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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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