Four outside shouts for US Open women’s singles features Olympic champion Puig and Konta

Johanna Konta

Sydney-born Great Britain representative Johanna Konta went down to eventual Olympic champion Angelique Kerber and has played her best tennis on hard courts this year.

Konta’s amazing run to the Australian Open semi-finals at the beginning of the season shows why her game is best suited to such a surface.

This has also set her up to be a WTA top 20 player, with Konta winning her first Tour title beating Venus Williams in the Stanford Classic final stateside in July.

If it’s a patriotic punt you’re after, then, US Open ante post odds of 40/1 say Konta can capture a maiden Grand Slam in New York.

Madison Keys

For all her promise and potential, underlined by a fourth place finish at the Olympics, American youngster Madison Keys is still just 21.

Much of the USA’s hopes will be transferred over to Keys once the Williams sisters finally hang up their rackets, and that means pressure.

With Keys you get good results here and there, beating 2012 Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwanska by losing just five games at last year’s US Open, for example.

If she can put performances together on the big stage, Keys could well live up to odds of 14/1 to flourish at Flushing Meadows and is among tennis tips for this tournament.

Belinda Bencic

Switzerland’s teenage talent Belinda Bencic reached the US Open quarter-finals two years ago, beating the likes of Kerber and Jelena Jankovic en route to the last eight.

Although yet to replicate that run at another Grand Slam since, Bencic remains the brightest prospect for her country when men’s tennis legend Roger Federer finally calls time on his career.

With links to Martina Hingis, who she should’ve partnered in the Olympics women’s doubles tournament before withdrawing due to injury, Bencic has already had some top tuition with her racket.

It is only a matter of time before the youngster makes a big splash at a Slam, and a rested Bencic will be a danger at 28/1.

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