Williams - Azarenka: one step away from the US Open final

Williams - Azarenka: one step away from the US Open final

Williams leads 18-4 in personal meetings. In the last two face-to-face matches, tennis players exchanged victories. Williams and Azarenka last played in 2019. Serena won 7-5, 6-3. In the semifinals against Pironkova, Williams completed 20 aces and showed a ratio of 44 to 24 in winners-enforcers.

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Serena Williams

For the past two years, Serena Williams has consistently made it to the US Open final. This year the American tennis player is had problems, but is again on the verge of reaching the final.

After two confident starting victories over An (7-5, 6-3) and Gasparyan (6-2, 6-4), three consecutive three-set matches followed by the American tennis player with Stevens (2-6, 6-2, 6-2 ), Sakkari (6-3, 6-7, 6-3) and Pironkova (4-6, 6-3, 6-2).

Williams' current game is not stable. In our forecasts for her matches in New York, we noted that there was no tangible progress in the American game during the tournament. The quarter finals against Pironkova turned out to be very difficult. According to statistics, Williams performed well, but her opponent also produced one of the best matches in the tournament. At the decisive moments of the game in the third game, Williams had an advantage when playing her serve.

Victoria Azarenko

For the first time since 2013, Victoria Azarenko reached the semifinals of the Grand Slam tournament. The Belarusian tennis player has not lost for ten matches.

After a difficult victory in the 1/8 finals, Mukhova (5-7, 6-1, 6-4) was followed by the defeat of Eliza Mertens (6-1, 6-0). Bookmaker analysts expected an equal opposition in that game, offering almost the same odds for the victory of tennis players. However, from the very first draws, Victoria indicated her total advantage and did not allow a minute to doubt the final result (6-1, 6-0).

Don't expect Serena Williams to be as easy on the Victoria court. Even when Williams had a total superiority over her opponents on the tour, Victoria was one of those who were not afraid to go on court against an American. It is interesting that the Belarusian tennis player won all four of her victories over Williams in the finals of the WTA tournaments.

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