Serena Williams won’t get a showdown against sister Venus at Wimbledon in the final after all. After having rolled back the years, Venus bowed out in the semi final stage against 2016 Australian Open Champion Angelique Kerber. So now we get a rematch of that 2016 Australian Open Grand Slam final as it is Serena Williams v Kerber.
Kerber really never even had to get into top gear to see of Venus Williams, who didn’t have a great day at the office from the get go. Kerber just put in a steady performance as she has done throughout Wimbledon this year, including a tight but straight sets win over Simona Halep in the quarter finals. So Kerber has made a run to the final without having dropped a set.
As for Serena Williams she dropped a set in her second round match against Christina McHale but hasn’t looked back since then, breezing her way through the rounds to get to the final again. Williams of course is looking for her seventh Wimbledon title, whereas Kerber is eying up a shot at landing her first. Can she take anything away from the win over Williams at the Australian Open this year?
Williams holds a 5-2 head to head record against Kerber and took the first set in that Australian Open final but came under pressure in the second set as Williams battled back. But it was Kerber with a lot of the momentum in the early stages of the third set, stretching out to a 5-2 lead that really put her in control and finally ran out winner with a 6-4 third set win.
Williams is overwhelming 2/7 odds on favourite to win the Final with online betting site Bet365. That has left Keber a long way out at a quote of 11/4. Kerber is on top of her game at the moment and is well worth a flutter at that price and she has the game to eat into the serve of Williams, something a lot of players can’t do. You can take a punt on the game going to three sets as well at 7/4.
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