As hard as it is to believe, tennis’ third Grand Slam of the calendar year is a mere days away from starting up.
But as the world’s top players start converging on the All England Club and the grass courts of London, who’re the favorites? Let’s take a look at a few, in the Wimbledon Futures bets.
Roger Federer (+120): While Rafael Nadal may have taken Federer’s place…

Tennis bettors everywhere are rejoicing, as we’re just days away from the third Grand Slam on the calendar- Wimbledon- getting under way.
And while we all know that Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray enter as the favorites in the men’s draw, tennis futures bettors might be looking for more value in their wagers.

The men’s French Open (or Tournoi de Roland-Garros, as the locals call it) is without doubt the highlight of the clay-court season, and the super-stars of tennis are out in force for the 109^th edition of the prestigious Grand Slam.

The 2009 tournament victory was Roger Federer’s first at the Paris event, and put his Grand Slam tally to 14 before the Swiss ace went on to claim the Wimbledon crown.

Rafael Nadal made a shocking early exit after losing to Federer’s final opponent, Robin Soderling.

Quite comfortably the world’s best player on this surface, Rafa gets back into action as the overwhelming favourite, and with good reason - the Spaniard has only ever lost that one match on the Parisian clay, and has lifted the Coupe des Mousquetaires four times in a row prior to last years defeat.

Running from 23 May until 6 June, the fortnight promises to be an exciting feast of fast and furious tennis, and you can follow your favourite player using the draw below.

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Roger Federer faces his sixth different opponent in his sixth straight men’s US Open Final.

Juan Martin del Potro faces the world number one in his first ever Slam final.

BBC commentator Andrew Castle is the man looking at the game, with a discussion on the set betting and a few other markets.

Check out Federer’s “tweener” shot below - it set up match point in his semi-final win over Djokovic.

Simon Mundie is Talksport’s tennis correspondent and a self confessed ‘tennis geek’ and he has previewed the last 16 of the men’s singles at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Simon has been playing tennis since he was eight years old and has competed, and won, many club events. Listen to the podcast to find out why he is only six steps from greatness and to get some in-depth tennis chat ahead of the last 16.

Britain are represented by Andy Murray, however he has to face the giant, John Isner, while Roger Federer bids to maintain his excellent record against Lleyton Hewitt.

Simon previews all eight matches, looks at the outright, and gives us his best bets for round four. Do not miss this ace audio.

Enjoy.

Andy Murray has reached his second Grand Slam final and in it he faces world number one Roger Federer as the two will battle it out to be crowned 2010 Australian Open champion.

Murray has a fantastic six wins to his name against Federer with the Swiss ace only managing four wins against the Scot, Federer though has won the last two meetings. Britain’s number one will have to be on top of his game if he is to beat Feds and win his first Grand Slam title. Murray is Britain’s first Australian Open finalist since 1977 but he says that he “wants to remembered for winning it.”

The final looks all set to be a classic with the world number one taking on the best Britain has to offer as Federer seeks a record 16th Grand Slam title while Murray goes for his first.

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The first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open, begins on 18 January at Melbourne Park. The Aussie Open is the youngest of the four Grand Slams but with three top quality arenas Melbourne is certainly not lacking in infrastructure.

Nor is it lacking in top players as the men’s best do battle for the first Slam of the year. Rafael Nadal is the defending champion while his great rival Roger Federer is bidding for an incredible 16th Grand Slam title. Britain’s Andy Murray is not without a chance, although he is seeded fifth as a result of Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro overtaking him in the rankings in recent weeks.

The form player coming into the tournament though is Nikolay Davydenko who has carried on the momentum from winning the ATP World Tour finals at the back end of last season in London by winning the ATP Doha by defeating Federer in the semi-final and then Nadal in the final.

The fortnight promises to be an exciting feast of fast and furious tennis, and you can follow your favourite player using the draw below.

Roger Federer produced an immaculate performance against Lleyton Hewitt to book his quarter-final place at the Australian Open, however all eyes will be on Andy Murray as he looks to silence Spaniard Rafael Nadal and set up a possible semi-final with Andy Roddick or Marin Cilic.

Murray has a losing record against Nadal but his game should theoretically match up well with the Pearl Of Manacor and Talksport’s Simon Mundie explains why in the podcast.

Simon previews all four quarter-final matches and gives us his best bet of the round. He also takes a preliminary look at the women’s tournament, which we will latch on to in full from the semi-final stage.

Enjoy.

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