Live on Brit Eurosport: Sat 00.00: Roger Federer cruises through Round 3 but Rafa Nadal sees the money; the latter is in to 6/4 at Betfred.
The Spanish Master plays his 3rd round match early Saturday morning against Bernard Tomic and is just 1/4 with Skybet to win 3-0.
Roger Federer stays steady around the 7/4 mark (888sport) and Andy Murray is still hovering at about 8/1 (Betdaq) as we start to approach the business end.
Ivan Ljubicic was the highest male seed to drop out last night (17th seed) but there were no great shocks however over in the women’s competition, Justine Henin made a premature exit to Kuznetsova. While Henin, seeded 11th, is not the highest seed to drop from the women’s event, she was one of the more fancied to do well.
That leaves Kim Clijsters as clear 6/4 fav at Totesport, ahead of Caroline Wozniacki (6/1, William Hill).
Venus Williams plays at 10am today against Andrea Petkovic, both players getting a 5/6 quote with bet365.
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