[i]The Betfair Contrarian is aware that this isn't the first time that he's stepped aboard the Andy Murray bandwagon. However, for several reasons that he is eager to explain, he's never before been so confident that the journey will end in glory. Here's why he's urging you to join him in backing the world number four at 7.2...[/i]
[u]Murray is yet to lose this season
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The Contrarian can at times be the world's harshest critic, but even he is struggling to pick holes in Andy Murray's form so far in 2012. The Scot has won his first nine matches (ten if you include an exhibition against David Nalbandian) and gave away a set in just three of those, in the early rounds of the two tournaments that he entered while feeling his way in. He is the sole member of the top four - the only ...
[b]One of the few players who looks to be fully fit, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, faces in Rafael Nadal a player who is anything but fit. Side with the big-serving Frenchman to send Nadal home, says Sean Calvert.[/b]
As I said yesterday, there's every chance of you getting a game if you take your kit and hang around the O2 long enough and it just got weirder at the World Tour Finals on Wednesday.
After having had a match point, first alternate Janko Tipsarevic fell over when match point down to my tip Tomas Berdych and left the court limping and defeated.
And then we saw David Ferrer beat Novak Djokovic in straight sets - the first time that's happened in a year and the worst performance by the Djoker all year in, his own words.
Regular readers might recall that I backed Ferrer to...
[b]Andy Murray's momma may have eyes for Feliciano Lopez but the Scot is focussed on his task and should be backed for a comfortable win. Sean Calvert selects the best bets.[/b]
Tuesday was another highly profitable day for this column at the All England Club, with both of my recommended bets obliging, thanks to [b]Sabine Lisicki[/b] and the tenacity of Marion Bartoli.
So, it's men's quarter-finals day at Wimbledon on Wednesday and, as is becoming rather predictable in the men's game, we have the top four seeds on show and they're all very short prices to progress.
[b]Rafa Nadal's injury scare[/b] makes him the biggest price of the quartet at around 1.20 against Mardy Fish, followed by [b]Roger Federer[/b] at 1.19 against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and[b] Novak Djokovic[/b] at 1.14 to...