First, a quick sum up of the Women’s Quarterfinals:

Venus Williams defeated Agnieszka Radwanska (6-1, 6-2)
Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka (6-2, 3-6)
Dinara Safina defeated Sabine Lisicki (6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-1)
Elena Dementieva defeated Francesca Schiavone  (6-2, 6-2)

Now, with those matches complete, the much talked about men’s competition takes to the courts for their Quarterfinals.  Interestingly enough, this is the oldest group of men to advance in 35 years with the average age of this group being 27 years and 107 days.

Starting things off is the match between Tommy Haas and Novak Djokovic; the oldest v the youngest.  Age aside, these two competitors are each bringing advantages to the table. Haas holds a slight edge on the grass.  He beat Djokovic just three weeks ago for the Halle title on a grass court.  However, Wimbledon has never been his strong point as this is the first time that he’s made it to the Quarterfinals in his 11 appearances.

Djokovic has the edge when it comes to Grand Slam success with a win at the Australian Open in 2008.  While both have been playing solid tennis in this tournament, I’m going to give it to Djokovic.  He might just be seeking some retribution after falling to Haas for that Halle title and there’s no doubt that he’ll be playing his absolute best.

BetUS is offering the following odds:

Tommy Haas v Novak Djokovic
Game Hcp
Haas: +4 -115
Djokovic: -4 -125

Moneyline
Haas: +190
Djokovic: -275

Roger Federer and Ivo Karlovic will be facing off on centre court.  Karlovic is packing a powerful serve and he’s leading the field in aces with 137.  In fact, in his last match against Fernando Verdasco he had 35.  If he wants to put a stop to Federer’s reign at Wimbledon, he’s going to have to employ that serve in addition to playing some pretty fine tennis.  Though history is on Federer’s side as the five-time champion has won eight out of nine of their previous matches.  And, judging by his performance in the tournament so far, there’s no doubt in my mind that Federer will win.

BetUS is offering the following odds on the match:

Roger Federer v Ivo Karlovic
Game Hcp
Federer: -4 ½ -105
Karlovic: +4 ½ -135

Moneyline
Federer: -1200
Karlovic: +600

Fans are still reeling from the amazing match between Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka.  Murray will now face off against Juan Carlos Ferrero for a place in the Semifinals.  The 29-year-old Ferrero is a former world number one that came into Wimbledon this year as a wild card.  There seems to be a bit of a déjà vu for Britain, as memories of Tim Henman come flooding back.  Henman’s best chance at the Wimbledon title came in 2001 when he made it all the way down to the Semifinals but was knocked out by wild card Goran Ivanisevic.

Hopefully Murray will fair better in his Quarterfinal match against Ferrero.  It’s hard to say which of these competitors will advance as each is playing so well.  They’ve only met once before in the Queen’s Club tournament three weeks ago.  Murray won that match pretty easily, but one Queen’s Club match is nothing to go on.  Ferrero has been plagued with injuries over the past few years, though that seems to be a distant memory as he cuts through the Wimbledon field.  Murray has asserted that he’s not taking Ferrero lightly and he’ll have to be at the top of his game to claim the win.  I’m keeping my fingers crossed for Murray, as I really wouldn’t mind seeing him in the finals against Federer.

BetUS is offering the following odds on the game:

Andy Murray v Juan Carlos Ferrero
Game Hcp
Murray: -7 +105
Ferrero: +7 -145

Moneyline
Murray: -1400
Ferrero: +650

Another interesting match to lookout for is America’s hope at the title Andy Roddick versus Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt.  Both of these players have a fair bit of experience at Wimbledon and playing against one another.  In fact, they have met in competition 11 times before.  Of those 11 encounters Hewitt has the slight edge as he’s won six times.  But don’t discount Roddick based on that because he’s won the last four.

These two champions are pretty evenly matched, which makes this one difficult to call.  Hewitt is gaining confidence as he’s proven to be the comeback king in Wimbledon.  On the other hand, Roddick has been utilizing his strong serve to pull out some impressive wins, and let’s not forget that he has the second highest ace count with 96.  Roddick is the slight favorite in this match and I think there’s a good chance that he’ll continue on to the Semifinals.

BetUS is offering the following odds:

Andy Roddick v Lleyton Hewitt
Game Hcp
Roddick: -4 +105
Hewitt: +4 -145

Moneyline
Roddick: -300
Hewitt: +200

Visit BetUS to put down a wager on any of the abovementioned matches.  They’re also offering several props on the games that are worth a look.  Check it out before July 1.