US Open Tennis - Future Women’s Champion is a Guessing Game

With the surprise closure of the Henin era at the beginning of the season and the news Russian ‘Wondergirl’, Maria Sharapova, will not be contesting the final grand slam of the year in New York due to a recurring shoulder injury, pundits will have to gaze hard into the crystal ball to find a hint of who may claim the crown at Flushing Meadows!

Three Different Grand Slam Winners Already!
This year’s grand slam results have been a real mixed bag of tricks - for the first time in a quite a while there is no one dominant player ruthlessly claiming all the WTA and grand slam titles with gay abandon. Already, this year, we have seen three different grand slam champions - Sharapova in Melbourne, Ivanovic in Paris and veteran, Venus, in London.

The defending champion of the US Open, Justine Henin, has quit the professional game and none of the top ranked ladies have really put their hands up and grabbed the top spot by the jugular.

Ana Hanging on to Top Spot by Default
Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic is currently at the top of the ranking table but mainly by default - since her brilliance in the French, Ana has failed to impress. She crashed out of Wimbledon and the Canada Masters in the third round and has not played since, citing a thumb injury. She was propelled back to the top spot mainly because her nearest rival and the current number two and second seed for the US Open, Jelena Jankovic, has had a number of poor results!

International bookmaker, PartyBets, is offering the following odds on the outright winner of the final slam of the year - Ana Ivanovic 4/1; Jelena Jankovic 9/1; Serena Williams 11/4 and Venus Williams 16/5!
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