2010 French Open betting - Roger Federer drifts, more support for Rafael Nadal

Roger Federer has been pushed out in the betting for the 2010 French Open following a shock defeat at the Rome Masters on Tuesday
The world number one was beaten 2-6 6-1 7-5 by the un-seeded youngster Ernest Gulbis in the second round at the ATP Rome.
Federer had been idle on tour since losing in Miami last month and had been drifting to win the French Open ever since, at least partly due to Rafael Nadal's recent dominance on clay, as recently shown at the Monte Carlo Masters.
World number one Federer can currently be backed to win at Roland Garros at a best price 10/3 with bodog, who are offering new customers £125 in free bets when opening an account.
While the Swiss will undoubtedly have his supporters in the market ahead of the start play in France next month, punters would be advised not to back him right now. Going into this week's tournament in Rome, Federer has not been in good form thus far this year and although he plays his best tennis at the Grand Slams, you may be better off either looking elsewhere or holding off until the French Open gets underway.

Federer is losing a little bit of favor to take down the 2010 French Open

Roger Federer has fallen fairly early in back to back Masters Series 1000 events as he fell to Marcos Baghdatis in Indian Wells a couple weeks ago and he fell to Tomas Berdych in Miami earlier this week. Likely as a result, Federer's odds have drifted a little in the future's market to win the 2010 French Open, an event where he will be the defending champion.

Historically the French Open is Federer's worst slam as the 2009 title is the only title that he has in his career from Roland Garros. With what we have seen from Fed in the past few weeks you can't really open your betting with Federer any longer in the French Open market and if you bet him earlier for the event, then you might want to consider abandoning him now and taking some of the longshots instead.