Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka celebrates after successful her semifinal match towards Jessica Pegula on the U.S. Open tennis match in New York on September 4, 2025.
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World primary Aryna Sabalenka fought again to maintain her U.S. Open title defence rolling on Thursday (September 4, 2025) by beating American Jessica Pegula 4-6 6-3 6-4 of their semifinal.
The Belarusian recovered from a nervy begin in a rematch of the 2024 finale, drowning out the partisan followers at Arthur Ashe Stadium and overwhelming the fourth seed with 43 winners and eight aces.
Pegula introduced a few of her greatest tennis to Flushing Meadows this yr however after successful the primary set she struggled to soak up the three-time main winner’s energy.
“She performed unbelievable tennis. I needed to work actually exhausting to get this win,” mentioned Sabalenka.
Pegula had simply three unforced errors within the first set and obtained the higher hand after buying and selling early breaks as Sabalenka despatched a shot previous the baseline on break level within the ninth recreation.
Sabalenka left the court docket earlier than the second set and got here again out of the tunnel with new resolve. She received the primary three video games, breaking the American with a forehand winner within the second, and upped her stage throughout the board.
Sabalenka broke once more within the opening recreation of the ultimate set and confirmed her mettle as she fended off three break factors in a marathon sixth.
Pegula had a bit extra battle left in her, nevertheless, as she saved two match factors earlier than Sabalenka closed it out with a forehand winner and shouted on the high of her lungs in celebration.
Sabalenka subsequent performs both four-times Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka of Japan or American eighth seed Amanda Anisimova.
Revealed – September 05, 2025 09:05 am IST
