Wimbledon Day 3 Mens

There were highs and lows on Tuesday, as first Bernd Tomic lost, then Kyle Edmund failed to click into top gear quite quick enough to land the 3-0 correct score pick for us. Gilles Simon completed his first round match in style, winning 3-0 as we tipped, while in the Ladies Cirstea and Maria progressed, but Diyas was unable to secure the first set as convincingly as we needed.

Into Wednesday and it looks a great day for punters, with a fair few tempting prices available.

We'll start in the match between Damir Dhuzhur and Aljaz Bedene, where we think things could be closer than the bookmakers are predicting.

Bedene has been installed as the 1/4 favourite, with Dzumhur available at 16/5 with Betfair. The pair have never met so far, and Bedene is ranked 25 places higher in the world (58th v 83rd).

Dzumhur has a big advantage from the first round, where he destroyed Renzo Olivo for the loss of just three matches and was on court for just 74 minutes. Bedene by contrast played four tie breaks, before finally winning the fifth set 8-6 against Ivo Karlovic in a match that lasted four hours 24 minutes and saw 399 points played.

The Bosnian is also in decent nick, winning a clay challenger immediately before Wimbledon, and all that gives him a sporting chance of upsetting Bedene, and we reckon the 16/5 is worth a poke, He's also worth backing on the +5.5 game handicap at 11/10 with Paddy Power.

Dhuzhur to beat Bedene at 16/5

Dhumhur +5.5 games at 11/10

Roberto Bautista-Agut will be pleased to see Peter Gojowczyk as his second round opponent after blowing him away in their previous two meetings. Most recently in Chennai in 2015, Bautista-Agut won 6-3 6-2 on hard courts.

Bautista-Agut is a decent enuogh 7-6 against Top 100 players on grass over the past three years, while the German is just 2-5, while the stats on fast courts over the past couple of years (including hard courts) massively favour the Spaniard. He is 27-11 versus players ranked 10th-50th (Gojowcyzk is just 1-2) and 22-2 against those ranked 50th-100th (6-9 for Gojowcyzk).

After cruising through his oppening match 6-3 6-1 6-2 we simply can't see Bautista-Agut losing here, and will back him to win without dropping a set to get a backable price.

Bautista-Agut to win 3-0 at 5/4 with Unibet

In the top section, we are backing Fabio Fognini to follow up on his first round trouncing of Tursunov with another win. His opponent is Jiri Vesely, and he has a 2-0 head to head against the Czech.

Away from clay, Fognini is 12-11 against players ranked 10th-50th over two seasons, while Vesely is just 6-12, and if this game becomes more akin to clay, then Fognini also holds the edge.

Coming into this fresh should help Fognini, and we're backing him to bring home the bacon once again at 5/6

Fognini to beat Vesely at 5/6

Finally in the mens Pierre-Hugues Herbert is a clear pick when he faces compatriot Benoit Paire. Herbert was an easy winner the last time these two met, but it was four years ago, so we won't read too much into that, but his two year stats suggest he should be favourite in this one despite being ranked 20 places lower in the ATP World Rankings.

With a 21-14 career grass record, he warrants respect, and its worth noting he's also played over 160 indoors, where the zip on the court behaves in a similar way. A semi-finalist in Rotterdam earlier this season also show his ability on quick surfaces. While Paire will surely put up a decent defence, the fact that Herbert spent such a short time on court prior to Nick Kyrgios retiring in their first round match could prove decisive.

Herbert to beat Paire at 5/4

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