New dad Federer heavy favorite to win US Open

Tennis star Roger Federer is now the father of twin girls. His wife Mirka gave birth in Switzerland Thursday night. The girls, the couple’s first children, were named Charlene Riva and Myla Rose.

“This is the greatest day of our lives,” the 15-time Grand Slam winner said on his website.

The world's No. 1 is the heavy favorite to win the upcoming U.S. Open this September. Federer’s nemesis Rafael Nadal, who sat out Wimbledon with a knee injury, has said he will participate in the final Grand Slam tournament of the tennis season.

Here’s a look at odds for the U.S. Open:

Roger Federer (+150)

Andy Murray (+250)

Rafael Nadal (+350)

Novak Djokovic (+750)

Andy Roddick (+900)

Juan Martin Del Potro (+1000)

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (+1800)

Fernando Verdasco (+3300)

Nikolay Davydenko (+5000)

David Nalbandian (+5000)

Fernando Gonzalez (+5000)

Marin Cilic (+6600)

Tommy Haas (+6600)

Giles Simon (+8000)

Richard Gasquet (+8000)

Mario Ancic (+10,000) 

Tomas Berdych (+10,000)

Gael Monfils (+10,000)

David Ferrer (+10,000)

Lleyton Hewitt (+10,000)

James Blake (+10,000)

Marat Safin (+12,500)

Marcos Baghdatis (+12,500)

Ivo Karlovic (+12,500)

Stanislas Wawrinka (+12,500)

Ernests Gulbis (+12,500)

Janko Tipsarevic (+12,500)

Mardy Fish (+15,000)

Igor Andreev (+15,000)

Sam Querrey (+15,000)

Odds courtesy of bet365.com.

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Coloneljim says:

07/24/09 01:53PM

Murray in a slight upset

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theclaw says:

07/24/09 07:02PM

Since Fedex lost to Nadal in the 2008 Wimbledon finals, when many were saying maybe he was done, all he's done was win 3 of the next 4 majors, wouldn't bet against him.

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mightiestmojo says:

07/25/09 12:40AM

I'm a huge Fed fan but honestly I'm not feeling it here. Maybe it's the new daddy thing, the idea that his mind may be elsewhere...

I'm actually feeling more of a Nadal or Roddick win here. You gotta figure if Nadal is coming back this season for just the last month instead of shutting it down for awhile he must feel pretty damn good and we all know what he did when he was feeling good. He hasn't won the US yet either so more motivation, he got to his first semi last year and played murray tough.

Roddick - simply that serve if it's still going the way he hit it at Wimbledon can you bet against him? I'll watch the early series matches to get a idea on if he's still got it.

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