Elena Dementieva is now the favorite as several top players have fallen in Indian Wells.
The women's draw at the 2010 WTA event in Indian Wells, California in missing some faces in the quarterfinals that tennis fans are used to see late in draws. Serena Williams and Venus Williams aren't there as they both decided to skip the event yet again. Dinara Safina missed with injury and those absences made the tournament, from the onset, less of a tennis spectacle than most events at this level on the WTA tour.
Then Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin both fell in the early going while Victoria Azarenka, who was the leader by default, fell in the middle rounds.
Heading into the quarterfinals Elena Dementieva leads the futures market for the event, although she now has a tough match directly in front of her against Agnieszka Radwanska. Here are the updated odds for the women's side in Indian Wells, all odds to win outright:
1. Elena Dementieva, +275 (11/4), Boylesports
2. Caroline Wozniacki, +400 (4/1), Boylesports
3. Jelena Jankovic, +550 (11/2, Boylesports
4. Alisa Kleybanova, +650 (13/2), Stan James
5. Agnieszka Radwanska, +800 (8/1), Coral
6. Samantha Stosur, +1200 (12/1), Boylesports
7. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, +1800 (18/1) Boylesports
8. Jie Zheng, +1800 (18/1) Stan James
Kleybanova is a good player to let fly at +650 as she is really making her push. If you have not bet this tournament yet then that is where your value is.
However I did tip Dementieva pre-tournament and I'm not going to back away from her now that she has survived to the quarterfinals, especially since she has emerged as the favorite.
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