The US Open takes place at Flushing Meadows in New York every August, and is considered to be the second biggest event in tennis behind Wimbledon. Andy Murray is the reigning champion after defeating Novak Djokovic, and it’s these two who lead the betting for the 2013 event.

As with all tennis betting, in-play or live betting on tennis matches is becoming very popular and is one of the most entertaining forms of betting for any sport. As well as this, there are many other popular forms of tennis betting including outright winner, set betting, round betting and stage of elimination.

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The French Open is the only major tennis event held on clay, and takes place at the end of May each year. Nadal has won the title an amazing 7 out of the last 8 years, and his dominance on clay looks to continue in 2013 as he is currently odds-on favourite with most online betting firms.

The women’s event at the French Open looks set to be a lot more competitive for 2013, with Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka, and Maria Sharipova all popular in the early betting.

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Wimbledon is the most famous and prestigious tennis event of the calendar, and offer many exciting betting opportunities. With so many televised matches at Wimbledon there are some great in-play betting opportunities, and markets such as ‘to win next game’ are becoming very popular. Live betting on tennis is one of the most thrilling in-play events to bet on.

The mens Wimbledon event is dominated by 4 names, all pretty evenly rates by bookmakers. Reigning champion Djokovic is favourite with Murray, Federer, and Nadal all strongly fancied. In the womens event Serena Williams is the red hot favourite.

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The 2013 USPGA will take place at Oak Hill Country Club in New York, a challenging course that will be sure to generate plenty of betting interest. Rory McIlroy is the current champion having won the event in 2013, and is currently the 7/1 favourite to retain the title.

Although the American’s dominate the winners list of this event, the only US winner in the last 5 years was outsider Keegan Bradley who won at long odds back 2011. Tiger Woods has won this event an impressive 4 times in his career, and it as short as 8/1 to win in 2013.

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The 2013 US Open will take place between June 10-16 at the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa.Course that host the US Open are notorious for tight fairways with heavy roughs, making them very exciting betting events. Webb Simpson was a complete outsider when he emerged victorious in the 2012 US Open.

It’s not surprising that Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are joint favourites for the 2013 US Open, each at odds of 8/1. Check back here closer to the time where you’ll find detailed betting analysis ahead of the event, along with tips, the best odds and free bets.

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The British Open is scheduled to take place in Murifield, Scotland, starting on July 18^th 2013. The British Open is one of the most popular Golf betting events, not least due to the fact the challenging courses often throw up a surprise or two, highlighted recently in 2011 when Darrell Clarke won his first major.

In 2012 Ernie Els won his second Open championship despite not being fancied in pre-tournament betting. Els was also victorious the last time the Open was held at Murifield back in 2002. Despite this impressive record, Els is still available at odds of 33/1 to emerge victorious in 2013. The favourites are unsurprisingly Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy at odds of 9/1.

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The US Masters is arguably the highlight of the golf season, and the 2013 Masters takes place at Augusta National between 11^th-15^th April. The 2012 Masters was won by American Bubba Watson who was somewhat of an outsider for the event. If you fancy backing Bubba to retain the Green Jacket, he is currently available at odds of 33/1.

The current favourites for the 2013 US Masters are Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods, who usually dominate the betting in any Golf Major. Given that Woods hasn’t won this event since 2005, McIlroy has never won it, and both players failed to finish in the top 10 last year, there is definitely value to be had by backing an outsider. Many bookmakers offer generous place terms on Golf Betting, with 7 places often available. This gives punters great value when placing each-way bets on the Masters.

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Swansea vs Arsenal FA Cup betting preview

This weekend sees the arrival of the FA Cup Third Round, an eagerly awaited weekend for many lower league or even non-league clubs hoping to rake in big money and produce an upset. On Sunday, however, Swansea and Arsenal will fight it out to keep their hopes alive of winning a trophy this season. Arsenal fans, in particular, will be expecting victory following poor performances in the Premier League, as well as a shock defeat to Bradford in the Capital One Cup, leaving the FA Cup and Champions League as their last hopes for silverware. Swansea, who have reached the League Cup semi-final for the first time in their history, will be hoping to continue a promising 2012/13 season by progressing to the Fourth Round on Sunday. Get your FA Cup free bets here.

