Ticket prices for Serena Williams’ match in particular at the U.S. Open skyrocketed. Ticket prices for Williams’ opening match, since it was announced on Aug. 25, have jumped over 300%. The average secondary market ticket price is listed at $987.
Tennis legend Serena Williams recently announced that she is leaving tennis and will likely play in her last U.S. Open tennis tournament this year.
Williams is seen as a betting favorite against Kovinic, with an implied probability of winning of 78%, according to DraftKings DKNG, +0.94%.Williams, who is married to Reddit co-founder and executive chairman Alexis Ohanian and has a 4-year-old daughter with Ohanian, says she’ll focus on spending time with her family and working with her venture-capital firm Serena Ventures when she is done playing tennis.
Williams is one of the greatest athletes of all time, regardless of sport. She has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles — the most of any man or woman in the Open Era, which began in 1968.
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