The first three nights of the US Open are sold out, according to the U.S. Tennis Association.
"Despite odds makers putting Serena as just the 13th most likely woman to win the 2022 US Open, ticket sellers are pricing the finals as if she'll be there," TicketIQ CEO Jesse Lawrence told CNBC.
Williams has won the US Open six times in her career, the most recent win coming in 2014. She's coming off a tough loss to Britain's Emma Raducanu in the opening round of the Western & Southern Open, a Women's Tennis Association event in Mason, Ohio. "I don't know if I will be ready to win New York. But I'm going to try," Williams wrote about the tournament in the Vogue magazine piece announcing her retirement.
The tennis icon turns 41 next month and says she's ready to focus on growing her family after decades of focusing on tennis. She is married to Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian and has a 5-year-old daughter, Olympia. During her prolific career, Williams has won 23 grand slam titles, the second-most of all time behind Margaret Cour and over $94 million in career winnings, twice as much as any other female athlete. She's also been instrumental in bringing African Americans and girls into the sport."I started playing tennis with the goal of winning the U.S. Open. I didn't think past that. And then I just kept winning," she wrote in Vogue.
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