So no one is tipping Cilic or Raonic? I'd love to see one of them really pushing the top 3 seeds in the latter stages, and either one *should* be able to beat Nadal on grass on a good day.
while my long shot would be Stefanos Tsitsipas.
@Kemarit - That's an interesting pick to be fair. He beat Federer this year in Italy and reached the final in Madrid after beating Nadal, but both of those are on Clay and I'm not sure he'll be able to compete with all the serve-and-volley play at Wimbledon.
@Juggy777 - Great spot, I'll pass that on to our tennis tipster!
On another note there's a bunch of
changes to Wimbledon this year that could effect the betting odds, the biggest of which is probably the covered court one, and the rule changes to avoid so-called 'marathon matches'.
The covered court can really open things up in terms of the odds, as the conditions (or lack thereof) can completely change the run of the game. It's actually a real shame Murray isn't competing as his record for indoor matches is pretty impressive.
The changes to the rules to introduce a tie-break in the final set is also a game-changer, it should actually give 'less skilled' players more of a chance (with a little help from lady luck)
We have a great blog about the
role of luck in betting that delves into tennis majors specifically. It's proven that the influence of skill on the outcome of a match match will increase as the number of repetitions increase, so on the other side of that coin, the role of luck will increase with the number of points being lowered.
