by Renee Israel
It's Wimbledon time again, and no doubt players will be complementing their World Cup betting activities with a flutter on tennis bets as well.
Paddy Power, one of the leading online bookie sites, has opened a market for Wimbledon - as have the majority of UK facing sports betting sites - and has also added a unique section devoted to novelty bets.
The Queen features prominently in this section, providing for some interesting bets.
Will Her Majesty attend the Men's Singles final? Odds of 8/1 are offered that she will.
Odds widen considerably in other bets including the chances of her getting hit by a stray ball, heaven forbid, at 100/1 or the Queen dozing during a match (also 100/1).
Will one of the Queen's beloved corgis run loose on the court? You can try out your luck with odds of 250/1. And if you think the Queen will catch a ball during play, bet on odds of 500/1.
Moving to the players themselves, bets are being offered at 40/1 that Andy Murray will receive a code violation for obscenities or use of abusive language during the Wimbledon tournament.
In the outright betting segment, Paddy Power has odds of 7/4 that Roger Federer will win the men's title at Wimbledon, with Rafael Nadal carrying odds of 15/8.
In the women's section, Serena Williams is a favourite to take the title at odds of 15/8, while her sister, Venus has odds of 11/4.
Paddy Power has odds on the finalists in the men's competition as follows:
Any other combination 10/11
R Federer & R Nadal 2/1
R Federer & A Murray 11/2
R Federer & R Soderling 9/1
L Hewitt & R Nadal 22/1