Swansea’s Recent Results:

Swansea 2-2 Aston Villa (Routledge, Graham)
Fulham 1-2 Swansea (Graham, de Guzman)
Reading 0-0 Swansea
Swansea 1-1 Manchester United (Michu)

Swansea have been one of the surprises of the season having brushed aside fears of ‘second season syndrome’ by rocketing into 9^th place in the Premier League table with 7 wins from 21 games. Michael Laudrup has picked up from where Brendan Rodgers had left off, having beaten Arsenal and gained respectable draws against Man United and Chelsea this season.

Possibly the signing of the season so far, Michu has been a revelation having joined from Rayo Vallecano in the summer for a reported £2 million. He has scored a total of 14 goals, all but one of those coming in the league, putting him in joint third on the top scorers list behind van Persie and Suarez.

The Welsh side have already been successful in cup competition this season, beating Barnsley, Crawley, Liverpool and Middlesbrough to set up a Capital Cup semi-final tie with Chelsea next week. In three of those four matches Swansea have scored three goals and are best priced to do so again on Sunday at 5/1 with Sky Bet.

Arsenal’s Recent Results:

Southampton 1-1 Arsenal (Do Prado (og))
Arsenal 7-3 Newcastle (Walcott (x3), Oclade-Chamberlain, Podolski, Giroud (x2))
Wigan 0-1 Arsenal (Arteta (pen))
Reading 2-5 Arsenal (Podolski, Cazorla (x3), Walcott)

Following calls for Wenger to be sacked at the beginning of December, Arsenal have turned things around over the Christmas period to be back in contention for the Champions League places. Convincing wins over Reading and Newcastle were particular highlights, however a league cup penalty defeat against Bradford and a 1-1 draw against Southampton on New Year’s Day still mark Arsenal’s form sheet.

Theo Walcott has answered his critics that have classed him as just a winger by scoring 14 goals this season, including two hat-tricks, one in the league and one in the league cup. Arsenal will be hoping that Walcott signs a new contract soon having not yet agreed to any offer the club have made.

Arsenal have scored 40 league goals and 24 cup goals (domestic and European) from 29 games, giving them an average of over 2 goals a game. Sky Bet have Arsenal at 10/11 to score two goals or more this weekend.

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When the sides met at the beginning of December Swansea shocked Arsenal at the Emirates to come away with a 2-0 win. Michu was the hero scoring two late goals, securing a second win since the Swans’ return to the Premier League, continuing their unbeaten run against Arsenal in their last four meetings.

Arsenal’s four Capital One Cup ties this season have seen 21 goals with both sides scoring at least one goal each. Over 4.5 goals are best priced with Bet Victor and 5/1 and both sides to score is at 8/13 with Bet365 and Ladbrokes.

The FA Cup Third Round is renowned for seeing big names drop out early and, with the pressure all sat on Arsenal and Arsene Wenger’s shoulders, there is a big possibility they could lose a tricky away tie. Swansea have been more than capable of beating the top teams this season and will be confident of continuing their cup success this Sunday. Swansea are best priced at 6/4 to qualify to the Fourth Round with several bookies.

Prediction: Swansea 2-1 Arsenal – Best priced at 13/1 with Bet Victor.

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Brighton vs Newcastle FA Cup betting preview

Brighton Form: WLDDD

Brighton finished a respectable 10^th in the debut season in the Championship and there were times when they looked capable of achieving a play-off place. This season has seen much of the same Mackail-Smith’s goals taking Brighton up to ninth in the division. Brighton will head into this fixture with great confidence after a 3-0 victory against Ipswich on New Year’s Day. Choose a free bet for this match.

Cup competitions give the players more exposure to the Premier League clubs and putting in a good performance might just put their name in a few managers’ heads. Playing in front of the home crowd, Brighton will look to stay tight at the back and take the game to the opposition and Gus Poyet will believe that they are capable of pulling off an upset. Brighton’s matches have, on average, the lowest number of goals per match in the Championship at 2.44; this means that just over half of their matches have stayed under 2.5 goals.

