Federer, Murray ahead of Nadal in Betfair Odds

World #2 Rafael Nadal may be the defending champion in this year's 2010 Australian Open but he is not on the top of the list in the current odds at Betfair.com. The site lists #1 Roger Federer as the favorite to win his 16th grand slam title. World #5 Andy Murray is ranked slightly higher than Nadal at number two. The Scot has never won a grand slam and may meet Nadal in the quarterfinals. Murray is one of two top seven players not to have lost a set in his first three matches. The other one to do that is #6 Nikolay Davydenko.

Listed at number four is world #3 Novak Djokovic, the 2008 Australian Open champion. Davydenko is listed as the fifth best bet of winning the title. If I were to bet though, I would put Nadal out of the top five. Djokovic would move to #3, Davydenko would stay at #5, and seventh seed Andy Roddick would be at #4.

Here are the current bets before the fourth round as listed in Betfair.com:

1. Federer = 3.65
2. Murray = 6
3. Nadal = 6.8
4. Djokovic = 7.8
5. Davydenko = 9.4