The ATP Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships continue on Wednesday as Roger Federer will take on Marcel Granollers with a start time of 12:00pm EST. Online sportsbooks have opened with Federer as a tennis betting favorite of -6 (-125) and Granollers as an underdog at +6.5 (-115). Bookmakers also have an over/under betting total of 18.5 with the OVER (-110) and UNDER (-130). Federer was the top seed for this event and is a 4 time winner of the ATP Dubai.
Federer is currently the number 2 ranked player in the world with a record of 10-1 in tennis betting with 1 title so far in the season and total prize money of $596,874. Federer was the winner in Doha as he defeated Nikolay Davydenko 63-64. He then went on to the Australian open and lost in the semifinals to Novak Djokovic 6-7(3), 5-7, 4-6. Federer is coming off a 6-3, 6-3 win in ATP Dubai odds over Somdev in the first round of ATP Dubai.
Devvarman, who admitted that he has idolized Federer for years so the match was more like a fantasy camp situation that a competitive tennis match as the score reflects. The match took only 75-minutes as Federer was in control and had an especially tough serve in the match against Devvarman.
Federer downplayed his success in the tennis betting match and said that the early rounds are often tough for him therefore he didn't want to put too much stake in it other than the fact that he won and is advancing. Federer has a career record of 26-3 in ATP Dubai odds on the hard courts as he chases his 5th title there. Granollers has a record of jus1-4 on the season and is currently ranked 53rd in the world. He is coming off a 6-1, 6-3 win over Dmitry Tursonov and has maintained a light schedule this year.