Wimbledon preview and odds - and a darkhorse

Tennis is a two-man sport right now and if you think otherwise, you haven't been paying attention. Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have won nine of the last 10 majors. So, 126 other dudes will battle it out at the All England Club but only Nadal or Djokovic will walk away as the winner.

Here's a quick preview for Wimbledon, which starts Monday, June 25th.

Who’s favored:

Novak Djokovic (+176): He’s the top seed, the defending Wimbledon champ and consensus favorite to win this year at the All England Club. Djokovic first round Wimbledon match will be his first on grass this season. He decided to skip the pre-Wimbledon warm-up tourneys, a bit of an interesting move. Three of Djokovic’s six losses this season have come against Rafael Nadal.

Rafael Nadal (+256): Nadal has made it to the Wimbledon final in five of the last six years. He’s won twice (2010, 2008) and lost in the final a year ago to Djokovic in four sets (6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3). Rafael is better on grass than most give him credit.

Roger Federer (+440): Feds loves grass more than Method Man and Redman but three years since his last Wimbledon title. He can’t beat Nadal or Djokovic unless either player is hurt or just having an off day. Roger looked vulnerable at the grass warm-up event in Germany, needing a third set tiebreaker to get past big server Milos Raonic and lost to Tommy Haas in the final.

Who’s hot:

Tommy Haas (+15,012): The 34-year-old German really has no shot of winning a tournament with best of five set matches. Still, he’s coming off the win in Germany where he beat Bernard Tomic, Tomas Berdych, Philipp Kohlschreiber and Roger Federer.

Dark horse:

Big servers usually have big success at the All England Club. A flyer on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (+2500) wouldn’t be a terrible play. He’s 30-12 on the season and pushed Djokovic in the semifinals last year.

Pick: Take Nadal. Better payout and he seems to be in better form than Djokovic.

Odds to win Wimbledon (courtesy PinnacleSports.com):

Djokovic: +176
Nadal: +256
Federer: +440
Murray: +1100
Tsonga: +2503
Raonic: +3753
Berdych: +4003
Del Potro: +4851
Isner: +7376

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Posted by HogPicker
11 months ago

What? No Chucky Brick giving his stellar picks this time?
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Posted by McDoc
11 months ago

OK, Grewal, you sold me. This should come down to another classic Nadal-Djokovic final. If I had to pick one of them, I'd take the odds and Rafa. But why gamble? I'm going to lay the juice (currently -190) and take *either one* of them to win. That price seems like a steal. If everything goes as almost everyone seems to expect, I'll cash my bet early and buy some popcorn for the final. At worst, I'll have my money on the huge favorite. Good luck, gents.
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Posted by skeeter
11 months ago

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Posted by sparty444
11 months ago

Raonic is a better dark horse option
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Posted by esplanade
11 months ago

By any standard other than that of last season, Djoko's having an amazing year. Aussie champ and his best ever performance at Roland Garros. He's the defending champ at Wimby. To discount him is fooooooolish.
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Posted by TommyToronto
11 months ago

The men's draw at Wimbledon has 128 entrants, not 64. Tsonga has a possible injury (finger) so I wouldn't put money on him. I agree that NADAL is the pick - his confidence is back and Djokovic is not even close to the player he was last year. Raonic is not a bad pick as an upset - his big serve is made for the grass courts and it will get him into the second week.
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Posted by Ashton_Grewal
11 months ago

Good points Tommy. Thanks for posting. Didn't hear about Tsonga's injury. Dark horse is a tough category. Dark horse is a tough category. Was thinking about Del Po but he hasn't had much success at Wimbley, which is odd. You'd think with his big serve he'd be a grass master. Really think it's either Djokovic or Nadal winning this baby anyway.
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