Australia has a rich history at the All-England Club, but it’s fair to say our stocks aren’t quite so high at this year’s tournament.
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Still, we have 9 live chances remaining in the men’s and women’s singles draws following day one and online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has sprung a shock with Marinko Matosevic priced a $2.40 favourite to be the last Australian standing (male or female) following his first round win over Fernando Verdasco.
In his 16th and probably last Wimbledon tilt, Lleyton Hewitt is our next best hope at $3.50 but Bernard Tomic is only a $6.00 chance due to his tough second round match-up against 6th seed Thomas Berdych.
Maybe our women can upstage the boys and be the last Aussie standing – Casey Dellacqua is priced at $5.00 just ahead of Jarmila Gajdosova ($6.00).
“The draw hasn’t been kind to our guys and girls….if Matosevic can get past Jeremy Chardy in the second round, sadly it might be enough to be the last Aussie standing,’’ said sportsbet.com.au’s Christian Jantzen.
Market courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
Last Australian Standing
$2.40 Marinko Matosevic
$3.50 Lleyton Hewitt
$5.00 Casey Dellacqua
$6.00 Bernard Tomic
$6.00 Jarmila Gajdosova
$11 Nick Kyrgios
$51 Luke Saville
$67 Matthew Ebden
$67 James Duckworth