Rafael Nadal

The Rafael Nadal odds in the mens singles betting for this years Championship at Roland Gaross have him as odds on favourite to win the tournament for a record fifth time. What is there to say about the four time French Champion and arguably the greatest clay court player of all time. Sure some will argue that Bjorn Borg is the greatest ever and he may well prove to be, but who would back against Nadal in the French Open tennis betting 2009 of winning his fifth straight title here and thus breaking one of the Borg records. As already said he is odds on favourite to win and although still listed as number two player in the world, many people argue that he should now be number one. In last years final he beat current world number one Roger Federer in record style. He demolished him in straight sets and only conceded 4 games, it was probably the most one sided Grand Slam Final of all time. Nadal then went on to defeat Federer again in the final at Wimbledon a month later in one of the greatest tennis matches the world has ever seen. Despite his odds there will be many who will still take advantage of the Paddy Power Free Bet service to back him with.

In fairness to Federer however, Nadal is a totally natural clay court player, he is almost impossible to break when serving and his returning is usually so good that it gives him immediate ascendency in the ensuing rally over his opponent. Nadal is only 22 years old and given that history suggests that players will go on winning until they are about 26 or 27, he could well be able to accumulate nine French Titles before he starts to slide.

Possibly a good French Open Tip for tennis backers would be to back Nadal to win without conceding a set, the odds on this will be far more generous than a bet on an outright win.