{"id":92032,"date":"2016-01-20T21:21:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T02:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/?p=92032"},"modified":"2016-01-21T03:54:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T08:54:01","slug":"serena-williams-vs-daria-kasatkina-predictions-odds-picks-and-tennis-betting-preview-2016-australian-open-third-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/serena-williams-vs-daria-kasatkina-predictions-odds-picks-and-tennis-betting-preview-2016-australian-open-third-round.html","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams vs. Daria Kasatkina Predictions, Odds, Picks, and Tennis Betting Preview \u2013 2016 Australian Open Third Round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Top seeds have been falling like flies in this year\u2019s Australian Open women\u2019s draw, but World No. 1 Serena Williams is still very much alive. The defending Aussie Open champ is coming off a typically dominant win in the second round. Can she book her spot in the Round of 16 with a win over high-flying teenager Daria Kasatkina?<\/p>\n<p>Read on below for this third-round matchup. Meanwhile, check out what the top men&#8217;s seeds will be up against with our previews of <a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/novak-djokovic-vs-andreas-seppi-predictions-odds-picks-and-tennis-betting-preview-2016-australian-open-third-round.html\" target=\"_blank\">Djokovic vs. Seppi<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/roger-federer-vs-grigor-dimitrov-predictions-odds-picks-and-tennis-betting-preview-2016-australian-open-third-round.html\" target=\"_blank\">Federer vs. Dimitrov<\/a>.<\/p>\n[sc:TennisArticles ]\n<h2>Serena Williams vs. Daria Kasatkina\u00a0Betting Preview<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where:\u00a0<\/strong>Melbourne Park, Melbourne<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:\u00a0<\/strong>Thursday, January 21<\/p>\n<p><strong>Line:\u00a0<\/strong>Serena Williams (<strong>-2,000<\/strong>) vs. Daria Kasatkina (<strong>+1,000<\/strong>) \u2013\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/tennis\/womens-australian-open-rd-of-32\" target=\"_blank\">view all Australian Open Women\u2019s Singles lines<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Betting on Serena Williams<\/h3>\n<p>After a relatively labored opening round performance against Camila Giorgi, Serena Williams was back to her devastating best, as she steamrolled past her unfortunate second-round opponent, Su-Wei Hsieh. The World No. 1 needed just 60 minutes flat to dispose of the World No. 90 in straight-sets, 6-1, 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>[sc:AUS15-250 ]Serena was simply too much for her overmatched opponent. She fired home seven aces, had 26 winners, converted 85 percent of her first serve points, and won 51 percent of receiving points. Serena\u2019s put just over half of her first serves in play through her first two matches, but on both occasions, she converted 85 percent or more of those first serve points. She\u2019s also averaging eight aces per match.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old Williams has the overwhelming experience advantage over the 18-year-old Daria Kasatkina, and will be the massive\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/tennis\/womens-australian-open-rd-of-32\" target=\"_blank\">-2,000<\/a> favorite to go through. Williams\u2019 power \u2013 both in her service game and return game \u2013 is just a handful to deal with, and should be enough to see her past Kasatkina, whose serve has been broken five times in two matches.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Join TopBet Sportsbook\" href=\"http:\/\/record.tbaffiliate.com\/_y8k7RB3Ll4xutv7iXV6HvmNd7ZgqdRLk\/9\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Create a betting account now<\/a>\u00a0and cash in on the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year.<\/p>\n<h3>Betting on Daria Kasatkina<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Daria+Kasatkina.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-92025\" alt=\"Daria+Kasatkina\" src=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Daria+Kasatkina.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Daria+Kasatkina.jpg 600w, http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Daria+Kasatkina-250x141.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Daria Kasatkina is slowly getting the hang of the Grand Slam stage. The 18-year-old has now reached the third-round in back-to-back Slams after also making it to the Round of 32 in last year\u2019s US Open.<\/p>\n<p>Kasatkina\u2019s road to that stage in Australia has been much more impressive, though. She has yet to drop a set in her first two matches after convincing straight-sets victories over Anna Schmeidlova and Ana Konjuh.<\/p>\n<p>Kasatkina\u2019s service game has been a little shaky, but her return game has been spot on. She\u2019s won over half of receiving points in her first two matches, and has gone 11-of-21 in her break point opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian teen is a massive <a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/tennis\/womens-australian-open-rd-of-32\" target=\"_blank\">+1,000<\/a> underdog for a couple of reasons, the biggest of which is because she\u2019s facing the best women\u2019s tennis player on the planet. But with her young legs and ability to get her opponent moving with a variety of shots, she has a good chance of making things a little tougher for the defending champ.<\/p>\n<p>Kasatkina has already recorded one win against a Williams this year. She took down Serena\u2019s older sister Venus in three sets in Auckland. She broke the elder Williams sister\u2019s serve six times in 11 attempts.<\/p>\n<h3>Writer\u2019s Prediction<\/h3>\n<p>Williams (<a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/tennis\/womens-australian-open-rd-of-32\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>-2,000<\/strong><\/a>) advances with another straight-sets win.<\/p>\n[sc:AUS15-620 ]\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"pvc_stats all \" data-element-id=\"92032\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> &nbsp;2,931&nbsp;total views, &nbsp;1&nbsp;views today<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top seeds have been falling like flies in this year\u2019s Australian Open women\u2019s draw, but World No. 1 Serena Williams is still very much alive. 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