Mallorca Championships

• Santa Ponça, Mallorca, Spain (outdoor grass)

This is a new event to the ATP Tour so we’ve no course form to go on but they have held a WTA tournament here in recent years.

It threw up some surprise winners, such as Anastasija Sevastova, who has never been beyond round two at Wimbledon, so hopefully a big price can emerge from the draw this week.

The indications from those women’s tournaments suggest the ball doesn’t stay quite so low which may well encourage some of the grass-phobes a bit.

What I’m not keen on is backing any of the market leaders.

First up, you must remember Wimbledon is now just a week away so do any of the top seeds really want a full week of tennis in Mallorca before heading to London?

Also, history shows niggles in a week like this lead to withdrawals so I’m never keen on short prices at this point in the calendar.

The top three in the market (also the top three seeds) all have wild cards which says much about their form.