Serena Williams US OPEN – Serena vs Tomljanovic LIVE – Tomljanovic LEADS 5-1 in 3rd SET: Serena takes 2nd set by 7-6, Tomljanovic takes 1st SET 7-5: Serena Williams has lost the SET 1 vs Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic in ROUND 3 Battle. 23 Grand Slam champ Williams stated on a bright note and led 4-2 at one point of time in SET 1. But the tenacious Australian fought back to win the SET 7-5. 3rd Set is now in PROGRESS: Follow US Open 2022 LIVE updates & Serena 3rd ROUND LIVE with InsideSport.IN

With in span of two matches, Serena Williams has turned all the odds in her favor. Her unexpected run to the U.S. Open third round has sliced her odds of winning a record-tying 24th Grand Slam title. Serena plays Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic tomorrow at 4:30AM IST. Tomljanovic is ranked No.46th in the World. Serena in current form and with millions to support her will start as a favorite:

Tickets selling like HOT-CAKE: The “get-in” price to attend Friday’s match is a whopping $565. The cheapest ticket in the Lower Level of Arthur Ashe Stadium is $4,361, according to ticket retailer TickPick.

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According to Caesars Sportsbook Williams started with a 50-1 long-shot to win the title but after upsetting world number two Anett Kontaveit on Wednesday she is now 14-1:

• Williams only trails Poland’s world number one Iga Swiatek (3-1),
• Caroline Garcia (10-1), compatriot Coco Gauff (10-1), Ludmilla Samsonova (11-1) and Aryna Sabalenka (13-1) in the odds on her capturing a seventh crown at Flushing Meadows.
• Serena plays Tomljanovic tomorrow morning at 4:30AM

Her match on Wednesday also attracted the most betting interest of any match at the tournament by far. It received 60% more money than the next-closest contest. After being the underdog against Kontaveit, Williams is the favourite to beat Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic on Friday in a match that is expected to attract a frenzy of betting interest.

“I think a lot of people were skeptical and were waiting to see a match or two before really getting involved with their future bets,” said Adam Pullen, assistant director of trading at Caesars Sportsbook.

“Now that they’ve seen her win a couple of matches, the action is going to get bigger and bigger. She’s earned that respect for people to invest their money in her. The more she wins, the more people are going to bet her in her matches and to win the tournament.”

Serena, who along with her older sister Venus emerged from the public tennis courts of Compton, California and went on to transform the sport and grab the attention of a more racially diverse audience, has also lit up social media this week.

Thirty percent of users who tweeted about Williams in August had not tweeted about tennis all year, and 67% of those who tweeted about her in August had not tweeted about her all year, the social media company Twitter said. Tickets to see the player many consider to be the greatest of all time have also skyrocketed.

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