Much like the men, the women also have their version of “the dream semifinal”. It is an all-Serbian semi, as the two highest remaining seeded players, No. 2 Ana Ivanovic and No. 3 Jelena Jankovic, will battle it out on what should be the best women’s match so far in Paris. SportsBetting.com has the No.2 seeded Ana Ivanovic a -250 French Open R.G. women’s semifinals betting odds favorite against the No. 3 seeded Jelena Jankovic (+190).

After Justine Henin’s sudden retirement, Ana Ivanovic automatically became the favorite to win at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. The No. 2 seeded Serbian (ranked behind No.1 Maria Sharapova) is in search of her first Grand Slam title in her still young career.

Ivanovic has been on a tear, since the start of this year’s French seemingly blowing by opponents at will. Ivanovic is very fast and powerful, as she seems to fit into the description of an ideal modern day player. The Serbian beauty possesses an array of shots, which will be difficult for her fellow Serbian to keep up with.

Much like Ivanovic, Jankovic is also in the hunt for her first Grand Slam title. Jelena is known to have exceptional footwork, being very solid from the baseline, a good defender, and she feels most comfortable on clay.     

In their head-to-head series, Ivanovich holds the edge over Jankovic with a commanding 5-1 lead, even though all their matches were highly competitive; however, only one of those matches was played on clay. Jankovic’s last victory against her fellow Serbian came back in 2006 in Los Angeles.

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