CARLA Suarez Navarro, a massive outsider prior to her second-round encounter, completed the upset of the 2009 Australian Open – and indeed, the most incredible victory in a tennis match in recent memory – over no. 6 seed Venus Williams tonight. The young Spaniard was matched at a phenomenal $150 on Betfair’s in-play market on the match.
Betfair punters had all but written Navarro off – and with good reason – after she was humbled 6-2 in the first set against the seven-time grand slam winner.
But the feisty Spaniard fought back hard to take the second set 6-3, and the final 7-5 against Williams, who had traded heavily at Betfair’s minimum price of $1.01 when up a set and looking the goods. More than $4 million was wagered on Williams at $1.10 or below in Betfair’s dynamic in-play markets.
But the story of the night was Navarro’s unbelievable comeback, and the amazing odds offered on her victory, when all hope seemed lost after the first set. Hundreds were matched at 100-1 and longer on the seemingly hapless Navarro was when all but gone – more than $650,000 traded on her altogether.
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