{"id":9822,"date":"2019-08-27T09:59:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T09:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=9822"},"modified":"2019-08-27T09:59:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T09:59:48","slug":"serena-williams-wins-in-less-than-an-hour-in-us-open-opener-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/serena-williams-wins-in-less-than-an-hour-in-us-open-opener-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams Wins In Less Than An Hour In US Open Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/serena-williams-beat-maria-sharapova-us-open-2019.jpg\" alt=\"Serena Williams Beats Maria Sharapova: US Open 2019\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9824\" \/><strong>Serena Williams<\/strong> would have definitely been a little bit nervous starting her 2019 US Open campaign at Flushing Meadows. The 37 year old had taken a two week break prior to the US Open as she had suffered from back spasms and needed time off to recover. She also had to face an old foe in the first round as she was up against former World number 1 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mariasharapova.com\">Maria Sharapova<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Serena Williams had beaten Sharapova 18 times in the lead up to the first round of the US Open and she continued her dominance over the Russian as she dismantled her in straight sets to win <em>6-1, 6-1<\/em> in less than 60 minutes and send a strong statement to the rest of the division. <\/p>\n<p><strong>US Open Tennis Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uiitj-NHC7k?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The last time Williams played at Flushing Meadows was during the 2018 US Open women\u2019s final where she had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/tennis-umpires-mull-boycott-of-serena-williams-matches\/\">her infamous breakdown against Naomi Osaka<\/a> and ended up on the losing side. She looked the consummate professional on Monday night as she put all that behind her and looked her absolute best.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Sharapova had no answer for the power and placement that Serena was able to generate in just about every short. Williams would later go on to say that Sharapova tends to bring out the best in her and it was easy to play good shots as everything seems to land in the zone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/betting-opportunity\/united-states-open-tennis-championships-2019-preview\">Williams who is our pick for this years US Open Title<\/a> has <strong>won 6 grand slams at the U.S Open<\/strong> and will be very keen on avenging her defeat to defending champion Naomi Osaka who is the number 1 seed this year. Williams\u2019s next opponent is fellow American <strong>Caty McNally<\/strong> in round 2. <\/p>\n<h2>What Will It Take To Upset The Famous Trio?<\/h2>\n<p>In the men\u2019s division, there are no surprises. <strong>Novak Djokovic<\/strong> is the number 1 seed, <strong>Rafael Nadal<\/strong> is number 2 and <strong>Roger Federer<\/strong> is number 3. The famous trio have dominated the men\u2019s circuit for close to a decade and it looks like one of them will once again end up with the men\u2019s single\u2019s US Open Championship.<\/p>\n<p>There continues to be a big gap between these top three players and the rest of the field. Some of the other contenders who will be looking to pull off a major upset include number 4 seed <strong>Dominic Thiem<\/strong> and number 6 seed <strong>Alexander Zverev<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serena Williams would have definitely been a little bit nervous starting her 2019 US Open campaign at Flushing Meadows. The 37 year old had taken a two week break prior to the US Open as she had suffered from back spasms and needed time off to recover. 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