Arina Sabalenka from Belarus 2024 Us Open Women’s Singles Champion Defeats American Jessie Pegula 7-5, 7-5The win is Sabalenka’s third Grand Slam title and her second this year.
After her victory, Sabalenka told the sold-out crowd: 23,000Under the Arthur Ashe Stadium roof, “I’ve never said this before, but seriously, I’m really proud of myself.”
Rain could be heard pounding from the rooftops from the start of the game, which only made the Pegula crowd cheer even louder when Sabalenka hurled the ball perfectly inside the baseline at his feet. 2-1 .
But Sabalenka struck back immediately with her relentless power, winning the match with a powerful forehand crosscourt before shouting “let’s go!”
Sabalenka won the next four games, hitting the ball so hard that there was little Pegula could do to stop it.
Americans served well and held up well. 3-5With a huge Bali win, after Sabalenka’s mistakes, Pegula, who had absorbed the energy of the fans, fought back. 5 -every.
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Thrilling 14– Both players played the point game with four deuces and excellent ball-striking. Sabalenka’s vicious crosscourt backhand, Pegula’s sharp backhand flying along the line – Sabalenka 6-5 .
In another thrilling match, Sabalenka needed five break points to win the set. The American had plenty of chances to turn things around, but seemed to be playing too much defense.
In the second set, Sabalenka broke in the second game and held the set at love. 3-0 head.
Once again, Pegula fought back with more variety, slicing one, speeding one up, and winning five games in a row. 5-3 head.
But Sabalenka caught the run and stopped it. 4-5And it broke 5 -Everyone. She then 15 And it broke 30To win the game.
“Her tennis was really great,” Sabalenka said at a press conference. “I had the opportunity, 3-1I was serving and then there was a break point 3-Love, but, you know, she’s produced winners with really aggressive tennis.
It felt like just a second, 3-5And when I was serving, I thought, “Wow, this is crazy.”
“At that moment, I just said to myself, OK, just try to keep the serve. I was getting ready for the third set.
“At least in the third set, I got more confident in my serve, so I took the serve. And I put a lot of pressure on her in that serve game. 5-4 And I was so glad I could break her back.”
Sabalenka is now only the fifth woman to win both the Australian Open and the Australian Open, following Graf, Seles, Hingis and Kerber. UsIt opened in the same year.
