Keys and Stephens prepare for all-American US Open Final

It’s the last Grand Slam of the season 

Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys will both make their first appearance in a Grand Slam final this weekend.

The duo will contest the US Open Final at Flushing Meadows on Saturday evening. Remarkably it will be the first time since 2000 that an American other than Venus or Serena Williams has contested the final.

It’s Keys that holds the advantage in the betting at 4/9. Stephens enters as the underdog with odds of 7/4.

Coral News looks ahead to the final Grand Slam of the season…

The story so far

It has been a contrasting path through to the final for the pair. Keys has enjoyed a relatively straightforward route to this year’s showpiece. The 22-year-old has dropped just two sets en route. And she took just 66 minutes to dispose of CoCo Vandeweghe 6-1, 6-2 in the semi-finals.

Stephens meanwhile has toiled for her place in this year’s final. The 83^rd ranked player has gone the distance in four of her six games so far. And it was the same scenario in the semi-final as she edged seven-time Grand Slam winner Venus Williams 6-1, 0-6, 7-5 to secure her final place.

Top bet – Over 2.5 sets @ 5/4

Match betting

Given Keys’ superiority in the rankings it should come as no surprise that she is the favourite for the contest. The Illinois native is 15^th in the world and has previously reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open.