Cincinnati, USA – Roger Federer looks to build on his Rogers Cup runner-up finish this week in Cincinnati, all the while the pressure of defending his title weighs down on him as he deposits his last tune-up run for the upcoming US Open.
Federer opens his Cincinnati bid this evening when he takes on Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan. Federer edges Istomin 1-0 lifetime, having beaten the…

Madrid, Spain – The Madrid Masters Betting market is hopping with action on Roger Federer’s upcoming clash against Stanislas Wawrinka, a clash that features the Swiss No.1 and No.2 going head-to-head for a spot in the quarterfinals.
Roger Federer, the defending champion, is naturally the favourite but there is a nervous trepidation in the market where he is concerned; he hasn’t…

Will another ‘young gun’ rise up and shock the field like Juan Martin Del Potro at the 2009 U.S. Open or will some other grand slam title-less veteran finally make the career breakthrough he’s been waiting for?
This in-depth look at the bettor-friendly ATP Futures Odds for the 2010 French Open will give professional tennis gamblers everywhere an excellent idea of just what to…

William Hill are set to pay £101,840 to Oxfam if Roger Federer wins this summer’s Wimbledon title - after a deceased gambler left a string of bets to the charity - in his will!

Nick Newlife from Oxford took out a series of bets on Federer, Andy Roddick and West Indian cricketer Ramnaresh Sarwan, and if all of them come off Oxfam will benefit to the tune of a third of a million poiunds.

‘Mr Newlife passed away at the age of 69, leaving behind a string of potentially very profitable sporting bets, which he will to Oxfam’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

“He (Mr Newlife) was clearly a very shrewd sporting gambler whose early identification of potential superstars won tens of thousands of pounds for himself while he was still alive - but to ensure that a respected charity would benefit from any bets which came to fruition after his death makes him unprecedented in my thirty year experience of the betting industry. Roger Federer is already 6/4 hot favourite to win this summer’s Wimbledon and I fully expect to be handing over a six figure [£101, 840] cheque to Oxfam when he does so.”The outstanding bets placed by Mr Newlife that could still come off are:

•£1520 on Federer to win Wimbledon men’s singles at least 7 times before 2020 at 66/1 - this would win £101,840 for Oxfam this summer if he comes out on top at this summer’s Wimbledon.
•£1,000 on Andy Roddick to win at least 7 grand slam singles titles before 2020 at 33/1 - this would win £34,000 for Oxfam.
•£750 on Andy Roddick to win at least 10 grand slam singles titles before 2020 at 100/1 - this would win £75,075 for Oxfam.
•£350 on Ramnaresh Sarwan to make over 7,000 test match runs by end of 2019 at 50/1 - this would win £17,850.
•£300 on Ramnaresh Sarwan to make more than 8,000 test match runs by end of 2019 at 100/1 - this would win £30,300.
•£250 on Ramnaresh Sarwan to make more than 9,000 test match runs by end of 2019 at 250/1 - this would win £62,750.

Roger Federer remains on course for a record 16th Grand Slam title following his impressive victory over an in-form Nikolay Davydenko in the quarter-finals. The world number one first though has to get past Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-finals before he can entertain such thoughts of another Grand Slam title.

Tsonga upset the odds by defeating world number three Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals and he has to do the same if he is to reach his second Grand Slam final, which would also be his second Australian Open final after he was the runner-up in Melbourne in 2008.

The world number ten won his last meeting with Federer, last year at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, but the career head-to-head record stands at one win each.

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Melbourne , Australia – We are down to the penultimate match before our finalists’ line-up is complete. Andy Murray advanced into the final with a four set victory over Marin Cilic yesterday. He awaits the winner of the Roger Federer/ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga clash.

Melbourne , Australia – Roger Federer is a victory away from capturing his 16 th Grand Slam title, an unprecedented record in the men’s game. But won’t the humble champion be the first person to tell you winning a Grand Slam is not easy.

Melbourne, Australia – Over and above the match tennis betting line on the Federer vs. Tsonga clash in the Aussie Open semis, BetUS Sportsbook has rolled out a whole slew of fun props to bet on as well as developing futures market. Betting is already in full swing as punters are backing their favourite on the exchange.