednesday 22 May 2013

French Open tennis - Men

With Andy Murray's withdrawal there is an each-way bet to be had. We have been told by the French authorities that the seedings will follow the world rankings and that Rafa will receive no special treatment. Hence the top four seeds should now be announced as: 1 Djoko, 2 Federer, 3 Rafa, 4 Ferrer. Consequently, at this stage, (and with no further top four withdrawals) the only player guaranteed not to meet Rafa before the final is Ferrer. Given that Rafa is generally a 4/6 chance, being able to back a player ew at a decent price (who is guaranteed to be in the other half of the draw) is an opportunity not to be missed. 

The downside of backing Ferrer is his poor record against the top players. Obviously if the above players reach their seeded positions in the draw, Ferrer will either play Djoko (5-10 HTH deficit but 3-1 ahead on clay) or Federer (disastrous 0-14 HTH) in the semi-final. We already have a small ew bet on Federer at 14/1 (now bigger) placed in February so that would get us our money back if they were to meet in the last four and Federer won for the fifteenth time.

have had:

4pts ew David Ferrer to win French Open @ 28/1 Boylesports (1/2 odds 1,2)

If you can get on with non-layer Victor then do so as he is offering 33/1 Ferrer. Do not bet with nosportingbet at their 40/1, however, as they only offer 1/3 odds 1,2. So the odds to reach the final are better with both Boyles and Victor.

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