Love her today. Been following her the past couple years and she is the real deal and I believe now is her time.
Serena is playing good but Osaka takes her down today...
Osaka +230
Osaka +1.5 Set -115
Osaka +4 -115
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Things to note about the match:
The 20-year-old is the youngest US Open finalist since Wozniacki in 2009. After hiring Williams' longtime hitting partner Sascha Bajin earlier this year, she lifted her biggest career title in March, defeating Kasatkina in the final of Indian Wells. She is a win away from her top 10 debut, having started the year as world #68.
Osaka has a 9-1 career record against Americans in the last twelve months, sole loss coming to Keys at French Open. While Williams has displayed her power game, the youngster has also posted impressive numbers, winning 59% of her second serve points (Williams is 51%) and getting broken just four times.
Williams is now the oldest woman to enter the US Open final in Open Era, but third-oldest across all slams, behind Martina Navratilova (1994 Wimbledon) and Venus Williams (2017 Wimbledon). Her only loss to an outside top 10 player in a Grand Slam final came at 2004 Wimbledon to then world #15 Sharapova.
Serena is playing good but Osaka takes her down today...
Osaka +230
Osaka +1.5 Set -115
Osaka +4 -115
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Things to note about the match:
The 20-year-old is the youngest US Open finalist since Wozniacki in 2009. After hiring Williams' longtime hitting partner Sascha Bajin earlier this year, she lifted her biggest career title in March, defeating Kasatkina in the final of Indian Wells. She is a win away from her top 10 debut, having started the year as world #68.
Osaka has a 9-1 career record against Americans in the last twelve months, sole loss coming to Keys at French Open. While Williams has displayed her power game, the youngster has also posted impressive numbers, winning 59% of her second serve points (Williams is 51%) and getting broken just four times.
Williams is now the oldest woman to enter the US Open final in Open Era, but third-oldest across all slams, behind Martina Navratilova (1994 Wimbledon) and Venus Williams (2017 Wimbledon). Her only loss to an outside top 10 player in a Grand Slam final came at 2004 Wimbledon to then world #15 Sharapova.
