Every week, we bring you the 1.01 gubbings on Betfair, as players and teams complete Lazarus-style comebacks or simply take advantage of chokes of monstrous proportions as their opponents struggle to cross the finishing line.

Gulbis joins 1.01 club

Latvian teenager Ernests Gulbis kicked off the week with a shocking case of the chokes against Argentina’s Jose Acasuso, somehow managing to throw away a 5-1 lead in the final. Acasuso managed five consecutive games at that stage, as Gulbis crashed out of the first round of the Toronto Masters, losing 7-6 (1), 3-6, 7-5.

£72,108 traded on Gulbis @ 1.01

GUBBED!Federer slide continues

World no. 1 Roger Federer continued his poor form this year against Frenchman Gilles Simon, as he crashed out in the second round of the Toronto Masters. Having been given a bye through to the second round, many were predicting an easy victory for Federer, and the Swiss looked to be on course for an easy win when he won the first set 6-2. However, after saving break points, Simon fought back to win the second set 7-5, and the match went into a deciding set.

Most observers assumed that the second set was a mere blip for Federer and that the third set win would still be a formality, especially when he went a break up. However, once again Simon fought back to level the score, and was gifted the set 6-4 as he broke Federer to love, thanks to a slew of unforced errors. Simon took the match 2-6, 7-5, 6-4, and progressed to the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup before being overcome by Germany’s Nicolas Kiefer.

£126,825 traded on Federer @ 1.01

GUBBED!

Until next week, happy gubbing!