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Serena Williams still leads futures market - Wimbledon 2010

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Live Tennis Staff - 27 Jun 2010

The Williams sisters have been crushing their opponents and are heading right toward a possible heads up match-up in the final.

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Serena Williams and Venus Williams have been devastating at Wimbledon so far this year and the possibility of an All Williams final is looking stronger than ever.  Serena has the tougher draw at this point however as she has Maria Sharapova directly in front of her and then a tricky but very winnable match against either Na Li or Agnieszka Radwanska in the quarterfinal.

After that the semifinal, according to seeding, will likely be against the young and talented Caroline Wozniacki, a player that is unlikely to best Williams at this stage.

Venus Williams' draw through the next two rounds does look devoid of a threat.  Jarmila Groth is V. Williams' next opponent and there is no reason to believe that she will not be a straight sets victor in the round of 16.  Marion Bartoli should face Venus in the quarters and while Bartoli has made the final of Wimbledon before she's unlikely to do it again this year and Venus looks like the surest thing to make the semis at this point where either Justine Henin or Kim Clijsters should be waiting.

Here are the updated betting odds in the futures market for Wimbledon 2010:

1.  Serena Williams +150 (3/2) BetFred
2.  Venus Williams +250 (5/2) Bodog
3.  Justine Henin +1000 (10/1) SportingBet
4.  Kim Clijsters +1000 (10/1) SportingBet
5.  Maria Sharapova +1600 (16/1) SportingBet
6.  Caroline Wozniacki +2000 (20/1) SportingBet
7.  Na Li +4000 (40/1) Stan James
8.  Jelena Jankovic +6600 (66/1) SportingBet

Serena Williams is in moderate danger of going out soon as Maria Sharapova is a credible threat.  For that reason, S. Williams should be avoided at this stage.

With the apparent easy draw to the semis, Venus Williams is my top recommendation and Caroline Wozniacki can be sprinkled at 20 to 1 as well, just due to the fact that she appears to have an easy draw to the semis.  Having odds on a player of +2000 that deep into a draw will open up opportunities for laying Wozniacki to possibly guarantee profits.  However Wozniacki may only be two matches away from the title and may need luck to help her.  If Sharapova beats S. Williams then Wozniacki can do it but the odds are the selling feature here more than the player.

Here are the updated odds for the other players:

9.  Petra Kvitova +8000 (80/1) BetFred
10. Vera Zvonareva +8000 (80/1)
SportingBet
11. Marion Bartoli +12500 (125/1) SportingBet
12. Kaia Kanepi +14900 (149/1) Bwin.com
13. Agnieszka Radwanska +20000 (200/1)
SportingBet
14. Klara Zakopalova +25000 (250/1) SportingBet
15. Jarmila Groth +30000 (300/1) SportingBet
16. Tsvetana Pironkova +50000 (500/1) Stan James

Of the bottom 8 favorites only Zvonareva, Bartoli, and Radwanska are good enough to do any damage however with Serena, Venus, Henin, Clijsters, and Sharapova still alive in the draw there doesn't appear to be room for an underdog finalist this year.  Even so, I would only put Radwanska at +5000 at this point so taking her at +20000 is not a bad play as unlikely as it is to pay dividends.

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