The WTA field in Paris is one filled with great varieties. There is no real clear-cut favourite to take the title. The romantics will surely pick Justine Henin as their favourite, while the French crowd will be cheering for locals, especially Aravane Rezai who took down Henin, Jelena Jankovic and Venus Williams to win the Madrid title. Venus Williams will go into the French Open with quite a bit of momentum having won a clay court title and was in the Madrid final just last week. Even though Serena Williams is rusty after missing three months due to a knee injury, you can never count out the younger Williams who won the French Open in 2002. Here is an analysis of the top five women seeds.
Fifth seeded Elena Dementieva enters the French open with some recent poor results. Dementieva has not a reached the quarterfinals of a clay court tournament in 2010. Even with the easy draw that Dementieva has received, you can bet your life that she will find a way to choke.
Whoever decided to awaken Jelena Jankovic from her slumber of a full year, I have only six words for you- THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! The win in Indian Wells and the runner-up position at Madrid should indicate that Jankovic should atleast improve on last years showing of a defeat in the fourth round.
Third seed Caroline Wozniacki has sort of lost her momentum since reaching the US Open final, add to that the expectations from her rise to number two in the WTA rankings and you’ve got quite a dilemma on your hands. Only last year Wozniacki had wrestled the WTA Iron Woman title from Jelena Jankovic after the latter pricked her hand on the WTA cursed spindle (the no.1 rank) and fell into a long slumber. With e recurring ankle injury Wozniacki is out of contention for the French Open title, which is such a shame because her counter puncher game is so well suited to the rigorous dirt of Roland Garros.
After putting in a lot of work in Serena Williams’ absence, Venus Williams has finally risen to number two in the WTA rankings. Things are looking positive for Venus after winning twelve matches on clay and winning a clay court title. Roland Garros is the Grand Slam that highlights Venus’ vulnerabilities a great deal, she has lost in the third round here for the past three years! One can never count out Venus; she has a good great game, but an even more powerful determination.
It seems that determination was the chloride to the Williams gene pool, and Serena Williams soaked in more than her fair share. Even though Roland Garros has not been as fruitful a Grand Slam as the other three Grand Slams have proven for Serena, her sheer will power is lethal enough to make her a serious contender on any service. With the women’s field in such disarray, 2010 could just be the year that Serena Williams finally adds a partner to her lone French Open title.
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