US OPEN: Women's Top 10 Preview

Published: August 25, 2007, 3:32 pm

Tags: ana ivanovic, maria sharapova, prediction, jelena jankovic, sports, amelie mauresmo, grand slam, wta, anna chakvetadze, justine henin, tennis, serena williams, us open

1 J. HENIN. The World's #1 was a finalist at every Grand Slam last year, winning only on her beloved red clay in Paris. The Belgian's half of the draw contains both Serbian players Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic as well as both Williams sisters as well as other hard hitters like Tatiana Golovin, Marion Bartoli, Lucia Safarova and Dinara Safina. For the third time in a row, Serena and Justine are slated to meet in a quarterfinal showdown at a Grand Slam. The first two were straight sets wins by Justine. I don't think that Serena should even be playing this tournament, since she has only played one match since injuring her left thumb against Daniela Hantuchova at Wimbledon, where she lost to Justine. However, I really can't believe that Justine can make it through this draw to get to the final again.Semi-Finalist.2 M. SHARAPOVA. The "Golden Girl" of the WTA has a gift-wrapped draw in which in her half is lacking almost all of the hard-hitting seeds. In Sharapova's half she has

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