Round Two by Mark Young

The first round of Wimbledon is all but completed and the next round comes thick and fast at the all England club.

The big four in the men’s draw all got through with relative ease. The most impressive being Novak Djokovic, only dropping six games in the way to a three set victory over Chardy. The Serb is slipping under the radar with the hype surrounding Federer, Nadal and Murray and still looks really good value to cause an upset in the next two weeks. He has only lost one game all season but that seems to be getting swept under the carpet by everyone at the moment. He is still priced at 7/2 for an outright win.

Nadal also won in straight sets with his parents in the royal box and most would consider Nadal to have a long run over the next few weeks. The Spaniard and his old foe Federer are back and forth as favourite and second favourite. They look on course to face each other in the final but there is still some challenges ahead.

The only one of these four to drop a set was Andy Murray. Under the roof of Centre Court the Scot dropped the first set to Daniel Gimeno-Traver. It seemed to give him a kick up the backside and he roared back winning the final three sets 6-3, 6-0, 6-0 and looked impressive doing so.

Murray should be motivated enough but he does take a while to get going. Murray to lose the first set against any of his opponents should see some good returns by the end of the tournament. He faces Tobias Kamke of Germany on Wednesday on Court One and is a huge favourite so he value would be in Murray dropping the first set.

There is still no clear favourites in the women’s draw after Serena Williams (7/2) survived a scare in the first round, eventually coming out as a two sets to one victor over Rezai. Sister Venus (7/1) comfortably won on Monday. The only two top seeds that miss out on Round Two are Sam Stosur and Jelena Jankovic.

Maria Sharapova (4/1) is another one who is easily through as she searches for her second Wimbledon title. French Open champion and Australian Open finalist Li Na (8/1) joins her after a relatively easy victory on Tuesday afternoon and she could yet be a big challenger to Sharapova and the Williams sisters.

On this season’s form Li could make another final and could prove a very smart bet, if value and a run for money is what is being looked for.

For a first round that was forecast to be a complete washout, one evening of rain is not a bad run, unless you are one of the punters who backed no rain. Let’s hope the weather stays dry and the tennis stays as brilliant as it always it as SW19 for the rest of the tournament.

Monte Carlo, Monaco –The Monte Carlo Masters enters the second round on Wednesday and a whole slew of interesting matchups have taken shape that tennis regulars should spot. Here is a quick rundown of some of these together with free picks.

Indian Wells, California – The first round of men’s singles action at the ATP Indian Wells Masters continues in earnest today with several attention-worthy clashes. Here is a look at some of these that tennis fans are sure to want to spot.

Tennis Betting Line: The WTA Whirlpool Monterrey Open is currently underway in Monterrey, Mexico. The tournament, entering the second round, boasts several standout players that are bidding for a spot in the quarterfinals, namely top seed Jelena Jankovic and Gisela Dulko.

Johannesburg, South Africa –Janko Tipsarevic features in first round action in the SA Tennis Open betting markets at BetUS Sportsbook.

Andy Murray has reached the second week of a Grand Slam once again and he faces Jurgen Melzer in his quest to reach the quarter finals of the Australian Open.

Sky Sports’ Nick Lester takes a look at the encounter as well as all the remaining matches to be played out in the Men’s and Women’s sections.

Our expert also casts his eye across the outright markets to see how they are shaping up.

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.

London, England – The top two favourites in Group A, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, are set to get their campaigns underway on Monday when they take on Andy Roddick and Tomas Berdych, respectively.
BetUS Sportsbook is taking action on both these encounters, so without further ado, here is a look at the markets that are currently trading on these two fixtures as Round 1 gets…

Andy Murray has bitten the dust but there’s still plenty of life left in the tornament and Sky Sports’ Nick Lester has joined us to preview the action.

We’re down to the last sixteen and Nick has had a look at every encounter,

Find out who our expert expects to progress into the quarter-final stage.

Flushing Meadows, New York – French tandem of Gael Monfils and Richard Gasquet aim to secure a spot in the last 16. Monfils is set to take on Janko Tipsarevic after the Serbian knocked out Andy Roddick in the second round; meanwhile Gasquet is set to face Kevin Anderson.
BetUS has all the weekend US Open action already available.