Former Champion Lleyton Hewitt gets thing underway on centre court today when he meets fifth seed Juan Martin Del Porto. Hewitt showed flashes of his old form in his first round match and he could prove to be a bit of value at odds of 5/2 (Betfred).
Argentinian Del Porto has been knocked out at the second round stage on his previous two visits to Wimbledon and with Hewitt having a formidable Wimbledon record (winner once, semi finalist twice, quarter finalist twice) we’re going with Hewitt.
We can see Hewitt winning by 3-1 8/1 (Betfair).
Andy Murray will take centre stage later in the afternoon and he plays the big serving Ernest Gulbis in his second round match. They have met twice before in competition with Murray holding a 2-0 record over his opponent.
The last time they met on grass was last year at Queens where Gulbis took the first set 7-5 before going down by two – one in sets.
We have feeling that this could be Murray’s biggest test at Wimbledon this year and could be a potential minefield for the Brit. Gulbis has been in relatively poor form throughout the season however and while we think he will raise his game and make a match of it we think Murray may just edge this and win.
Murray is 1/14 (Coral) with Gulbis on offer at 8/1 (William Hill). we’re going for the match to go to four sets 9/4 (Skybet) with Murray eventually running out the 3-1 winner 3/1 (Ladbrokes). It could pay to take Gulbis to win the first set 9/2 (Ladbrokes) before Murray gets a foothold in the match.
The only other British player left in the tournament is Elena Baltacha and we believe she can win her match against Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium. Baltacha is currently ranked 9 places above the Belgian and has won both matches in straight sets on the two occasions they have previously met.
We’re backing Baltacha at 4/6 (Paddypower) to win. We’re also tipping her to win in sets 2-0 7/4 (Ladbrokes).
Argentinian Del Porto has been knocked out at the second round stage on his previous two visits to Wimbledon and with Hewitt having a formidable Wimbledon record (winner once, semi finalist twice, quarter finalist twice) we’re going with Hewitt.
We can see Hewitt winning by 3-1 8/1 (Betfair).
Andy Murray will take centre stage later in the afternoon and he plays the big serving Ernest Gulbis in his second round match. They have met twice before in competition with Murray holding a 2-0 record over his opponent.
The last time they met on grass was last year at Queens where Gulbis took the first set 7-5 before going down by two – one in sets.
We have feeling that this could be Murray’s biggest test at Wimbledon this year and could be a potential minefield for the Brit. Gulbis has been in relatively poor form throughout the season however and while we think he will raise his game and make a match of it we think Murray may just edge this and win.
Murray is 1/14 (Coral) with Gulbis on offer at 8/1 (William Hill). we’re going for the match to go to four sets 9/4 (Skybet) with Murray eventually running out the 3-1 winner 3/1 (Ladbrokes). It could pay to take Gulbis to win the first set 9/2 (Ladbrokes) before Murray gets a foothold in the match.
The only other British player left in the tournament is Elena Baltacha and we believe she can win her match against Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium. Baltacha is currently ranked 9 places above the Belgian and has won both matches in straight sets on the two occasions they have previously met.
We’re backing Baltacha at 4/6 (Paddypower) to win. We’re also tipping her to win in sets 2-0 7/4 (Ladbrokes).
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