ATP World Tour Finals Tennis Betting 2011
The ATP World Tour Finals 2011 will, for the third consecutive year, be staged at the O2 Arena in London, England. The tournament will be played over the course of a week from November 20 to November 27 2011.
Roger Federer is the men’s defending champion having won the 2010 ATP World Tour finals, Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic won the 2010 doubles title but will not defend their crown as they no longer play together.
The top eight players relating to points gained from the Grand Slams, ATP Tour events and Davis Cup qualified for the ATP World Tour Finals Tennis Betting 2011. Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray made up an obvious top four with the remaining four places going to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, David Ferrer, Tomas Berdych and Mardy Fish. However, injury to Murray in his opening match against Ferrer forced the Scot to withdraw and he was replaced by Janko Tipsarevic.
The eight players are split into two groups in where they each play against one another once each in a round robin format. The top two players from each group then progress to the semis with the winner of each then going through to the final. All matches are played over a best-of-3-sets format and both the number of games won and sets won are taken into account at the group stages.
ATP World Tour Finals Betting Markets
The aim of all eight players involved in the ATP World Tour Finals 2011 is to win the tournament. And for that reason the main ATP World Tour Finals Tennis Betting 2011 market is the outright winners market that offers Tennis Betting odds on each of the eight players.
The natural favourites are the four top ranked players in the world, however, there have been betting upsets in the past, most notably Nikolay Davydenko’s victory in 2009.
There are also many ATP World Tour Finals Tennis Betting 2011 markets available in relation to each individual fixture. Punters can bet on the match winner, correct score, number of aces served, handicap markets and set betting markets. There is also the opportunity to bet on the group winner and bottom placed finisher.
ATP World Tour Finals Players
Due to their sheer dominance in the game at present Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray were foregone conclusions in qualification for the ATP World Tour Finals Tennis Betting 2011.
Djokovic’s remarkable season to date sees him as the strong betting favourite to win the ATP World Tour Finals title. He has been almost unbeatable this season and will be keen to round off the campaign with a win at the O2 Arena.
Had it not been for the Serb then this would undoubtedly have been Rafael Nadal’s year. The Spaniard once again had his season disrupted by injury but still managed to claim the French Open title and make it to the US Open and Wimbledon finals.
It has been a familiar season full of near misses for Andy Murray, he became only the seventh player in history to qualify for the semi-finals of all four Grand Slams in the same season yet could only progress to one final, where he was comfortably beaten by Djokovic.
And last, but by no means least, a mention for Roger Federer. The Swiss threatened throughout the season to add to his 16 Grand Slam career titles but couldn’t quite get over the line on multiple occasions. The ATP World Tour Finals would offer him some comfort at the end of another exhausting season for the Fed Express.