Women’s tennis has been in disarray since the surprise retirement of Justine Henin at the beginning of the season, with no one player sticking up their hand to claim the coveted top spot. We have seen 4 different grand slam winners this season, something that hasn’t happened too often on the professional circuit in the past.

Serb beauty, Ana Ivanovic, was tipped to take the throne in Henin’s absence but apart from her French Open crown she has not dominated by any manner of means, in fact, since her maiden majors win she has slumped out of tournaments in the early rounds of the competition, something the class acts of Henin, Graf and Seles would never have tolerated.

More recently, however, it has been another Serbian, Jelena Jankovic, who has been grabbing the headlines with consecutive victories at Stuttgart, Beijing and Moscow. The tenacious young woman knocked Serena Williams off the throne of women’s tennis after she claimed the top spot with her successful US Open challenge.

At this point in time Jankovic deserves the honours of being the leading lady of the courts and will head to the Zurich Open today as the hot favourite to claim a 4th victory in Swtzerland.

Sports bookmaker, StanJames, is currently offering the following odds on the outcome of the WTA Zurich Open - Venus Williams 11/4, Jelena Jankovic 7/2, Caroline Wozniacki 8/1 and Ana Ivanovic 8/1.

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