Wimbledon Women’s First Round Betting Odds 2008: The 122nd Championships Wimbledon officially sets off Monday bright and early from England on ESPN, with breakfast at Wimbledon. For the Men’s, 5-time defending champion, Roger Federer, will start the festivities. Therefore, it’s only right that for the ladies that 4-time winner and defending Wimbledon champion, Venus Williams, sets the stage. On Monday’s first round, everyone will be in action, and no one covers this year’s Championships Wimbledon 2008 like odds-makers at SportsBetting.com.

Lets begin with this Wimbledon Women’s First Round Betting Odds 2008, with the world’s No.1 ranked player: Ana Ivanovic. Ivanovic comes into the Championships Wimbledon 2008, very confident and riding high with momentum, after winning her first Grand Slam title earlier this month in the French Open Roland Garros in Paris.

In her first round match, the young Serbian beauty will take on huge underdog, Rossana De Los Rios. In this Wimbledon Women’s First Round Betting Odds Ana Ivanovic is a -10,000 betting odds favorite to beat Rossana De Los Rios (+2,500).

After loosing in the finals of the 2008 French Open Roland Garros to her compatriot, Ana Ivanovic, something good actually came out of that for Jelena Jankovic. With her strong perfomance in Paris, Jelena Jankovic improved her world rankings. 

For the first time in the history of the WTA, two Serbians occupy the top two world rankings: (#1) Ana Ivanovic and (#2) Jelena Jankovic. In her first round match, Jelena Jankovic is a -2,500 betting odds favorite against Olga Savchuk (+900).

The No.3 player in the world is the beautiful Russian, Maria Sharapova. Surprisingly enough, after starting the French Open at No. 1, Maria Sharapova has now fallen to No.3 in the rankings. However, coming into this year’s Championships Wimbledon, Sharapova is the odds-on favorite to win in England; not #1 Ivanovic nor #2 Jankovic.

In her first round match, Sharapova will be facing Stephanie Foretz. In this Wimbledon Women’s First Round Betting Odds, Maria Sharapova is a -10,000 betting favorite to beat Stephanie Foretz (+1,400).

In her Wimbledon Women’s First Round Betting Odds, defending Wimbledon champion, Venus Williams will be taking on Naomi Cavaday. Venus Williams is a -5,000 Wimbledon Women's first round betting odds favorite against Naomi Cavaday (+1,100).

Meanwhile her sister, Serena Williams is a -1,600 Wimbledon Women’s First Round Betting Odds favorite against Kaia Kanepi (+725).

For a cmplete list of first round matches, please visit: SportsBetting.com

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