Odds not on Murray to win Wimbledon
British hope Andy Murray has been eased out to 12/1 with bookmaker Stan James to win his first Grand Slam at Wimbledon following a moderate run of results this year.
The 25-year-old Scot, ranked fourth in the world, has won just one title this season in Brisbane and reached the semifinals of the Australian Open and the quarterfinals in Roland Garros.
Top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic will arrive at the All England club at 7/4 favourite to land a fifth straight Grand Slam tournament not played on clay.
Rafael Nadal edged out the Serb to secure a seventh French Open crown and is 5/2 to go one better than here 12 months ago, while Roger Federer is 11/2 to add to his six Wimbledon victories and join Pete Sampras at the top of the all-time leaderboard.
"Another Nadal-versus-Djokovic decider would be nice and we are 6/4 that occurs," said Rupert Adams of William Hill.
Maria Sharapova last won at Wimbledon as a 17-year-old back in 2004 but the Russian is 11/4 to follow up her recent triumph at Roland Garros.
Serena Williams is 3/1 to hold the trophy at the All England Club for the fifth time, while defending champion Petra Kvitova is 13/2 at best to retain her title after seeing off Sharapova in last year's final.
"Sharapova won the French Open and it is a case of trying to catch the Russian now," Adams added. "Everyone else seems to be out of form and we expect her price to shorten."
