{"id":149084,"date":"2017-09-06T20:49:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T00:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/?p=149084"},"modified":"2017-09-06T20:49:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T00:49:15","slug":"venus-williams-vs-sloane-stephens-predictions-odds-picks-and-tennis-betting-preview-2017-wta-us-open-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/venus-williams-vs-sloane-stephens-predictions-odds-picks-and-tennis-betting-preview-2017-wta-us-open-semifinals.html","title":{"rendered":"Venus Williams vs. Sloane Stephens Predictions, Odds, Picks and Tennis Betting Preview \u2013 2017 WTA US Open Semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/record.tbaffiliate.com\/_y8k7RB3Ll4xutv7iXV6HvmNd7ZgqdRLk\/28\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145127\" src=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/TENNIS-BANNERS-620x110.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Venus Williams vs. Sloane Stephens Preview<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York City, NY<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong>\u00a0Thursday, September 7, 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Line:<\/strong> Venus Williams (<a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/tennis\/womens-us-open-semis-new-york-ny-usa-hard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>-160<\/strong><\/a>) vs. Sloane Stephens (<a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/tennis\/womens-us-open-semis-new-york-ny-usa-hard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>+130<\/strong><\/a>) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/tennis\/womens-us-open-semis-new-york-ny-usa-hard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>view all 2017 US Open Women&#8217;s Singles lines<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TV Broadcast:<\/strong> ESPN<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Most Recent Articles<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/2017-presidents-cup-predictions-picks-odds-and-golf-betting-preview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017 Presidents Cup Preview<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/2017-presidents-cup-purse-and-prize-money-breakdown.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\r\n2017 Presidents Cup Purse Breakdown <\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/nfl-2017-week-4-predictions-picks-and-preview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NFL 2017 Week 4 Predictions, Picks and Preview<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Betting on Venus Williams (<a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/tennis\/womens-us-open-semis-new-york-ny-usa-hard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>-160<\/strong><\/a>)<\/h3>\n<p>Continuing to represent the fabled Williams tennis clan is elder sister Venus, who came out on top against World No. 15 Petra Kvitova,\u00a06-3, 3-6, 7-6(2), in the quarterfinal round of the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>Williams wasn&#8217;t at the top of her game, though, as she converted just three of her 11 break-point opportunities and lost 35-21 in winners. However,\u00a0 the 13th seed did commit just 29 unforced errors compared to 45 from Kvitova, and that was enough for her to advance in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Given her impressive body of work throughout her career, Williams enters her semifinal clash against Sloane Stephens as the favorite. However, it&#8217;s worth noting that the 37-year-old needed three sets these past couple of US Open matches against top-25 opponents, so she might be regressing at the worst time.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, Venus tends to shine under the bright lights of New York. She&#8217;s a two-time US Open champion who&#8217;s made it to the quarterfinal round of the event just in 2015. In addition, she&#8217;s reached the semifinal round in eight of her 18 lifetime trips to the Big Apple&#8217;s Grand Slam tourney.<\/p>\n<h3>Betting on Sloane Stephens (<a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/tennis\/womens-us-open-semis-new-york-ny-usa-hard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>+130<\/strong><\/a>)<\/h3>\n<p>The changing of the WTA Tour guard may be at hand, as 158th-ranked Sloane Stephens stays alive in the US Open, having just defeated World No. 26 Anastasija Sevastova, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(4).<\/p>\n<p>That quarterfinal victory sent Stephens to just her second-career Grand Slam semifinal appearance, now tying her career-best finish from the 2013 Australian Open. Although the Florida native has had three matches that went full three-set distance in this year&#8217;s US Open, all three of those bouts were against top-50 opponents, including a second-round upset over World No. 4 Dominika Cibulkova.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s not as if Stephens is just making her presence felt in Flushing. She&#8217;s actually made the semifinals in each of the last two hard-court tournaments from the previous month in Cincinnati and Toronto, with two victories over Kvitova and one against World No. 2 Angelique Kerber.<\/p>\n<p>Further giving the 24-year-old fuel to her fire heading into Thursday&#8217;s match is that she came out victorious over Williams in their only head-to-head meeting to date at the 2015 French Open. That being said, don&#8217;t be shocked to find out that Stephens keeps her\u00a0Cinderella run at the US Open going by beating a future Hall-of-Famer.<\/p>\n<h3>Writer\u2019s Prediction<\/h3>\n<p>Stephens (<a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/tennis\/womens-us-open-semis-new-york-ny-usa-hard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>-160<\/strong><\/a>) with another three-set upset to remember.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/record.tbaffiliate.com\/_y8k7RB3Ll4xutv7iXV6HvmNd7ZgqdRLk\/6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"broken_link\">Create a betting account now<\/a> to cash in from the final Grand Slam tournament of 2017!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/record.tbaffiliate.com\/_y8k7RB3Ll4xutv7iXV6HvmNd7ZgqdRLk\/28\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145127\" src=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/TENNIS-BANNERS-620x110.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p 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