DORSET -- The 2008 Wimbledon Betting suggests that Roger Federer, while still favourite at 5/4 to win the title, he is not as firm as favourite as in previous years, where he was as short as 2/5 on to win the Wimbledon title. This year Federer has two real threats, the Australian Grand Slam winner in Djokovic and the French Open winner Nadal. The Men's Wimbledon Odds are 13/8 for Nadal and 4/1 for Djokovic and this highlights how close the online bookmakers consider this year's tournament is going to be.
Federer seems to have lost some of his spark and while he is better on grass than the clay of Roland Garros, where he lost to Nadal last month, he currently holds the record for the most consecutive wins on grass running at 59 going into this year's tournament. There must be doubts that he still has the hunger that has seen him at the top for so long as the Number 1 player in the men's game with his record of 229 consecutive weeks as the top coming into this years Wimbledon.
Competition makes for real excitement and the crowd this year could be treated to a quailty event in 2008, the big question can Federer Wimbledon Odds reflect his chances of making it 6 from 6 and get a bit closer to Sampras's 7 Wimbledon singles victories.
In the Wimbledon Ladies Betting Maria Sharapova is the 2/1 favourite to win her second title having won it for the first time in 2004 but Tennis punters must take note of the fact that the Williams sisters have won the title 6 out of 8 times since 2000. You can get 3/1 about Serena and 5/1 for Venus. The one that most people are tipping up for this year's title is Ivanovic at odds of 7/2.
Whoever you fancy for this years titles you can avail of the best bookmakers free bets on opening an account with any of the best UK and Irish online sportsbook operators.
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