Roger Federer and Tommy Haas are the first pair up in the men's singles semi final, but the nation will be waiting with baited breath for the Murray v Roddick clash which follows.
The Federer v Haas clash promises to be a great appetiser for the main course to follow and despite Federer being long odds on at 1/12 (Coral) and Haas deemedto have no chance by the bookmakers at 8/1 (Betfred) we anticipate this match to be a lot closer than those odds suggest.
With a 9-2 match record over Haas and a Wimbledon record that is up there with the greats it is easy to see why he is such a short price with bookmakers. But has is enjoying something of an indian summer to his career and he is currently on a 10 match unbeaten run on grass.
At the French Open he led Federer 2-0 in sets and held a break point in the third before eventually going down in a close match. He has been in tremendous format Wimbledon and we think this could be his best ever chance of reaching a grand slam final.
We know he is big odds and we know everyone is anticipating a Federer Murray final, but we're going to take Tommy Haas to cause one of the biggest upsets Wimbledon has seen for years and beat Federer.
We're having a bet on the match to go to five sets 7/1 (Stan James). We will also be having a bet on there being two or more tie breaks in the match at 13/4 (William Hill). Finally in this match we're going for a 3-2 win to Haas at 25/1 (Betfair).
Andy Murray will have to overcome one of the best servers in the men's game if he is to become the first male British player to reach a Wimbledon final since 1938. Andy Roddick has served an amazing 139 aces so far in the tournament with his opponents failing to return nearly half of all his serves.
With 81% of all his points won on his first serve it's important that Murray's return of serve is good on the day or he could pay the ultimate penalty. In the past Murray has dealt with Roddick's service game well and holds a 6-2 advantage in head to head clashes -including a striaght sets win here at Wimbledon.
Murray is a warm favourite to make a bit of history and the best price available on a victory for the Scot is 1/3 (William Hill). Roddick is 11/4 (Bet365) and that's probabaly a fair price. Roddick has reached two finals at Wimbledon before, but we don't expect him to make it number three today.
We're tipping a Murray win and we're taking him to win 3-1 12/5 (Paddypower). We will also be having a little bet on there being one tie break in the match at 5/4 (WilliamHill).
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