Newcastle Form: LLLWLL

Newcastle have yet to hit the dizzying heights of last season and may need some January reinforcements to get them crawling back up the table. Over the Christmas period, they were rather unfortunate to score three goals in consecutive matches yet still come away pointless. Leakiness at the back was a clear problem during these two games and they conceded another two goals in defeat to Everton.

Demba Ba had scored 13 goals for Newcastle this season and this is more than twice the tally of his nearest rival and former strike partner Cisse’s tally. Losing Ba will be a big blow but there is enough quality in the Newcastle side to see off a Championship club. The F.A. Cup fixture may see the debut of exciting summer signing Debuchy who Pardrew will hope will add stability at the back and attacking surges wherever possible. Newcastle have struggled at the back on their travels and 60% of their away games have gone over the 2.5 goal mark – largely due to their inability to keep a clean sheet on their travels.

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Cup teams can be rather hard to predict and the outcome of this game may depend on how seriously Alan Pardew takes the competition. All teams want to win the prestigious cup but he may be tempted to field a slightly weaker line up in order to rest players for the league schedule. He will still hope to win the game and the victory could give the team a much needed morale boost. These teams last met in the F.A. cup fourth round last season where Brighton managed a shock 1-0 victory at home.

Kazenga Lua Lua will hope to feature out wide against his former club and attacking at pace may lead to chances for Mackail-Smith up front. Following the departure of Ba, Cisse is now the main man at Newcastle and if he starts he should be expecting to grab at least one goal against the lower opposition.

Newcastle are yet to keep a clean sheet in their away Premier League matches and Brighton will fancy their chances of scoring. However, even with their injury problems Newcastle have enough quality in their squad to fend off a challenge from Brighton. Both teams have the potential to score but Newcastle look likely to win with 2-1 a potential result.

Highlighted Bets
Newcastle to win, 17/10 with BetVictor
Papiss Cisse to score first, 6/1 with SkyBet
Both teams to score, 4/6 with Bet365
Mackail-Smith anytime scorer, 8/5 with Bet365

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Newcastle Vs Everton betting preview

Both sides enter the New Year with losses but lingering at different positions in the league. Alan Pardew’s men scored six goals at Old Trafford and at the Emirates but still came away with zero points. Everton entertained European champions Chelsea on Sunday and after taking the lead they were unlucky to come away without any points. Both will be looking to start the year with a bang. Choose a free bet for this match here.

Newcastle – 15^th

Newcastle have conceded eleven goals in their last two games and if they are to win against Everton, their defence will need to improve. Tim Krul and Fabricio Coloccini were key to the Magpies performance last season. In recent weeks they have made errors but are capable of stepping up.

The future of star striker Demba Ba is still uncertain. It will be interesting to see whether Alan Pardew will continue to play him during the transfer period. If he continues to score he may attract more and more interest. However his goals will help Newcastle march up the table.

However the home side will still be without key men, Hartem Ben Arfa and Yohan Cabaye. Without these key men Newcastle are only three points above the relegation zone.

Everton – 6^th

Everton were unfortunate not to draw or even win in their two one defeat to Chelsea. The defeat was the first at Goodison Park this season, and stopped the Toffee’s run of seven games without a loss.

Marouane Fellaini is expected to return to the eleven after finishing his three match suspension. The Belgium man will be key to Everton breaking down Newcastle and his height will help in offence and defence for set pieces.

David Moyes will hope his team can continue to push for a top four berth and sit only three points adrift from Tottenham who currently take up forth spot. Everton are notorious for being slow starters however this season has been different and the Merseyside blues could challenge for a Champions League spot.

Nikica Jelavic was a force when he first arrived in England last season. Hitting the woodwork twice last weekend showed the sort of form he is in. Luck can often disappear from a striker but the Croatian needs some to kickstart his form.

Fellaini to score first, 6/1 on William Hill 

Both teams to score, 4/7 on Sky Bet

Draw and over 2.5 goals, 10/1 on Ladbrokes

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