Wimbledon Betting Tips: Can Raducanu and Norrie keep British hopes alive?

Day five at the All England Club brings us some fantastic matches, including Emma Raducanu going up against the number one women's seed Aryna Sabalenka, while fellow Brit Cameron Norrie is also in action, taking on Mattia Bellucci in his third-round match.

Both feature in my Wimbledon Betting Tips for Friday, which you can find below.

Set Betting - Cameron Norrie 3-1 vs Mattia Bellucci @ 16/5

Norrie stunned 12th seed Frances Tiafoe in the previous round, coming from a set down to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5, and it was his first top-20 win at Wimbledon.

The Brit will be hoping that this match is on Court One as the 29-year-old won three matches on there during his semi-final run back in 2022.

Fellow Brit Oliver Crawford came up short against Norrie's opponent on Friday, losing 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 4-6, 4-6 against Bellucci in round one.

The Italian then dispatched number 23 seed Jiri Lehecka in straight sets to book his place in the third round - something he has never done previously at a Slam. The 24-year-old will be a tricky customer for Norrie, as demonstrated by his wins over Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas earlier this year.

Bellucci edges the head-to-head record against Norrie (2-1) most recently in the qualifying phase for the Monte-Carlo Masters in which the former won in three sets (6-4, 2-6, 6-3).

I think that Norrie will get his revenge on Friday, but the Italian has shown he has the ability to claim a set here.

Set Betting - Aryna Sabalenka 2-0 vs Emma Raducanu @ 8/11

Raducanu outclassed 2023 champion Marketa Vondrousova on Wednesday - which I correctly predicted she would - but this challenge is on another level of difficulty, in my opinion.

It was arguably her best performance since her 2021 US Open win, but now world number one Aryna Sabalenka stands in her way. The three-time major winner has been her trademark relentless self, beating Carson Branstine and Marie Bouzkova both in straight sets to make it to this stage.

Sabalenka’s record this year against opponents ranked outside the top 20 is now 29-4, while it’s 20-4 in the second round of Grand Slams, including 18-straight victories.

Raducanu will no doubt have the home crowd on her side, which can use to her advantage but I still see her losing in straight sets here - albeit two closely-contested sets.

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