The year’s first Grand Slam tournament, the Australian Open, is just around the corner and, while the men’s top four ranked players dominate the majors, it is a completely different ball game in the women’s showpiece tournaments.

Andy Murray takes on Alexandr Dolgopolov in the final of the Brisbane International on Sunday as he looks to get the year off to a winning start. Victory would be the perfect preparation for the Australian Open so can the Brit get the better of the Ukrainian to give him a boost for the Melbourne show-piece? (Murray 1/5, Dolgopolov 100/30 Match Prices).

The year 2011 was memorable for three of Britain’s top sportsmen as Andy Murray, Lee Westwood and Luke Donald shone all around the world, but none of them managed to break their duck in the major events. With the New Year just around the corner, we look at who might make that breakthrough in 2012.

The action continues at the ATP World Tour Finals on Monday, with two mouthwatering clashes that see home favourite Andy Murray (5/1 Australian Open outright) take on David Ferrer while world number one Novak Djokovic faces Thomas Berdych at the O2 in London.

It has been a season dominated by the big four with Novak Djokovic the undisputed king of the court for 2011. Injuries and absentees have marred the post-US Open events but there is still the little matter of the ATP World Tour Finals to contest. The action gets under way on Sunday, November 20, so which one of the quartet will hold all the aces in London? (Roger Federer 15/8 fav Tournament Outright).

Tiger Woods is the star attraction at the Australian Open in Sydney this week but don’t expect the former world number one to finally return to winning ways Down Under (11/1 outright) with big-hitting Dustin Johnson (16/1) among several top players aiming for glory.

Another sensational weekend of sport has come and gone and it is time to take a look at what we may or may not have learnt from the past 48 hours of action.

Andy Murray returns to action this week as he prepares to defend his Rogers Cup title in Montreal. The Canadian event has attracted a stellar field with the US Open on the horizon and so, with the world’s top four players set for a run-out, can the Scot win again? (Murray 5/1 Tournament Outright)

Australia is all set to hold its first ever World Snooker ranking event, with the Australian Goldfields Open kicking-off on Monday and Neil Robertson is sure to be the main draw in his home country.

Andy Murray’s form could not be better going into Wimbledon after he wowed the Queen’s Club crowd to clinch the title for a second time this week – but has the Scot peaked too soon again? (Murray 6/1 – Men’s Outright Tournament Winner).