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2010 Wimbledon: Roger Federer vs Ilija Bozoljac Betting Odds

by Matt Foust on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

2010 Wimbledon Roger Federer vs Ilija Bozoljac Betting Odds: Roger Federer, who narrowly averted disaster on Monday, meets his second round opponent, Ilija Bozoljac, on the No. 1 Court at Wimbledon in just a couple of hours from now. 2010 Wimbledon Betting Odds at Bodog.com were not deterred by Federer's first round performance as he is a -10000 moneyline favorite to advance to the third round. 

Roger Federer does not typically heed the tournament maxim of "survive and advance" at Wimbledon; it is usually destroy 2010 Wimbledon: Roger Federer vs Ilija Bozoljac Betting Oddsand advance for the 15 time major winner when he takes the court at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. However, on Monday, survive is exactly what Federer did against Columbia's Alejandro Fallo, winning in five sets 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-1), 6-0.

Federer finished with some lopsided statistics against Fallo, but only after the latter tired in the last two sets. The Swiss master concluded the match with 21 aces and 101 winners, and he committed just one more unforced error that Fallo (40 to 39).

Federer, who has reached the finals at Wimbledon seven consecutive years (won six), credited Fallo's serve for the close call.

"Today, for some reason, I wasn't able to read his serve," Federer said. "That really rattled me. So I had to look for that for a long time. Thank God I found it eventually."

Ilija Bozoljac, who is ranked 152nd in men's singles, needed four sets to get past his first round opponent, Nicolas Massu. The Serbian eventually won 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) after serving up 27 aces and hammering 109 winners.

Bozoljac, who is competiting in his second Wimbledon and fifth Grand Slam, had to survive three rounds of qualifying to earn a first round meeting against Massu. He is likely to catch some much needed rest after today as he takes on the top seeded Federer for the first time in his career.

Bodog.com 2010 Wimbledon Roger Federer vs Ilija Bozoljac Betting Odds:

Roger Federer -10000

Ilija Bozoljac +1600

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