Victoria Azarenka has probably come up with a unique excuse for not playing in the US Open. The former world number one only returned to the sport in June, six months after the birth of baby Leo, and reached the fourth round at Wimbledon. But she has not played since, blaming a virus for pulling out of a tournament in Stanford but later revealing she was engaged in a custody battle with her baby’s father and didn’t trust anyone to watch over the little one while she was playing at Flushing Meadows.
Azarenka was one of the early favourites to win the Women’s Singles at the US Open but can now be struck off everybody’s lists, leaving Garbine Muguruza as the bookmakers’ favourite.
Form on grass does not always translate to other surfaces but there are no concerns on that score with the Wimbledon champion. The Venezuela-born Spaniard won the French Open on clay last year and reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on hardcourt at the start of this year. She’s never got beyond the second round of the US Open but warmed up in spectacular fashion for this year’s tournament by beating the current world number one and two, Karolina Pliskova and Simona Halep, in straight sets en route to winning the recent Cincinnati Masters.
Muguruza’s return has become a particularly deadly weapon and there will be plenty rushing to take advantage of Stan James’ stand-out 5/1 about the 23-year-old six-footer taking another step towards completing a clean sweep on Grand Slams.
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Pliskova is a general 15/2 to win the Women’s Singles in New York with Halep a best 10/1. There has been some market interest in British number one Johanna Konta and the world number seven does have the potential to better her semi-final appearance at Wimbledon. Konta is a general 11/1 while Maria Sharapova, controversially given a wild card, is a best 18/1, though her lack of serious competitive action is going to be tough to overcome. Madison Keys is the best of the home-based players at 16/1.
US Open Women’s Singles Current Best Odds
Garbine Muguruza 7/1
Karolina Pliskova 15/2
Simona Halep 10/1
Johanna Konta 11/1
Elina Svitolina 14/1
Madison Keys 16/1
Maria Sharapova 18/1
Venus Williams 20/1
Petra Kvitova 20/1
Caroline Wozniacki 25/1
Angelique Kerber 25/1
Jelena Ostapenko 25/1
Coco Vandeweghe 30/1
Sloane Stephens 40/1
Svetlana Kuznetsova 66/1
Agnieszka Radwanska 66/1
Kristina Mladenovic 80/1
Lucie Safarova 80/1
Dominika Cibulkova 100/1
Belinda Bencic 100/1
Ekaterina Makarova 100/1
