US Open: Sabalenka wins second straight title, defeats Anisimova

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World fig 1 Aryna Sabalenka defended her US Open rubric with a straight-sets triumph against Wimbledon runner-up Amanda Anisimova.

Published On 7 Sep 2025

Aryna Sabalenka retained her US Open crown with a 6-3, 7-6(3) triumph implicit American eighth effect Amanda Anisimova successful the women’s last connected Saturday, underlining her assertion arsenic the modern queen of the hardcourt.

The Belarusian has not missed a hardcourt large last since 2022. Her latest trophy brings her Grand Slam haul to four, arsenic she becomes the archetypal pistillate to triumph back-to-back US Opens since Serena Williams claimed 3 consecutive titles from 2012 to 2014.

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The conflict betwixt 2 of tennis’s hardest-hitting, biggest-serving women boiled down to unforced errors, arsenic Sabalenka kept them down to 15 compared with 29 from her opponent.

“I privation to convey everyone who came here, who flew successful to beryllium determination successful my box,” said Sabalenka, who fell to her knees aft clinching the lucifer with an un-returnable serve, and jumped up and down with her coaches successful the stands successful a country of utter joy.

“I’m going to scope a batch much finals, and I don’t attraction wherever you are successful the world, I privation you successful my box.”

Playing successful lone her 2nd large final, New Jersey-born Anisimova had the partisan fans astatine the famed Arthur Ashe Stadium connected her side, but could ne'er bent onto the momentum.

“It’s been a large summer. Losing successful 2 finals successful a enactment is great, but it’s besides ace hard,” said 24-year-old Anisimova, who was near successful tears yet again aft the heartbreak of her 6-0, 6-0 drubbing successful the Wimbledon last 2 months ago.

“I didn’t combat hard capable for my dreams today.”

Sabalenka sets the code early

Sabalenka, 27, had crystal successful her veins arsenic she saved 3 interruption points successful a nervy archetypal game, and Anisimova handed implicit the aboriginal interruption erstwhile she sent a changeable past the baseline successful the second.

Anisimova deed her stride erstwhile she won a 12-shot rally with a forehand victor retired of Sabalenka’s scope to interruption backmost successful the 3rd game. The American went up a interruption arsenic her hostile deed 1 beyond the baseline successful the fifth.

The tiger-tattooed Belarusian prowled on the baseline successful vexation and pounced connected her accidental to get the momentum back, breaking Anisimova to emotion successful the sixth crippled and converting connected different interruption constituent from the baseline successful the eighth.

Sabalenka closed retired the archetypal acceptable with an un-returnable serve, and sent a backhand whizzing past her hostile to person connected a interruption constituent successful the 3rd crippled of the 2nd set.

Anisimova refused to springiness up arsenic she levelled it successful the sixth with a backhand victor of her own, whipping the fans into a frenzy. But the American enactment ended abruptly arsenic their location anticipation sent the shot into the nett connected a interruption constituent successful the seventh.

Anisimova stayed successful it arsenic Sabalenka helped her interruption backmost with a flubbed smash successful the 10th game. But she buckled to the Belarusian’s powerfulness successful the tiebreak, wherever Sabalenka sprinted done to victory.