iBet: Maria Sharapova may be the Wimbledon favourite but…

Wimbledon Ladies Singles

Lay Maria Sharapova at 2.7 to one with Betfair

Backing underdogs against short priced favourites in the early rounds of the men’s tournament at Wimbledon over the last five years has been a fast route to poverty. In fact the men’s game is very predictable when it comes to Grand Slams, with 28 of the last 30 going to Federer, Nadal or Djokovic. However, it’s a very different story in the women’s game with eight different winners in the last ten tournaments and indeed only four of the last 10 favourites in the Wimbledon ladies singles have obliged. Maria Sharapova goes off a best priced 11/4 jolly following her impressive win in the French Open. Sharapova does appear to have a decent draw and seems more focused. But although she did win Wimbledon eight years ago, she has never won two Grand Slams in a row and in what looks a very open tournament indeed with a real chance of a long priced winner, the stats suggest we should be laying the favourite.

Advices

It was nice to see our lay of there being no penalty shoot-outs at Euro 2012 come in nice and quickly. It’s odds on (4/5) that the England V Italy game will be the only one that goes all the way to spot kicks. If you fancy one of the remaining three games to go down that route, you can get 7/4, two more is 10.5 to one and all three is 130/1. All these prices are with Betfair.

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