Roland Garros 2009 Betting Odds: Jelena Jankovic, the former WTP top ranked player, is gunning for her first Grand Slam title at this year's French Open. Jankovic has reached the semi-finals of four Grand Slam events, including the last two French Opens, but she has never made it the finals in a major.
Jelena Jankovic vs Jarmila Groth Roland Garros 2009 Betting Odds at Bodog.com have Jankovic listed as a huge -5000 money line favorite in tomorrow morning's match with Groth.
Jelena Jankovic, who is currently ranked fifth in the world, improved to 23-8 on the year by winning her first two matches of the Open. The 24 year old beat Petra Cetkovska 6-2, 6-3 in the first round and smoked Maqdalena Rybarikova 6-1, 6-2 in the second.
Jankovic, who has 10 career singles titles, feels that she is starting to regain the form that made her number one.
"I think I'm coming back. This is the most important thing for me, especially when you saw me playing a few months ago," Jankovic said. "It was really disastrous. I was moving terrible. I was making so many errors. My game was completely off, as well as my confidence. Now I think I'm on the right track, and I'm trying to…get into form again, the form that me win a lot of matches last year."
Jarmila Groth, a 22 year old Australian, is making the most of her fourth French Open appearance. Groth beat Kinnie Laisne 6-4, 6-3 in her first match and overcame Mariana Duque Marino 6-2, 7-6 to advance to the third round. Tomorrow's match with Jankovic will mark just the second time that Groth has played in the third round of a Grand Slam.
Groth, who has one career singles win, is 7-8 in singles play this year.
Bodog.com Jelena Jankovic vs Jarmila Groth Roland Garros 2009 Betting Odds:
Jelena Jankovic -5000 (Moneyline)
Jarmilla Groth +1200 (Moneyline)
Visit Bodog.com today for the latest Jelena Jankovic vs Jarmila Groth Roland Garros 2009 Betting Odds. This match is set to begin at approximately 4:00am ET on Saturday, May 30th.
