Wimbledon Gamblers are loving it!
WIMBLEDON GAMBLERS ARE LOVING IT.....The four Wimbledon ladies quarter finals produced four two sets to love victories for the hot favourites, which spelled financial disaster for the bookies, with William Hill revealing that the wins for Davenport, Mauresmo, Sharapova and Williams 'have cost Britain's bookies over half a million pounds.' according to spokesman Graham Sharpe.Hills alone accepted bets of £12,270 on Venus Williams at 2/5 in a Bushey, Herts betting shop; of £8000 at 1/3 for Mauresmo from a client in Beverley; nineteen bets of one thousand pounds or more for 4/11 winner Lindsay Davenport and two bets of £6000, others of £4000, £3600 and £3000 for 1/6 favourite Sharapova'These were the worst results in the Ladies Quarter Finals this century' said Sharpe, 'The punters were straight sets winners over the bookies.'William Hill now make Sharapova 5/4 favourite with Davenport 15/8; Mauresmo and Williams both 5/1.ROGER FEDERER is 4/9 favourite to win the Mens Singles with William Hill who also offer 7/2 Andy Roddick; 9/1 Lleyton Hewitt; 20/1 David Nalbandian; 25/1 Lopez; 33/1 Johansson; 40/1 Grosjean; 50/1 Gonzalez