Tennis Betting Tips: Seven-time champ features in Friday Price Boost

It's day five at Wimbledon, which will see the start of the end of the third round and there's plenty of big names in action, including seven-time champion Novak Djokovic.

For Friday's tennis betting tips, I've picked out three bets, two from the men's singles and one from the women's, which you can find below.

Price Boost - Novak Djokovic to win (vs Arthur Rinderknech) @ 9/10 11/10

It still doesn't feel right seeing Djokovic listed as the seventh seed at SW19, due to all the success the Serbian has tasted at this prestigious tournament.

However, despite the 39-year-old getting on a bit, he's made at least the semi-finals on each of his last seven visits to Wimbledon, and he eased past Stefanos Tsitsipas in the second round in straight sets.

Djokovic did drop a set in his opening-round match against Yibing Wu, and Arthur Rinderknech is a big server, which also may present a stern challenge. The Frenchman had 33 aces in his first-round victory over Oliver Tarvert, and he followed that up with another 19 of them against Martin Damm.

Still, I'm taking an odds-against price for Djokovic to do the business in straight sets.

Set Betting - Aryna Sabalenka to win 2-1 (vs Jelena Ostapenko) @ 13/5

World number one Aryna Sabalenka has looked utterly dominant so far, dropping just 12 games across her first two matches. Similarly, her opponent on Friday, Jelena Ostapenko, has also been impressive, ruthlessly beating Antonio Ruzic 6-2, 6-0 to book her place in the third round.

Interestingly, Ostapenko won her last match against Sabalenka, which came on Stuttgart’s clay in 2025. There have been chinks in Sabalenka’s armour of late with early exits in Rome, Paris, and Madrid followed by a grass-court loss to Jessica Pegula.

Both players tend to make unforced errors, which could see plenty of breaks of serve in a match that could swing either way. However, I'm going to back Sabalenka to find a way through here, and use her experience to book her place in the next round.

Set Betting - Tommy Paul to win 3-1 (vs Hubert Hurkacz) @ 11/4

Tommy Paul has a 3-1 record against Hubert Hurkacz, but what makes this match intriguing, is that the pair have never met on grass previously. Neither player has dropped a set so far, with Hurkacz knocking out Casper Ruud in the opening round.

In fact, Hurkacz made the semi-finals here in 2021, but injuries have hampered him since then. Meanwhile, Paul is in great form, finishing as runner-up at Queen's, and putting in some excellent performances during the clay-court swing of the season.

This one could go the distance, as three of their last five meetings have gone to a deciding set, but I like the 11/4 price for Paul to win in four.

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