Miami Open: betting update

How the betting is shaping

With the Miami Open now in full swing, we update you on the form of the tournament’s big guns, and how that has affected the betting.

There’s no Andy Murray or Novak Djokovic, of course, both pulling out with injury before the off, making for an open market, and one filled with value for those with a keen eye. Click here to place your tennis bets and accumulators.

Federer shows his bottle

Our pre-competition pick Roger Federer has enjoyed a stunning start to 2017, winning the Australian Open, and he followed that up with the winner’s cheque at Indian Wells. The former ended in a pulsating win over old rival Rafa Nadal, while he beat Stan Wawrinka at the BNP Paribas Open.

35-year-old Fed-Ex was thought to be finished at the top level of tennis not too long ago, now he is right back in the mix as a major player, and started at Crandon Park as betting favourite with Coral. He proved just why traders wanted to keep him close, with a dramatic win over Tomas Berdyych to reach the semi-finals.

Well fancied going in to the tie, thanks to a solid recent head-to-head record against the Czech star, it quickly developed into a battle of wills, one Federer won, courtesy of a 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6) score. He survived two match points to come through and if there were any slight question marks still hanging over his stomach for a fight, they were more than answered in that war.

Victory did nothing but win him more fans on Coral’s trading floor, and he remains favourite with us to go all the way and lift the title, currently trading at 11/8.