Us Open: Reigning Champion Sabalenka Storms Back Against Pegula To Reach Final Again

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Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka was simply excessively bully for Jessica Pegula yet again, winning their US Open semi-final 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 connected Thursday nighttime successful a rematch of past year’s final.

The No 1-seeded Sabalenka moved 1 triumph distant from becoming nan first female to declare consecutive championships astatine Flushing Meadows since Serena Williams sewage 3 successful a statement from 2012 to 2014.

This lucifer was acold person than nan straight-set triumph for Sabalenka complete Pegula 12 months agone that gave nan 27-year-old from Belarus her 3rd expansive slam title, each connected difficult courts.

Since then, Sabalenka was nan runner-up to Madison Keys astatine nan Australian Open successful January and to Coco Gauff astatine nan French Open successful June, past was eliminated successful nan Wimbledon semi-finals by Amanda Anisimova successful July.

When this 1 ended connected Sabalenka’s 3rd lucifer constituent – aft 2 bad errors connected her first chances – she rocked backmost connected her heels, dispersed her arms and screamed successful triumph.