Aus Open 2021 Semi Final: Naomi Osaka vs Serena Williams Betting Preview

There’s so many options for sports bettors across the world as there’s no lack of sporting events happening right now. The biggest of them at this point of time will have to the 2021 Australian Open which has reached the semi final stages in both the men’s as well as women’s competition, with loads of action scheduled for 18 February 2021 as well.

On this day, we have the men’s semi final clash between Novak Djokovic and Aslan Karatsev, and you can read the betting preview for that match here. At the same time, we have women’s action as well, with the number #3 seed Naomi Osaka all set to reach another grand slam final. She’s won a slam in all of her last 3 years on the circuit and the 23-year old is eagerly looking to make it number 4 here today!

However, it’s not going to be an easy task as she faces off against former world number #1 and current #10 seed for the 2021 Australian Open – Serena Williams. It’s not going to be an easy game for Osaka as Serena has plenty of experience in these stages of tournaments, with 23 Grand Slam titles to her name and having lost in a grand slam semi final only 6 times in her 22-year career! Osaka is favourite to win at odds of 1.64 on BetWinner today!

2021 Australian Open so far

In her 5 matches so far in the 2021 Aus Open, the Japanese-USA player Osaka has lost just the one set, in her Round 4 game against Garbine Muguruza. Apart from that, she’s had a smooth sailing tournament but you can also say that she hasn’t been presented with too many threatening situations, having played only two seeded players (#14 and #27) so fa this tournament. If you still think she can win here, back her to win 2-1 sets at odds of 4.1 on BetWinner.

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As for Serena, we’ve seen a very similar run, having dropped just a single set in the tournament when she lost the second set to Aryna Sabalenka in their Round 4 encounter. She has also played two seeds in her 5 games but they have been higher ranked players. Sabalenka is the #7 seed while more recently, she beat the #2 seed Simona Halep in their quarter final game and that too, winning straight sets with 6-3, 6-3!

Both of these women have been on top of their serving game so far. In 5 games each, Osaka is the tournament leader with 38 Aces while Serena is close behind at second place with 32 Aces so far this tournament. A lot will depend on the serving and given that Serena is much fitter than she was when these two last met in a Grand Slam, we think Serena can go on to make another final. Check out odds of 2.5 with BetWinner for her to win the 2021 Australian Open!

Naomi Osaka vs Serena Williams head to head

Currently, these two players are tied 2-2 in head to head encounters. In Grand Slams, they played once where Osaka got the better of Serene in the 2018 US Open final where Serena recently returned after her maternity leave from the game. But in more recent games, they played just a while back at the 2021 Adelaide Open where Serena won a hard-fought 3-set game on a similar hard court.