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Murray 7/2 in ATP World Tour Finals betting

Andy Murray remains a 7/2 chance with Sky Bet in their ATP World Tour Finals betting following the draw for the season-ending event at London's O2 Arena.

Murray, seeded four, was placed in the same group as Wimbledon champion Roger Federer at today's draw ceremony at the London Eye.

Murray is joined by Federer, Del Potro and Verdasco in Group A of ATP World Tour Finals.

Murray is joined by Federer, Del Potro and Verdasco in Group A of ATP World Tour Finals.

Sky Bet's tennis betting expert Chris Kennedy said: "Federer versus Murray is sure to attract massive attention in the group stages in London.

"However, overall, the two groups look fairly even in terms of competitiveness and no player comes out with a big advantage from the draw."

Murray will also take on US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro and Fernando Verdasco in Group A.

In-form Novak Djokovic heads Sky Bet's betting at 5/2, with Federer second favourite at 11/4.

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O'Sullivan evens to claim his sixth Premier League title

Tomorrow sees the conclusion to the regular season in the 2009 Premier League Snooker and with three play-off places still up for grabs, week 10 promises to produce some exciting action.

Five-time Premier League champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is evens with Sky Bet to claim his sixth consecutive title but will he have to overcome former world champion John Higgins in Llandudno to guarantee himself a play-off place.

It's 11/10 for the Rocket to overcome Higgins, who has already qualified for the play-offs after seeing off Judd Trump last week (11/5 Higgins & 21/10 Tie) and it's 8/15 for the world number one to record the highest break of the match (11/8 Higgins).

It's evens for there to be 5 or more breaks of 50 in the match (8/11 4 or fewer) and 11/8 that there is exactly one century break (6/4 0 breaks of 100 & 5/2 2 or more).

Shaun Murphy, who currently sits in the final play-off place after beating Australian Neil Robertson last week, is 11/10 to overcome the 2009 Championship League winner Judd Trump (11/5 Trump & 21/10 Tie).

It's 8/11 for Murphy, who has already recorded 3 century breaks in this year's tournament to get the highest break of the match and it's 3/1 that there are 2 or more breaks of 100 in the match (6/5 None & 6/4 Exactly 1).

Tomorrow's other match sees the seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry take on Marco Fu, who is still looking for his first win in this year's competition. It's 5/4 for Hendry to inflict more misery on Fu (15/8 Fu & 11/5 Tie) and 8/11 for the Scotsman to hit the highest break of the match (evens Fu).

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Smith's Scotland manager odds on drift

Sky Bet have lengthened Walter Smith's odds of succeeding George Burley as Scotland manager to 4/1 (from 5/2) amid rumours that he has privately ruled himself out of the running.

The Rangers boss had been backed into favouritism over the past 48 hours but is reportedly unwilling to return to the Scotland job, which he held from 2004 to 2007.

Dundee United manager Craig Levein has been reinstalled at the head of the next Scotland manager betting at 2/1.

Sky Bet's football betting spokeswoman Helen Jacob said "We have not overreacted to rumours that Smith is unwilling to return to Hampden and have tentatively lengthened his odds, with customers still backing him for a second spell at Hampden Park."

While Graeme Souness and Burnley's Owen Coyle have ruled themselves out of the job, two candidates that have expressed an interest are former Aberdeen manager Jimmy Calderwood (5/1) and the former Hibernian manager John Collins (5/1).

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