Open women's semifinals are set with the top four seeds advancing. World No. 1 and top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka will face third-seeded Jessica Pegula in the first match, followed by No. 2 Elena Rybakina squaring off against the 4-seed in Coco Gauff. Sabalenka is seeking to become the third woman in the Open Era to three-peat as champion, with Gauff looking to add a second title to her 2024 win.
Rybakina is a two-time Grand Slam winner but the 2026 U.S. Open women's semifinal is the furthest she's advanced at this tournament, while Pegula is the lone of the four without a major win. Visit our DraftKings promo code review and get $200 in bonus bets as a new user after $5+ in wagers here: The first match of Sabalenka vs.
ET from Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, N.Y. Sabalenka is the -195 favorite (risk $195 to win $100) to defeat Pegula (+158) in the latest U.S. The over/under for total games is 22.5 at betting sites.
Meanwhile, Gauff is the -118 favorite over Rybakina (-103), with that match's total games O/U at 21.5. Sabalenka (+150) is favored to win the tournament. Before making any 2026 U.S.
Open picks, you need to see who proven SportsLine tennis handicapper Jose Onorato is backing. Onorato grew up playing competitive tennis in Caracas, Venezuela. After coming to the U.S., he trained with famed coach Nick Bollettieri at IMG Academy in Florida and faced players like Robert Farah, now one of the world's top-ranked doubles players.
Onorato has gone 168-106-8 (+107.12 units) on his best bets since 2022. He correctly called Jannik Sinner in the 2025 Australian Open (+160), Carlos Alcaraz (+130) in the 2025 French Open and Sinner again at 2025 Wimbledon (+180). He also called Coco Gauff (+700) in the 2025 French Open, Iga Swiatek (+1200) at 2025 Wimbledon and then nailed Alexander Zverev (+700) at this year's French Open.
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