“We all know Lleyton has so much fight and can never be discounted in any match he plays,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said. “However, Triocki is the fifth seed for a reason and will make it hard going for Hewitt and will rightly start favourite.”

In set betting, a 2-0 Troicki win is the $2.00 favourite, followed by a 2-1 Troicki victory ($3.75), a 2-0 Hewitt win ($4.50) and a 2-1 Hewitt triumph ($5.50).

Other big names on court tomorrow include Marcos Baghdatis, who’ll start as the $1.28 favourite in his match with Dmrity Tursunov ($3.45), and Radek Stepanek ($1.46), who is tipped to beat Xavier Malisse ($2.61).

Argentinian Juan Martin Del Potro is the $2.56 favourite to win the 2012 Sydney International, with Richard Gasquet and John Isner on the second line of betting at $6.00. Hewitt is a $32 chance.

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Lleyton Hewitt v Viktor Troicki – Tuesday, 10 January

$1.40 Viktor Troicki

$2.82 Lleyton Hewitt

Marcos Baghdatis v Dmrity Tursunov – Tuesday, 10 January
$1.28 Marcos Baghdatis
$3.45 Dmrity Tursunov

Andreas Seppi v Julien Benneteau – Tuesday, 10 January

$1.65 Andreas Seppi

$2.15 Julien Benneteau

Robin Haase v Alex Bogomolov – Tuesday, 10 January

$1.46 Robin Haase

$2.58 Alex Bogomolov

Radek Stepanek v Xavier Malisse – Tuesday, 10 January

$1.46 Radek Stepanek

$2.61 Xavier Malisse

Fabio Fognini v Michael Russell – Tuesday, 10 January

$1.48 Michael Russell
$2.54 Fabio Fognini

2012 Sydney International Men’s winner

$2.56 Juan Martin Del Potro
$6.00 Richard Gasquet, John Isner

$10.90 Feliciano Lopez

$16 Marcos Baghdatis

$17.25 Viktor Troicki, Radek Stepanek

$19.25 Florian Mayer

$32 Lleyton Hewitt

Williams was once as short as $2.69 to win the tournament when the market first opened.

Placed at $3.26 prior to the beginning of the Brisbane International, her withdrawal from that tournament due to injury has seen fans jump off the early favourite, with odds of $4.40 now available.

World number 2 Petra Kvitova has come in from $5.20 to $3.72 favouritism following Williams’ injury.

“Punters couldn’t get enough of Serena Williams early on but her injury has scared a few away with some speculation as to whether her ankle will hold up,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.

“Kvitova has the form to suggest she can go all the way and depending on how she goes in Sydney this week she could start even shorter.”

Kvitova is also the $3.26 favourite to win this week’s Sydney International tournament while after winning last week’s Brisbane International, Kaia Kanepi has come in from $45 to $19.75 to win the Australian Open.

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Australian Open Winner – Women
Prices in brackets from Friday 30 December 2011
$3.72 Petra Kvitova (in from $5.20)
$4.80 Serena Williams (out from $3.26)
$8.10 Kim Clijsters (out from $7.40)
$8.80 Victoria Azarenka (out from $7.40)
$11.50 Caroline Wozniacki (out from $11.00)
$12.25 Sam Stosur (in from $12.75)
$21 Maria Sharapova (out from $16)

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