French Open Tennis Betting 2011
The French Open 2011 is the second Grand Slam of the tennis season but also marks the beginning of the season in earnest. Also known as the Tournoi de Roland Garros this year’s tournament will be the 110th annual Open of French tennis and will take place from May 17 to June 5 at the Stade Roland Garros.
Rafael Nadal regained his ‘King of Clay’ crown in last year’s French Open by beating Robin Soderling in the final without dropping a single set throughout the whole tournament. He once again goes into this year’s event as the French Open tennis betting 2011 favourite.
On the women’s side Italian Francesca Schiavone is the defending champion after she won her maiden Grand Slam title by defeating Samantha Stosur in straight sets in last year’s French Open final. Schiavone’s career has, however, failed to move on since then and the 30-year-old goes into this year’s event with a number of others ahead of her in the French Open tennis betting 2011 winners market.
Men’s French Open Tennis Betting 2011
Rafael Nadal is now widely regarded as the greatest ever clay court player, surpassing Bjorn Borg’s four French Open titles last season proving to be the point that all arguments comparing the two ceased. The Spaniard goes into this year’s tournament as the French Open tennis betting 2011 favourite.
For the first time in recent memory Roger Federer is no longer the second favourite heading into the event. Instead that accolade is bestowed upon the in-form Novak Djokovic who recently moved up to number two in the world rankings following his blistering start to the 2011 Tennis Betting season.
Andy Murray will once again carry the hopes of Great Britain but the clay court surface has not produced the Scot’s best results in the past and he has never got past the Quarter Final stages at Roland Garros.
Women’s French Open Tennis Betting 2011
Four-time winner and last year’s tournament favourite Justine Henin will not be involved at the French Open 2011 after she announced her retirement from the game earlier this year due to an elbow injury. Therefore it is the current world number 1 Caroline Wozniacki who begins as the French Open tennis betting 2011 favourite along with Victoria Azarenka.
Other towards the fore of the betting include Vera Zvonareva, Kim Clijsters, Svetlana Kuznetsova and last year’s runner-up Samatha Stosur, with varying prices available depending upon on which Sports Betting bookmaker you use. A clear indication of just how keenly contested this year’s event could be. Defending champion Francesca Schiavone is available to back at double figure odds prior to the start of the French Open tennis betting 2011.
French Open Tennis Betting Markets
The vast majority of French Open tennis betting 2011 will revolve around the outright winners markets and individual match betting markets. However, there are also many peripheral markets for punters to get involved with in relation to the .
In the outright markets punters can bet on whether Nadal will once again win the tournament without losing a set, which players will contest the final, who will win the tournament without Nadal involved in the betting and many other markets.
There are also a vast range of French Open tennis betting 2011 markets available to each individual match throughout the tournament. From correct score set betting, handicap betting and total games betting to the number of aces to be served in a match, the number of double faults served and much more.