Can American’s break their French Open betting jinx in ’08? SBG Global Sports Betting

French Open has long been one of the highlights for most of the Grand Slam betting world, but more often than not it’s been dreaded by the US players. Last year the top ranked US men’s players had an awful performance and both Andy Roddick and James Blake were bounced very early from the French Open . Clay is like Kryptonite for Roddick as the slower surface neutralizes his monster serve and strong baseline game. Similarly, Blake’s baseline strokes are cut down to size in the French Open for similar reasons. And beyond these top two players the men’s contingency in the French Open this year will be remarkably thin.

The US women have enjoyed relatively more success than the men it comes to French Open , but the height of that success came two decades ago with Chris Everett’s clay court dominance. And with the recent announcement by Venus Williams that she’ll be taking a break from tennis and likely miss the French Open , the chance of US player taking this Grand Slam betting title grew even slimmer.

The US best hope to take a Grand Slam betting title in the French Open is likely Serena Williams. Capable of winning any match anywhere in the world against anyone, Williams will have her work cut out for her as defending champ Justine Henin will be nearly impossible to beat in the French Open . Henin has won the last three French Open  events here and four of the last five. Williams is certainly capable of beating her, but she’ll have to play nearly flawless if she hopes to bring French Open glory back to the US.