Australian Open betting – Men’s First Week Update
The Australian Open betting season has been a predictable one so far as the main seeds have been making their way through the opening rounds on the men’s side. Online betting cappers know that not too much has been decided quite yet as the titans have yet to square off.
| WHAT: Tennis betting |
| WHEN: January 18th – 31st |
| WHERE:Melbourne Park – Victoria, Australia |
Upsets – Australian Open Betting
There have been a number of upsets on the men’s side but none of overly great significance. The highest seed to lose on the men’s side was No. 8 seed Robin Soderling. The Swede had been playing some of his best tennis last year but a wrist injury in the early part of this year has clearly hampered him.
Sportsbook odds makers weren’t expecting much of No. 13 Radek Stepanek and he proved them right with a first-round loss. No. 16 Tommy Robredo, No. 23 Juan Carlos Ferrero, No. 25 Sam Querrey and No. 28 Jurgen Melzer were also ousted in the first round.
No. 17 David Ferrer, No. 21 Tomas Berdych and No. 29 Victor Troicki lost in the second round.
The Favorites – Australian Open Tennis betting
Sportsbook cappers haven’t seen too much drama from the top seeds.
No. 1 seed Roger Federer had bit of a test in the first round against Igor Andreev but after losing the first set he rolled right through. The other challenge for a top seed was No. 4 Juan Martin Del Potro who has been pushed by two Americans in the first two rounds. Del Potro had to win 10-8 in the fifth set to put James Blake to bed.
Picks – Australian Open Tennis betting
Our picks of Rafael Nadal, Nikolay Davydenko and Jo-Wilfred Tsonga are still intact.
Davydenko has been on fire, losing just 10 games in two matches while Tsonga also has two straight sets victories under his belt.
Online betting sharps know that No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal has been challenged very little to this point as well.
