Australian Open Tennis Betting - Andy Murray Favourite for Championship

Andy Murray is now at betting odds of 6/4 to take his first major at the Australian Open following his defeat of Rafa Nadal. A bookmaker has cut the odds on the Brit taking his first major from a pre-tournament 5/1 as Murray marches on to a semi-final match against Marin Cilic.

Murray is expected to win the semi-final and is 2/7 to defeat Cilic with the Croatian at odds of 5/2 to upset the fifth seed. Such has been Murray's form in Melbourne he is 13/8 to win the semi-final in straight sets.

Murray is also now just 2/7 to win a major in 2010 from odds of 6/4 at the start of the year. Nadal's injury withdrawal when seemingly on course for a straight sets defeat to Murray could have meant all bets were to be voided.

But with Murray clearly in the ascendancy for the win Paddy Power are paying out on all Murray match bets and all bets on the 3-0 Murray set betting. Murray was just 1/100 to win the match when Nadal retired.

Latest Betting Odds - Australian Open Winner

6/4 Murray, 15/8 Federer, 7/1 Djokovic, 7/1 Davydenko, 12/1 Cilic, 16/1 Tsonga