Sportsbook.com posts US Open oddsAugust 23
Offerings for the 2005
US Open
at Sportsbook.com favor the Williams sisters and men's
players Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick at the top of the heap. A
popular event to wager on - even for online poker
players, this is the last Grand Slam event of the
season.
Starting Monday, August 29 at
the USTA National Tennis Centre in Flushing Meadows, New
York. American stars Roddick, Agassi, Lindsay Davenport,
Venus and Serena Williams are all
posted among the tournament favorites.
On the men's
side, last year's winner Roger Federer has 1 to 2 odds.
He has only won one Grand Slam during this year's
season. In
2004, he won 3.
Locking horns with
Federer for
a victory will be the young French Open champion
Rafael Nadal. His odds are at 3 to 1. Americans Andy Roddick,
who won the US
Open two years ago is at 5 to 1. Andre Agassi has odds
of 10 to 1. The are favored to keep the trophy on
American turf.
In the
women's corner, Kim
Clijsters is at the top with 2 to 1 odds. Clijsters hasn't
won a Grand Slam
event, but she is on fire this season. Justine Henin-Hardenne
has 11 to 5 odds.
Maria Sharapova is at 4 to 1.
Venus
Williams, the US
Open winner in 2000 and 2001, has 6 to 1 odds, While
Serena Williams has 7 to 1 odds.
