Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka celebrates winning the women's singles last against Amanda Anisimova of the U.S. Open.
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Aryna Sabalenka did not marque galore mistakes contempt not sacrificing immoderate powerfulness — well, until adjacent the extremity — and outplayed Amanda Anisimova for a 6-3, 7-6 (3) triumph successful the U.S. Open last Saturday, making her the archetypal pistillate to triumph the tourney successful consecutive years since Serena Williams much than a decennary ago.
The No. 1-ranked Sabalenka picked up the 4th Grand Slam rubric of her career, each connected hard courts. This was not each creaseless sailing, though.
Sabalenka doubly led by a interruption successful the 2nd set, and served for the triumph astatine 5-4. But astatine 30-all, truthful adjacent to the trophy, she had a accidental to deed an overhead and get to lucifer point. Instead, portion backpedaling, Sabalenka enactment the shot into the net, giving Anisimova a interruption chance.
Amanda Anisimova of the U.S. successful enactment during the women's singles last of the U.S. unfastened against Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka.
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After that excruciating miss, Sabalenka dropped her racquet connected the bluish tribunal and smiled a rueful smile. A infinitesimal later, Anisimova — a 24-year-old American — converted the interruption to get to 5-all and shook her near fist portion 24,000 oregon truthful of her closest friends successful Arthur Ashe Stadium roseate to applaud and shout.
But 15 minutes aft the flub, Sabalenka was kneeling connected the tribunal and covering her look with some hands, coming done connected her 3rd lucifer point.
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