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Women’s Wimbledon is an entirely different ball game this year and that’s good news for punters.<\/p>\n

With heavyweights Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova notably absent –\u00a0the American\u00a0seven months pregnant and\u00a0the Russian\u00a0sidelined due to injury following\u00a0her 15-month drug suspension – the somewhat scrappy line-up of unknown players, at least to the general public that only gets into tennis once a year, hasn’t got our pulses racing.<\/p>\n

But while the lack of Wimbledon royalty might disappoint the Pimm\u2019s-drinking spectators across the Wimbledon courts, the enthusiasts on Henman Hill and\u00a0the millions of TV viewers,\u00a0it\u00a0is good news\u00a0for punters.<\/p>\n

Why? Because women\u2019s tennis – particularly at Wimbledon – has been dominated by the Williams-Sharapova dynamic; premium-quality tennis but pretty predictable\u00a0outcomes that don’t pay good odds to the gamblers – including those that only\u00a0take punts\u00a0on the Grand National and Wimbledon.
\nThis year Serena’s absence\u00a0means we may be\u00a0in for some exciting – and\u00a0very\u00a0unpredictable – games ahead,\u00a0as unknowns with\u00a0unpronounceable names create shock\u2026 mostly on court. And with Serena about to become a mother before she returns to the court, it’s worth a flutter on her sister Venus winning another Wimbledon title.<\/p>\n

The women’s tournament was going to rank second to the men’s even if Serena were here with all British\u00a0eyes will be on local hero – and world number one – Andy Murray as he attempts to win his third Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

But punters may be rewarded by an open women’s Wimbledon\u00a0that has been dominated by off-court news in the run-up to the tournament.<\/p>\n

Serena Williams is a thousand miles away but is still attracting more attention\u00a0than the on-court participants.\u00a0The 23-times Grand Slam champion recently appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair posing naked (baby belly in tow), re-igniting a row with presenter and former tennis star john McEnroe who\u00a0accused her of courting publicity,\u00a0adding fuel to his earlier comment that she would be ranked \u201c700th\u00a0in the world\u201d if she had to play on the men\u2019s circuit.<\/p>\n

And another female tennis icon, Margaret Court, who\u00a0Serena is still trailing,\u00a0became the subject of media attention\u00a0with a\u00a0claim that\u00a0\u201ctennis is full of lesbians\u201d, sparking international outrage and prompting nine-times Wimbledon winner Martina Navratilova to say that Court is on \u201cthe wrong side of history.\u201d Both Navratilova and Billie Jean King, another Wimbledon heroine, have asked for Court\u2019s name to be removed from the venue named after her at Melbourne Park, the home of the Australian Open.<\/p>\n

The contenders for this year\u2019s title are a mixed – and promising – bunch\u00a0that\u00a0are unlikely to match Serena but\u00a0come with interesting histories.\u00a0There’s\u00a0two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova who is returning to the court just\u00a0seven months after surviving a terrifying knife-attack\u00a0in her native\u00a0Czech Republic, Victoria Azarenka, the Belarusian who is returning to the court after giving birth last year (if she wins this will be her first Wimbledon title), Romanian hopeful Simona Halep and 22 year-old rising star Elina Svitolina from Ukraine.<\/p>\n

But my money\u2019s on Serena\u2019s sister Venus\u00a0capturing\u00a0the most attention, if not\u00a0another\u00a0Wimbledon title.<\/p>\n

If you agree, head to NetBet and put your money on Venus to win 10\/1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Words by Georgina Barnard<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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