After crashing out of Wimbledon in the Semi Finals against Andy Roddick, Andy Murray has been performing well on the hard courts and after an impressive display in Cincinnati, beating the up and coming Del Potro in the final, he has overtaken Rafael Nadal to No. 2 in the world rankings.

Murray however, is 10/3 second favourite to win the tournament behind a very short priced Federer, who is 11/10 with most bookmakers. Both of these prices seem pretty short and it seems there may be better value backing some of the outsiders each way. There is value to be had in Nadal who is priced at 8/1, but concerns linger over whether his knee can last the seven matches on the unforgiving courts at Flushing Meadows.

Guccione looks like a banker in his first round match against Cuevas, the Argentinean clay-courter. After a faltering start to the year Guccione has found some form with a win at the Aptos challenger in California, followed by an impressive win over Joe-Wilfried Tsonga at Cincinnati. The odds on the big-serving Australian look fairly short at 4/7 and therefore despite his form there is no real value in backing him. Likewise with Karol Beck who plays Maximo Gonzalez, who has very little experience on hard courts, having only ever played six hard court matches, whilst Beck has played in the US Open three times but 4/9 on Beck still seems too short to have a bet.

In the woman’s draw Serena Williams is the heavy favourite and is priced at 2/1. Her sister Venus comes in at 8/1 and despite her poor form since Wimbledon, she can never be ruled out of the big tournaments and the 8/1 might look friendly once we get into the second week.

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Despite Tiger’s short price there is still plenty of each way betting. Defending Champion Padraig Harrington at 25/1 will be close on Woods’ tail whilst Lee Westwood will as usual be attempting to claim that ever elusive major title and at 30/1 the return on a place would still be substantial. However, what seems to be the most attractive each way punt is on Open Champion Stewart Cink, at 55/1 with William Hill he is good value. He should bring his form into the USPGA and he will be full of confidence heading into the first round.

There is also, of course, match betting available on the USPGA. Anthony Kim takes on Jim Furyk over the 72 holes. He is 10/11 to beat Furyk and he averages 25 yards more than Furyk when driving which will give him a real advantage from the tee at Hazletine. Meanwhile, Furyk has looked poor ever since he played a very sloppy final round of 76 at the Open last month. Following this he finished 25th in a weak field at the Buick Open and again went home in 51st place after a poor performance at Firestone on Sunday. Robet Allenby looks good value to beat Luke Donald in their match bet at 10/11, as his lack of length will be a real hindrance on the Hazeltine course whilst Allenby has the ability to hit it long and straight with good consistency. Allenby also offers good value in the top Australian markets. He has been playing extremely well tee to green which has secured him three top five finishes this season. Meanwhile 7/2 favourite Ogilvy looks shaken after coming just 22nd at Firestone, whilst Allenby came third.

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