Tennis

Scorching hot conditions contributed to several upsets with the trio of Medvedev, Rune and Tsitsipas all heading for the exits on Day 1. Popyrin, Cerundolo and Griekspoor were the other seeds ousted while defending champion Carlos Alcaraz needed five sets to get past veteran Fabio Fognini. What was already a skinny draw has now opened right up! See below for our Wimbledon 2025: Gentlemen’s Day 3 tips and preview! Oliver Tarvet vs Carlos Alcaraz 2:45am*, Thursday | Court 1 Over 27.5 games ($1.80) It was a shaky start to the title defence for Alcaraz with the Spaniard being pushed to…

Paula Badosa was the first casualty in the women’s draw and with another day of extremely hot weather forecast, it will be a case of who handles the conditions best. Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova begins her title defence with the likes of Gauff, Rybakina, Swiatek, Pegula and Andreeva also in action. See below for our Wimbledon 2025: Ladies’ Day 2 tips and preview! Dayana Yastremska vs Cori Gauff 7:45am*, Wednesday | Centre Court Over 19.5 games ($1.73 The French Open champion returns to the tournament where she made her Grand Slam debut as a 15 year old! Now 21, she…

The duo of Sinner and Djokovic are the two standouts in the top half of the draw and it is difficult to see anyone preventing them from meeting in the semi finals. Britain’s Jack Draper will be hoping that he can flip the script as will the in-form Alexander Bublik and a host of Americans. See below for our Wimbledon 2025: Gentlemen’s Day 2 tips and preview! Jannik Sinner vs Luca Nardi 12:15am*, Wednesday | Court 1 Under 27.5 games ($1.80) A loss to Bublik in Haale was far from the ideal preparation for the world number 1 but it…

There is no such thing as building into a major tournament in women’s tennis at present as the Wimbledon draw is littered with talent. Just so that viewers can get a gauge of the depth of the draw, there are 10+ women playing today who have made a Grand Slam final! Tournament favourite and top seed Aryna Sabalenka tops that list with last year’s runner-up here Jasmine Paolini also in action. See below for our Wimbledon 2025: Ladies’ Day 1 tips and preview! Aryna Sabalenka vs Carson Branstine 12:15am*, Tuesday | Court 1 Over 18.5 games ($2.00) With a career…

As per Wimbledon tradition, the defending champion will open proceedings on centre court. That honour will be carried out by Carlos Alcaraz for the second time in as many years as he chases a three-peat of Wimbledon titles. Others feature matches on day 1 include Zverev, Medvedev and young gun Joao Fonseca who takes on local hope Jacob Fearnley. Carlos Alcaraz vs Fabio Fognini 12:30am*, Tuesday | Centre Court Under 27.5 games ($1.75) Alcaraz needs no introduction. He is the two-time defending champion and is the form player on tour. He has won 27 of his last 28 matches including…

Paris was the city of love for followers with best bet Cori Gauff ($6) winning the title. She got the better of world number 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the final but the duo are part of a long list of names that are yet to add their name to the list of Wimbledon winners. Barbora Krejcikova was an unlikely champion 12 months ago but has played very little tennis since. The tournament is more open than betting suggests as none of Sabalenka, Swiatek, Gauff, Zheng, Keys and Andreeva have made it past the quarters here. Best Bet Marketa Vondrousova Marketa…

It is the most prestigious tournament on the calendar, but a lack of depth is making it increasingly difficult to find any value in futures betting. That didn’t stop us in Paris with best bet Carlos Alcaraz ($2.05) winning the tournament accompanied by three of the four quarter winners – Alcaraz ($1.29), Sinner ($1.50) and Musetti ($2.80). As the two-time defending champion here, Alcaraz has been installed favourite to complete the three-peat, closely followed by world number one Jannik Sinner. Djokovic is the only other name worth noting with only one other name worth backing. Let’s find out who it…

We will a new French Open champion after world number 1 Aryna Sabalenka posted a crushing win over three-time defending champion Iga Swiatek. The 6-0 bagel in the third and deciding set was on the cards as Sabalenka was intent on hitting a clean winner with almost every single shot. Meanwhile, Gauff took full advantage of a favourable draw to end the fairytale run of Lois Boisson. The Frenchwoman defeated Andreeva less than 24 hours before but the absence of a day off due to tournament scheduling made it very difficult for her to recover. Nevertheless, Gauff broke serve 6…

Lorenzo Musetti vs Carlos Alcaraz 12:30am, Saturday | Philippe-Chatrier Alcaraz -7.5 ($2.00) No surprises in the bottom half of the draw with the two favourites from each quarter progressing. Musetti almost got himself defaulted in the match against Tiafoe when he kicked a ball in frustration that hit one of the lines judges on the chest. H escaped with a warning and go on to beat the American in four sets. Meanwhile, Alcaraz changed gears and produced his best tennis against Tommy Paul. It was his best performance of the tournament as the 6-0 6-1 6-4 score line would suggest.…