Roger Federer likely to drop down in rankings after the US Open 2010
The United States Open tennis tournament is now less than four weeks away. In this regard, Rafael Nadal is definitely the undisputed favourite to win the US Open title for the very first time in his professional life in order to complete his career slam. Roger Federer on the other hand, is a hot topic of discussion in terms of his future in general and his US Open chances in particular at the moment.
However, the Swiss tennis master, can prove his critics wrong by coming back strongly at the Flushing Meadows towards the end of this month.
As far as the betting odds are concerned, the Spaniard is priced at +275 with Paddy Power where as the big man who is going through a bad patch in his career is priced at +300 with BoyleSports as the second hottest to win the title in the city of New York.
The twenty eight years old Roger Federer has so far grabbed just a total of two titles throughout this season; the Cincinnati as well as the 2010 hard court Australian Open crown in the start of this year.
Rafa, on the other hand, is already seeded higher than Federer and he will have to fight really hard for his first US Open title in the presence of players like Robin Soderling, Andy Murray, Tomas Berdych as well as Novak Djokovic.
As far as Juan Martin Del Potro, who is the winner of the last year’s US Open tournament, is concerned, his participation is still doubtful so nothing can be said about him at this point.
Therefore, let us have a look on the betting odds of the top seven players:
Rafael Nadal +275 with Paddy Power, Roger Federer +300 with BoyleSports, Andy Murray +550 with Bodog, Novak Djokovic +1600 with Sporting Bet, Robin Soderling +1600 with Sporting Bet, Tomas Berdych +2000 with Sporting Bet, Juan Martin Del Potro, +2800 with Sporting Bet.
The former top ranked American tennis ace Andy Roddick is listed as the seventh favourite with few of the sport bookies. However as far as his recent grass court grand slam as well as the Atlanta tennis tournament performances are concerned, he does not deserve to be on the top seven list.
Nonetheless Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Robin Soderling as well as Thomas Berdych are all tough contenders as far as the Swiss tennis ace, Roger Federer is concerned. If any of these players manages to get the better of him, the Swiss Maestro perhaps will never be able to fight back ever again in his career.
As far as the US predictions for the Brit number one tennis player, Andy Murray are concerned, he is a hard read at the moment with the coach changes, the trophy drought, and the stifle in the Australian Open tournament final to Federer. Therefore, nothing can be clearly predicted about him as he is going through a state of confusion at the moment. However, as far as his game is concerned, he definitely has all the appropriate tools required to knock down the big man, Roger Federer in the upcoming United States Open tennis tournament in New York.
Apart from the hard court Australian Open victory, the right handed tennis ace, Roger Federer has played at his very best for the rest of the season and as a result no player on the court is scared of him anymore. According to most of the tennis experts, the Swiss tennis master, Roger Federer will be listed number fourth or fifth in the world by ATP after the US Open tournament and he will keep declining from there.
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