Live Tennis Betting

Watching the tennis this week? Care to make a bet or two on it? Then you might want to have a look at some of the best tennis betting offers that are currently available on the web:

What is Live Tennis Betting?

Up until fairly recently, the only way you could bet on the outcome of a tennis match with an online bookmaker was to place your bets before play commenced, and then passively watch or listen to the game in order to find out if your bet comes through or not. Nowadays, though, you can bet on a tennis match while it is being played, thanks to the innovative in-sports betting feature that is now being offered by several online sportsbooks. In live tennis betting, the odds change constantly to reflect the events as they unfold on court.

Most live betting services require you to open up a console in a new window, which will probably require Flash player to be installed for it to work. Once you have opened the console, you will see a list of all the tennis matches that are currently being played, or that are about to start, along with some basic information such as the current score, and some of the most basic betting options along with their live odds. You can then click on a particular match to reveal more detailed betting options and live odds, as well as more information and statistics about the match. Some sites also offer live audio or text based commentary, so that you can follow the match online without having to visit another site.

Live betting takes the experience of betting on tennis matches onto a whole new level. It makes it more involving, as you are still able to make decisions right up until the end of the match, and this added involvement makes the whole thing more exciting. It also makes timing your bet into something of an art form. For instance, if you bet on a player when the match seems to be going against them, and they then go on to win, you will make much more money than if you had bet at another time, as the odds of their winning would have lengthened while they were going through a rocky spell. Also, being able to bet in real time allows you to make vital changes to your betting strategy in order to maximise winnings or contain losses. For example, if you bet on Rafael Nadal to beat Andy Murray during the first set, but Murray then went on to take the first two sets, it might be an idea to hedge your earlier bet by placing a smaller bet on a Murray win. Of course, the odds are shorter when someone is winning, but in some circumstances this can be an effective way of reducing likely losses. Then, if Nadal turns it around and goes on to win the match, your winnings should more than cover the second bet, and if he doesn’t, you won’t lose as much as you were going to.