Andy Murray will continue his 2010 Australian open journey against 33rd seed American John Isner on Sunday. The match will be first match on the Rod Laver arena at 11am (midnight UK time).

So far in the 2010 Ozzy open Murray has yet to drop a set and in fact is the only man to have not dropped a set so far – he’s reached the 4th round on 2 previous occasions, losing to Rafael Nadal in 2007 and Fernando Verdasco in 2009.

This time though he is not taking on a Spaniard, his opponent tomorrow will be all 6ft 9ins of American John Isner. The 24 year old from Greensboro, North Carolina is currently at a career-high ranking of 28 and the new American number two after overtaking Sam Querrey.

Reaching the 4th round has equaled the American’s grand slam best after he reached the 4th round of the US open last year after 6 consecutive 1st round defeats in his previous grand slam attempts. Though we shouldn’t read too much into this when we look at his recent the big serving Isner has just won his maiden ATP title in Auckland and in the last round he upset 12 seed Gael Monfils and has served 81 aces so far in 3 rounds.

Murray and Isner have never played, though Murray’s record against Americans is pretty good, in the last 3 years he has lost just once in 17 matches – The match he did lose though was a crucial one to Andy Roddick in the semi final of last years Wimbledon.

Bookmakers see this as Andy Murray’s toughest test so far, though he is still odds on favorite to reach the quarter final for the first time. Betfair as usual has the best odds available on both a Murray win and Isner win.

Andy Murray’s thoughts on the 4th round match.

Playing against someone like him is so dangerous. It might come down to a few points. I’ll have to step up to the plate. He’s very similar to Karlovic, None of the guys really enjoy playing against him. He’s a bit better from the back of the court than Karlovic, but Karlovic probably volleys better. It will be a really tough match.

John Isner’s thoughts on the upcoming match,

It’s going to be a challenge to hold serve. That’s going to be my number one focus, and taking it from there, Andy’s such a really, really good player. I’m going to have to play really, really well to have a chance out there. He’s one of the fittest guys on tour. He really can do anything. He can play offence. He can play defence. He can mix it up really well. He’s one of the top favourites for the title I would guess. Him, Federer, Nadal, Del Potro, Djokovic. Andy might even be the favourite. Hopefully I can put an end to his run, but it’s going to be a tough task.

The 2010 Austrailian Open has now reached the last 16 stage, with all the major contenders for the title still in the event.

From start of the event until now Roger Federer has been the favorite to lift his 16th grand slam title, his odds had been slightly higher at the start of the week, but the best you’ll find now is at Betfair with 53/20 (3.65 decimal).

The second favorite is where the changes have been taking place, at the start of the week Rafael Nadal was second favorite and Andy Murray third, however after the first three rounds, they have switched places with Andy Murray now the second favorite and Nadal third. The best odds you’ll get on Murray is 5/1 and Nadal 32/5, both those at Betfair. Murray and Nadal though are scheduled to meet in quarter finals in the bottom quarter.

2008 winner Novak Djokovic is 4th favorite with inform player Nikolay Davydenko fifth favorite. Davydenko on course to meet Federer in the quarter finals.

Current US open champion Juan Martin Del Potro and 2009 Wimbledon finalist are 7th and 8th favorites and they are both on course to meet in their quarters final.

Best outside shot has to be Marn Cilic, who plays Del potro next and 400/1 outside Ivo Karlovic who meets Nadal in next round.

The 2009 Shanghai Masters is in its first year of being a regular masters event – now called Masters 1000 – and before it had even begun was struggling with the withdrawals of two of the top 4 Andy Murray and world number Roger Federer.

Since it’s started things have not got much better, US open Champ Juan Martin del Potro and Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick have both retired with injury during matches leaving just world number 2 & 3 Rafael Nadal & novak Djokovic as the only member of the top 6 competing.

Previously the ATP Shanghai event was the host for the end of season Tennis Masters Cup, the finale to the ATP tour where the top 8 ranked players meet. This year that even will be held in London for the first time.

Perhaps the fact that it’s a new event or that so many of the top players are out, but for some reason none of the bookmakers with the exception of Betfair is running odds on the outright winner of this event.

Not surprisingly Betfair does have Nadal & Djokovic as almost joint favorites, with Nadal at 23/10 edging Djokovic at 5/2 with the rest of the top 10 ranked players being given odds between 8/1 and 9/1.

Betfair will give you a free £25 bet if you do happen to sign up and place a bet.

The first major tennis event since Wimbledon 2009 is about to get under at the Rogers Cup in Montreal.

Just as it was 6 weeks ago, 15 time grand slam winner Roger Federer is the bookmakers favorite to lift the title with Britain’s Andy Murray second favorite. You will get on average 8/5 on Federer winning and 16/5 on Murray

Last years Rogers Cup winner Rafael Nadal is the third favorite, this will be the Spaniards first event since he lost at the French Open 3 months ago. The average odds for Nadal to make a winning comeback is 8/1.

Decent outside bet – you can get 14/1 on Andy Roddick at Betfair or if you are looking for something even higher Nikolay Davydenko is 54/1 at Betfair and the Russian has been showing some decent form after recovering from injury which has hampered his first half of 2009. Since Wimbledon Davydenko won back to back titles in Hamburg and Umag.

If you are placing a bet on the Rogers Cup winner you should try Betfair as their odds are consistantly higher and when you sign up you get a free £25 bet.

Wimbledon 2009 is 9 Days Down - 4 to go.

The quarter finals are now complete and we are now down to the last 4 men standing. Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Andy Roddick and Tommy Haas all have won their first five matches. We know Rafael Nadal pulled out with Injury and after the hysterical British news coverage of how bad British tennis is now over, the even more hysterical coverage of  Andy Murray is intensifying. The question on every-one’s lips is..

Who’s going to win Wimbledon 2009?

The Favorite – Roger “14 time Grand Slam champion” Federer of course is the favorite, he’ past the first week, last years champion Rafael Nadal is out and Federer is odds on favorite, average odds are dropping every day and are now way less than evens at 2/5 – you’ll get best odds currently at Betfair at 23/50.

Main Challenger to Federer – Leading up to the Wimbledon the Bookmakers had Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal as joint second favorites as Nadal’s injury concerns mounted Murray was installed as clear second favorite and Nadal’s odds lengthened. Since Nadal withdrew Murray has been seen as the only real challenger to Federer this year in the eyes of the bookmakers. His odds also are dropping daily – Average odds 5/2 – Best Odds 16/5 at Betfair.

Andy Roddick? The 3rd favorite is big serving two time finalist Andy Roddick. The 27 year old has just produced a career best performance at the French Open and as a 2 time finalist this big serving American could also produce a career best performance at Wimbledon which would mean him winning the title. He faces Murray in his semi fianl and his odds have been dropping as the rounds go by – Average odds 14/1, best odds 18/1 at Betfair.

The Dark Horse – Tommy Haas - The story of the championships could be Tommy Haas – plagued with injury throughout his career, the 31 year old looks to be in the form of his life. He took Roger Federer to the brink of defeat in their French open match and was within a hand-full of points of a straight sets win. He then went on to win Halle two weeks ago beting Novak Djokovic in the final and again he beat Djokovic in the quarter fianls yesterday. He has proven his pedigree on grass an dnow looks to exact some revenge on Roger Federer. Average odds – 27/1, Betfair Odds – 37/1

If you are placing a bet on the Wimbledon winner this Summer make sure try Betfair, they offer better odds and when you sign up you get a free £25 bet. If you are making a bet you should try Betfair as their odds are consistantly higher, e.g Andy Roddick, 18/1 on average at regular bookmakers, 14/1 at Betfair.