Serena Williams and Cori Gauff were not considered among the top favorites to win the current French Open, but things are changing fast, especially after the early demise of Naomi Osaka and Ashleigh Barty.
Naomi Osaka withdrew from the tournament after citing mental health, and Ashleigh Barty had to stop playing during the second round since she was struggling with a hip injury.
There have been some other important demises on the women’s side during this Roland Garros with the early exits of Bianca Andreescu, Karolina Pliskova, Petra Kvitova, Belinda Bencic, and Garbine Muguruza. Simona Halep was also not able to play the slam because of a calf injury.
Therefore, after all these early exits, Serena Wiliams and Coco Gauff’s chances to win the French Open are getting more traction. Here the latest odds.
Iga Swiatek 2.30
Aryna Sabalenka 5.50
Paula Badosa 12.00
Serena Williams 13.00
Cori Gauff 17.00
Elina Svitolina 21.00
Karolina Muchova 26.00
Daria Kasatkina 34.00
Sofia Kenin 34.00
Maria Sakkari 34.00
Sloane Stephens 34.00
Marketa Vondrousova 34.00
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Serena Williams at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2021
Currently the world no.8, Serena has a 11-3 match record in 2021. The American is competing at the French Open where she defeated Irina-Camelia Begu 7-66 6-2 and Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-3 5-7 6-1.
Serena Williams will take on the world no.50 Danielle Collins in the 3rd round on Friday at 4:00 pm on Court Philippe CHATRIER. Their record is 1-0 for Serena Williams.
Serena won 73 titles in her career: 43 on hard courts, 13 on clay courts, 7 on indoor courts, 2 on carpet courts and 8 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)
Gauff at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2021
Ranked no.25 (career-high), the American achieved a composed 25-9 win-loss record in 2021. Cori is now having a run at the French Open where she ousted Aleksandra Krunic 7-611 6-4 and Qiang Wang 6-3 7-61.
Cori Gauff will compete against the world no.14 Jennifer Brady in the 3rd round. Their current record is 1-0 for Brady.
The American has won 1 title in 2021 in Parma.
Serena Williams and Cori Gauff have never clashed against each other.
Osaka at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2021
Currently ranked no.2, the Japanese has a 14-3 win-loss record in 2021. Naomi is competing at the French Open where she managed to beat Patricia Maria Tig 6-4 7-64.
Ashleigh Barty in 2021
Ranked world no.1, Barty played her last match on the 3rd of June when she had to retire when playing against world no.45 Magda Linette in the 2nd round and the scoreline was 6-1 2-2 .
This season Barty has a 28-6 match record. Ashleigh conquered 3 titles in 2021 in Melbourne, in Miami and in Stuttgart. Ashleigh was the runner-up in Madrid.
Naomi Osaka and Ashleigh Barty played each other 4 times. The head to head is 2-2. The last time they locked horns, Naomi Osaka won 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the final in Beijing (China Open) in October 2019.
In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.
Serena Williams, Cori Gauff, Naomi Osaka and Ashleigh Barty |
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