Aryna Sabalenka is lastly a U.S. Open champion. The 26-year-old participant — who was the runner-up on the 2023 U.S. Open behind Coco Gauff — gained the ladies’s ultimate on Saturday, beating American Jessica Pegula in straight units, 7-5, 7-5.
It’s Sabalenka’s first U.S. Open title and third singles Grand Slam win, together with the 2023 and 2024 Australian Opens.
The No. 2 participant on the planet is the primary lady to win the U.S. Open after shedding the earlier yr’s ultimate, and he or she’s the fifth totally different lady to win the Aussie Open and U.S. Open in the identical yr since 1988, in line with ESPN.
Understandably, Sabalenka’s post-match celebration was an emotional one. Listed here are eight photographs of her celebrating her newest Grand Slam victory
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 07: Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus celebrates after defeating Jessica Pegula of the USA to win the Girls’s Singles Last on Day 13 of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Middle on September 07, 2024 within the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York Metropolis. (Picture by Matthew Stockman/Getty Photos) ORG XMIT: 776152838 ORIG FILE ID: 2170736712
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 07: Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus celebrates after defeating Jessica Pegula of the USA to win the Girls’s Singles Last on Day 13 of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Middle on September 07, 2024 within the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York Metropolis. (Picture by Luke Hales/Getty Photos) ORG XMIT: 776152838 ORIG FILE ID: 2170736875
Belarus’s Aryna Sabalenka celebrates after profitable her ladies’s ultimate match towards USA’s Jessica Pegula on day 13 of the US Open tennis match on the USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Middle in New York Metropolis, on September 7, 2024. (Picture by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Picture by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP by way of Getty Photos) ORG XMIT: 776152838 ORIG FILE ID: 2170092193
Belarus’s Aryna Sabalenka reacts after defeating USA’s Jessica Pegula throughout their ladies’s ultimate match on day 13 of the US Open tennis match on the USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Middle in New York Metropolis, on September 7, 2024. (Picture by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Picture by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP by way of Getty Photos) ORG XMIT: 776152838 ORIG FILE ID: 2170092522
Belarus’s Aryna Sabalenka reacts after defeating USA’s Jessica Pegula throughout their ladies’s ultimate match on day 13 of the US Open tennis match on the USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Middle in New York Metropolis, on September 7, 2024. (Picture by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Picture by ANGELA WEISS/AFP by way of Getty Photos) ORG XMIT: 776152838 ORIG FILE ID: 2170095123
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 07: Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus walks again to the court docket after celebrating along with her crew after defeating Jessica Pegula of the USA to win the Girls’s Singles Last on Day 13 of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Middle on September 07, 2024 within the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York Metropolis. (Picture by Al Bello/Getty Photos) ORG XMIT: 776152838 ORIG FILE ID: 2170737330
Belarus’s Aryna Sabalenka lifts the trophy after defeating USA’s Jessica Pegula throughout their ladies’s ultimate match on day 13 of the US Open tennis match on the USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Middle in New York Metropolis, on September 7, 2024. (Picture by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Picture by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP by way of Getty Photos) ORG XMIT: 776152838 ORIG FILE ID: 2170094972
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 07: Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus celebrates with the winners trophy after defeating Jessica Pegula of the USA to win the Girls’s Singles Last on Day 13 of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Middle on September 07, 2024 within the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York Metropolis. (Picture by Matthew Stockman/Getty Photos) ORG XMIT: 776152838 ORIG FILE ID: 2170738652
