Stars committed to their nations for Davis Cup

The Davis Cup does not often take many headlines in the tennis media but the competition's importance is evident from the fact the top four players in the world intend to represent their country in the coming weeks.

World number one Novak Djokovic will line-up for Serbia – the defending champions – in their semi-final clash with Argentina. He will join Janko Tipsarevic, Viktor Troicki and Nenad Zimonjic in the Serbia squad for the indoor clash in Belgrade.

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Philip Oliver

The US Open: A History

Though most tennis players and fans regard Wimbledon as the biggest of the Grand Slam events, it’s hard to match the US Open for excitement. Who can possibly predict what will happen in the US open 2011 betting?

The London event has the history behind it, and there’s something special about playing on grass.

But while it’s the last of the four Grand Slams, the US Open is certainly not the least.

For a start, it’s steeped in history. It’s the modern version...

Philip Oliver

Memorable US Open Women’s Finals

If there’s one criticism that can be labelled at the women’s game, especially when it comes to the US Open, it’s that there are too few memorable finals. Those following the Tennis betting online will be hoping for that to change this year.

The 1970s and ‘80s featured a number of close match-ups between some of the greatest players ever to pick up a racquet.

Evonne Goolagong Cawley was involved in three epic finals – losing all three. She twice took the opening set...

Philip Oliver

Expect another new slam winner at Flushing Meadows

The 30 slams played between 2005 and 2010 brought just four new major winners. Of these Kim Clijsters and Amelie Mauresmo won at least one more slam, making it easy to identify the favourites in this era of nine different slam winners. There have been two new slam winners already this year and anyone looking at online betting UK should bear this in mind.

The talent pool is undoubtedly bigger than ever, but the era of the once-dominant Williams sisters is drawing to a close. The injuries...

Philip Oliver

Home-Grown Hopes for the US Open

Though it hardly compares to the frustrating wait British tennis fans have had for a home player to win the Wimbledon singles, Americans feel another US men’s singles winner is long overdue.
There was a time when American players dominated the event. In fact, it has happened twice in the open era, firstly when Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe battled it out in the late 1970s and early ‘80s.

Connors won the first of his five singles titles in 1974, but there would be no all-US...

Philip Oliver