Arina Sabalenka Tops Amanda Anisimova, Brani Nas Open Title

New York – Arina Sabalenka did not make a lot of mistakes – Well, until the end – despite the victims of any strength and are Amanda Anisimova for a 6-3, 7-6 (3) in the United States open final Saturday, making it the first woman to beat the tournament in consecutive years since Serena Williams More than a decade ago.

Sabalenka no. 1 She picked up the fourth Grand Slam title of his career and became just the fifth player outdoors (male or female) to get every first four main titles on the same surface.

This was not all smooth sailing.

Sabalenka took a break in another set twice and served to win 5-4. But on 30-everyone, so close to Trophies, she had the opportunity to hit the overhead and reached the match point. Instead, while Backpepelaling, Sabalenka put the ball in the net, giving Anisima’s chance.

After that male, Miss, Sabalenka dropped the racket on the Blue Court and smiled a ugly smile. A moment later, Anisimova – a 24-year-old American – turned a break to reach 5-everyone and shook the left fist, while 24,000 or so the closest friends in Arthur Ashe Stadium increased and shouted.

Ah, but 15 minutes after Flubaya, Sabalenka knelt on the field and covered the face with both hands, which passed the game in three – which had perfect sense, because it just doesn’t lose it. This one made 21-1 in those of this year, conquering it in the last 19 years.

She has become a third woman since 2000. years in order to successfully defend the title in two different major, he joined Serena Williams (Australian Open, Open, Vimbledon) and Venus Williams (Open, Vimbledon).

The result also meant that Sabalenka avoided becoming the first woman who lost three main finals in one season, because Justine HenIn 2006 years.

“All these difficult lessons (were) worth this,” said Sabalenka. “I’m out of words right now.”

Sabalenka, 27-year-old from Belarus, was a race Madison Keys on Australian Open in January and to Coco Gauff On the open French. Then, in Vimbledon in July, Sabalenka eliminated Anisimov.

Which Anisimov puts in his first main final, which lost 6-0, 6-0 to Iga Sviajtek.

But Anisima immediately turned out behind her, good enough to win the revenge against the U.S. open quarterfinals.

“The loss in the two finals in a row is great, but then it is great hard,” Anisima said, who sat and buryed the face in the towel after the match was completed. “I think I didn’t fight for my dreams enough today.”

Sabalenka told her, “I know how much pain in the final hurts, but you believe me … you will win (one). You will enjoy it even more after these difficult losses in the final.”

When Anisima approached Sabalenka 2-0, 30-love as Saturday match, maybe some fans may have been wondered: there’s no way there will be repeating finals in the whole club of England, isn’t it?

Right.

Anisima caught the next four points to break back, a match match with the Backhand’s winner and the winner of the forehand. It had partisan fans on his feet, shouting, and Anisimov exhaled as she walked to the side and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He soon led 3-2. But Sabalenka took the following four games and it was set.

It began to overflow before the match, so there was a roof indentation in Ashe’s artificial light was imprisoned. Sometimes the distraction in Anisima seemed, which took her team in the stalls that something bothered during a serving ball.

The installation also created windless conditions, ideal for two bowling strikers who can really bring power with good contact. And they both worked from the beginning, striking fast services and deeply applied with so many tempora-reacted temporarily was simply not easy.

Some exchanges were deducted by breath – for them, certainly and spectators that breathed into force during the souls.

They are both aggressive during the back and are rarely risky. The awards can be huge, as well as errors, and Anisima was looking for lines with complete interruptions of both sides.

The first 13 points of Sabalenka, which helped her claim that the initial two games, only one came over his own winner. The second ten has arrived thanks to six unfounded mistakes of Anisima and six forced errors.

Finally, Anisima had almost twice as many winners as Sabalenka, 22-13, and almost twice as many immense mistakes, 29-15.

“You are so amazing,” Anisima Sabalenka said during the trophy ceremony. “I’m in fear of what you’ve achieved, and you continue to achieve so many amazing things.”

The information from the Associated Press was used in this report.