Women to bet on in the French Open
Yep, the French Open is here and if you’re a betting man, you should take note about these women you shouldn’t be betting against on May.
In case you didn’t get that, it’s that time of the Grand Slam tennis season when the best tennis players in the world head to Roland Garros for the 2010 French Open tennis tournament.
And as far as the women’s side of things go, Justine Henin is the clear cut favorite to win this tournament. Henin’s presence in the draw is clearly pushing the odds long for even the second favorite and there is good reason for that.
Henin made the finals of the recent Australian Open and, despite her long layoff, she is a force on tour even at the Grand Slam level. Her best Grand Slam has always been the French Open as she won four titles at Roland Garros (2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007) before she ‘retired’ from tennis just prior to the 2008 French Open.
Her past success at the French Open, combined with her stellar play on tour since returning from retirement has clearly won her a lot of backers to win again at Roland Garros this spring.
Trying to outwit Henin is Kim Clijsters. Even though Clijsters’ best results at the French Open were back in 2001 and 2003 when she was the runner up in both tournaments in Paris, Clijsters has remained to be a force to be reckoned with at Roland Garros.
Clijsters has played in two French Open tournaments, the 2005 event and the 2006 event, reaching the semifinals back in ‘06.
Of course, Serena Williams has to be included as one of the favorites to win the French Open. Sure, Williams has not won the French Open since 2002, about the time when she started winning everything, but at least she has won it before. Her most recent result from 2009 was a quarterfinal loss but even that was to the eventual champion, Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Speaking of, French Open defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova has enjoyed distinguished success at Roland Garros over the last four years. She won last year but even before winning it all last season, she was already a tough nut to crack at Roland Garros. She had a semifinal appearance in 2008, a quarterfinal appearance in 2007 and a runner up appearance in 2006.
Expect her to have another strong tournament at the French Open.
Can Rafael Nadal win the 2010 French Open? BetUS.com has the odds on both the men’s and women’s division.
Men’s 2010 French Open Championship
Rafael Nadal -125
Roger Federer +225
Novak Djokovic +700
Women’s 2010 French Open Championship
Justine Henin +125
Serena Williams +450
Maria Sharapova +1600
Ana Ivanovic +2000
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