Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka That was great for Jessica Pegula, who won the U.S. Open 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday night in a rematch last year’s final.
Since Serena Williams’ three straight games from 2012 to 2014 in 2012, No no seed Sabalenka has shifted a victory from becoming the first woman to win a row on Flushing Meadows.
The game is much closer than Sabalenka’s straight-forward victory at Pegula 12 months ago, bringing the third Grand Slam champion of the 27-year-old from Belarus all on the hard court.
Since then, Sabalenka has finished second in the Australian Open in January with Coco Gauff at the French Open in June before being eliminated by Amanda Anisimova in the Wimbledon semifinal in July.
When this ended at Sabalenka’s third match point, she shaked, stretched out her arms and screamed with victory after two bad mistakes on her initial chance.
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