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06/23/2010 - Wimbledon, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Six-time champion Roger Federer, third-seeded Novak Djokovic and three-time runner-up Andy Roddick were among Wednesday's second-round winners at Wimbledon.
The top-seeded world No. 2 Federer was tested for the second time in two matches, as he snuck past Serbian qualifier Ilija Bozoljac 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) on Court 1.
Federer moved on in 2 hours, 46 minutes despite being out-aced (31-16) and striking 33 fewer winners (102-69). The super Swiss did, however, tally three key service breaks, compared to zero for his tough-luck Serbian counterpart.
The 28-year-old Federer needed all five sets to stave off the challenge of Colombian Alejandro Falla here on Monday, as Falla unsuccessfully served for the fourth set in a heartbreaking setback.
Federer owns a men's record 16 major titles and is the reigning Wimbledon champ, having beaten Roddick in last year's marathon final here, which featured a 30-game fifth set.
The former Australian Open champion and former world No. 2 Djokovic leveled oft-injured American Taylor Dent 7-6 (7-5), 6-1, 6-4 on Day 3 at the world's most prestigious tennis event.
Djokovic's third-round opponent will be Spaniard Albert Montanes.
The fifth-seeded Roddick dropped the first set against dangerous French lefthander Michael Llodra before rebounding for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (7-2) decision on the grass at Centre Court at the storied All England Club.
Roddick needed 2 hours, 23 minutes to prevail in a slugfest that featured 48 aces, including 25 from the winner. Roddick also managed to record three service breaks on Day 3, compared to only one for Llodra.
The 27-year-old Roddick celebrated the come-from-behind win by kicking a ball into the crowd.
Llodra was a grass-court champion in Eastbourne last week.
The former world No. 1 Roddick is a former U.S. Open champion who has lost to the great Federer in three of the last six finals here, including last year.
The top-10 fixture Roddick is now 36-9 all-time at Wimbledon, where he also lost to Federer in back-to-back finals in 2004 and 2005.
Roddick will face German Philipp Kohlschreiber in the third round. Kohlschreiber upset Roddick in the third round at the Australian Open two years ago.
Former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt stayed hot on grass with a 6-4, 6-4, 3-0, retired victory over Russian Evgeny Korolev. The 15th-seeded Hewitt is fresh off his grass-court title in Halle, where he stunned Federer in the final two weeks ago.
The former world No. 1 Hewitt is a two-time major champ, including a Wimbledon title back in 2002.
Hewitt, who's a flawless 7-0 on grass this year, will encounter flashy Frenchman Gael Monfils in the next round.
Twelfth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych straight-setted German Benjamin Becker 7-5, 6-3, 6-4, while 16th-seeded French Open semifinalist Jurgen Melzer of Austria continued his recent fine form with a hard-fought 6-7 (5-7), 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 decision over tough Serb Viktor Troicki on Day 3.
In other action involving seeds, a No. 21 Monfils bested Slovakian Karol Beck 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, No. 22 Spaniard Feliciano Lopez erased Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and No. 31 Romanian Victor Hanescu defeated Turkey's Marsel Ilhan 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Additional second-round wins came for German Florian Mayer and Taipei's Yen- Hsun Lu. Mayer dismissed American Mardy Fish 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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