Wimbledon outsiders chopped

VC Bet have cut Xavier Malisse and Robin Soderling's respective Wimbledon odds after the pair produced impressive displays on grass this week. Malisse was cut from 100s to 50/1 after pushing Lleyton Hewitt over three tight sets at Queens Club while Soderling was chopped from 150s to 66/1 after the tall Swede gave world No1 Roger Federer a fright at the Gerry Weber Open. "Malisse looked very dangerous against Hewitt and is possibly returning to his 2002 grass form when he made the semis at Wimbledon," said VC Bet's tennis judge Ivan Stojanovic. "And Soderling played some really good aggressive tennis against Federer to get within two points of winning the match. "The key to beating Federer on grass is to keep him away from the net as much as possible and it looked like Soderling did just that. "He seems to thrive on courts with low bounce and could be a live dangerman in a couple of weeks." Federer remains the firm's 4/7 favourite to make it a hat-trick of Wimbledon titles. Aussie Open champion Marat Safin has seen some lumpy each-way support this week at 33/1.