Serving up tennis bets for the ATP BNP Paribas tennis open

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will be there, as will Novak Djokovic and Robin Soderling and Andy Murray and Andy Roddick...it’s the 20th ATP BNP Paribas Open now on in Indian Wells, USA.

With so many names competing, JackpotFinder-recommended online sportsbooks bet365, BetUS and Unibet are already seeing lots of action in tennis betting.

This particular tournament offers a nice blend of experience and up-and-comers in what should be the first great competition of 2011. Federer has had a slow start this year, but has won this tournament three times before – of course, the last title was in 2006. Unibet nevertheless has the world no. 1 at 3/1 odds to take the whole shebang, an identical line to that which Djokovic is getting.

And why not? Djokovic is on a tear in 2011, having won some 12 matches consecutively heading into Indian Wells. He’s already bagged the Australian Open and the Dubai Open in 2011, and took this tournament back in 2008.

Almost as interesting to look for beyond Federer’s attempts to keep the others at bay will be the possibility of a Djokovic-Soderling match, pitting the two hottest players in tennis against one another. Soderling has taken three ATP world titles in this season but has yet to face Djokovic.

The “outright winner” proposition bet offering at Unibet online sportsbook is as follows.

On the women’s side of things, the Paribas Open doesn’t appear quite as competitive; as the Williams sisters head into their professional twilight, the Kim Clijsters Era of dominance has begun. As bet365 sees things in this one, in its “Outright Winner” prop bet, it’s:

For these proposition bets, individual match betting, and live in-game betting, wager on the ATP BNP Paribas Open at top online sportsbooks bet365, BetUS and Unibet throughout the tournament.