Dementieva and Serena fight for a spot in final

July 2, 2009 by admin
Filed under: Tennis Betting 

London, Great Britain – Both Wimbledon women’s singles semi-finals feature a Russian taking on an American, (or a Williams come to that). The first semi-final billing is between No.1 Dinara Safina and No.3 Venus Williams. The second billing on the ledger on Thursday as Wimbledon tennis betting continues is between No.2 Serena Williams and No.4 Elena Dementieva. The big question in the tennis betting market is: can the Russians stop the Williamses domination of the most coveted of all the four majors.

Serena Williams finished runner-up last year at the All England Club when she lost to sister Venus. She is a match-win away from reaching back-to-back finals after dismissing a petulant Viktoria Azarenka in straight sets. Standing in her way of Saturday’s title match is Elena Dementieva of Russia who beat Francesca Schiavone 6-2, 6-2 to earn her place in the final four. Williams has the lifetime edge over Dementieva and the market favours Serena Williams to advance into the final. Might Dementieva have something to say about that.

Tennis Betting Line: Elena Dementieva +325 Serena Williams -550

Match Time: 06:00 A.M. Eastern Time Thursday July 2 2009

Head-to-Head Series: Serena Williams leads the series 5-3; they met as recently as the Aussie Open semis where Williams beat Dementieva 6-3, 6-4, en route to the title. They played once on grass way back in 2003. Ironically, it was at Wimbledon in the R16. Williams defeated Dementieva 6-2, 6-2 and went on to win the title in that year as well. In 2009, they are level 1-1. Dementieva beat Serena Williams in Sydney 6-3, 6-1.

Tennis Betting Analysis: This should be an interesting matchup. Serena Williams has looked simply awesome at the All England Club. She was in fact even tipped ahead of sister Venus as the favourite to win the title. Serena has had a better year than Venus. She is on-form. And most importantly, she has already a Grand Slam title on the season. She takes a 5-3 mark against Dementieva and the confidence from her victory over Dementieva at the Aussie Open.

Elena Dementieva has done well to reach the Wimby semis. She faced little trouble along the way to her second-ever Wimbledon semi. She has a respectable overall record against Serena Williams, which includes a three-consecutive match-winning streak that ended at the Aussie Open semis. Dementieva beat Serena Williams twice in 2008 in Moscow and at the Beijing Olympics (semis) en route to the gold medal. In 2009, she beat Serena Williams in Sydney.

Tennis Betting Verdict: The tennis betting line would not suggest it but Dementieva has a shot at beating Serena Williams. She has done so before. That said, beating Serena at a major is one of the hardest things to do. Dementieva failed twice at the majors against Serena, once early in their careers and just recently. This is her third shot at Serena and perhaps her best shot. She is on form this season with two titles and an impressive 34-10 record. While Serena is a good play to go to the final, tennis bettors could do worse than risk a small wager on Dementieva should she orchestrate the upset. For my part, I am hoping for an all-Russian final so my pick is Dementieva.

Tennis Free Picks: Dementieva in three sets.

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