Rotterdam, Netherlands – Mikhail Youzhny, the 2010 runner-up, is set to begin his campaign at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament when he takes on Marcel Granollers. Elsewhere, French hopeful Gilles Simon and Spanish hopeful Feliciano Lopez get their bids underway against Benoit Paire and Florian Mayer respectively.
Johannesburg, South Africa – Milos Raonic was a one of several young revelations of the recently departed Australian Open betting markets, as he emerged from the qualifying rounds into the main draw and from there navigated a course into the quarterfinals. Now that he’s caught the attention of tennis bettors, worldwide, what he accomplishes in Johannesburg will be closely watched.
Johannesburg, South Africa –Janko Tipsarevic features in first round action in the SA Tennis Open betting markets at BetUS Sportsbook.
Doha, Qatar – Defending champion Nikolay Davydenko and Latvian hopeful Ernests Gulbis feature on the tennis-betting menu at BetUS Sportsbook as both prepare to bid for a spot in the Qatar ExxonMobil quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Davydenko is slated to take on hardened veteran Jarkko Nieminen while Gulbis takes on an unheralded Antonio Veic.
Paris, France – David Ferrer and Jurgen Melzer highlight second round action at the Paris Masters on Wednesday. Both Ferrer and Melzer hope to secure invites to London, for the season-ending Barclay’s World Tour Finals.
Seoul, Korea – Top seed Nadia Petrova leads an impressive eight-strong Russian contingent at the Hansol Korea Open this week. The tournament through to the second round and all eight Russians have advanced, including Petrova, No.2 seed Pavlyuchenkova, No. 5 seed Kleybanova and Dushevina.
Quebec City, Canada – The US Open wrapped up what has been a sensational Grand Slam betting season this weekend, but tennis betting as a whole is not over for the calendar year.
Flushing Meadows, New York – Jelena Jankovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova highlight first round action on day 2 of the US Open. Jankovic takes to Arthur Ashe Stadium bright and early for her opening fixture against Simona Halep of Romania.
Montreal, Canada – The Rogers Cup is headed towards “Quarterfinal Friday” and hoping to book a date for tomorrow’s proceedings is Caroline Wozniacki and Dinara Safina. Standing in their way is a pair of Italians – Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone.
Wozniacki is set to take on Flavia Pennetta while Safina will battle Schiavone.
Gstaad, Switzerland – Clay-court guru’s Nicolas Almagro and Albert Montanes feature at the Allianz Suisse Open this week. Joining the Spanish pair, both of which are incidentally titlists during this short summer-clay-court swing, is former top-ten player Richard Gasquet of France.