Trading Talk - French Open

After Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal at the Madrid Open, one of the most enduring rivalries in sports has seen a boost. Tennis spread bettors will have something to consider in the lead up to the French Open. Although most, including Sporting Index's traders will be shocked by Rafa’s loss, Roland Garros spread buyers will not feel too concerned. This was the fifth clay loss suffered by Rafa in 155 matches, and only his fifth since 2005. The victory of Federer and the confidence he will bring to France will be a big draw for buyers of Federer’s tournament index.

Since 2004, Nadal, the irrepressible, has not lost a single match in Roland Garros. He beat Roger Federer in three of the previous finals. If the outcome in Madrid forbids any confident spread betting on the top two players in the world, punters may decide to look elsewhere, and spread betting interest is sure to be high in Andy Murray, who recently climbed to number three in the rankings. The spread sellers will remind us, however, of Murray's disappointing quarter-final loss in Madrid and disappointing third round exit at Roland Garros last season.

The beauty of spread betting means punters do not have to call an outright result, but can bet on a number of aspects of a given match including total game supremacy. If you look at the Rafa era, 2005 onwards, three of the four finals were won by Rafa in four sets. Last year's win was achieved in straight sets.  https://www.ratifyera.org/take-the-best-sports-betting-advice-to-increase-your-earnings-after-every-game/ The average number of games in finals in this period is 34.25, although spread sellers will be encouraged by last year's one-sided match - Federer only managed to claim four games in the whole match, and it took just 22 games for Rafa to earn his fourth title. Buyers or sellers of the games supremacy spread for the men's final will note that Nadal's supremacy over Fed in 2008 was an emphatic 14 games. He won just 6 more games than Federer in the 2007 final and only three more in 2006.

It is refreshing to see that Justine Henin, who won the French Open ladies' competition for the naughties in France, can be considered seriously for the title of 2009. Dinara Safina, last year's runner up in the WTA rankings has since moved to the top and spread buyers will be hopeful that she can do better this year. Buyers of the Williams sisters' spread will be encouraged that both have had a strong year, but spread sellers will note that neither has appeared in the final at Roland Garros since they faced each other seven years ago. Game supremacy spread bettors should be aware that the average supremacy in the women's final over the last five years is 7.4 and the highest spread make-up in that period is a hefty 10 games, when Henin destroyed crowd favourite Mary Pierce in 2005.