Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, returns a shot to Jessica Pegula, of america, in the course of the girls’s singles ultimate of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in New York.
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Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka beat American sixth seed Jessica Pegula 7-5 7-5 within the U.S. Open girls’s ultimate on Saturday (September 7, 2024).
Sabalenka blocked out the wild cheers for the house hope on Arthur Ashe Stadium to interrupt Pegula within the ultimate recreation and win her first title at Flushing Meadows.
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A 12 months after developing quick within the ultimate, the second seed fought again from a break down in each units to say victory and fell to the court docket in her second of triumph.
The 30-year-old Pegula had waited a very long time to succeed in her first main ultimate however couldn’t match her opponent’s uncooked energy regardless of the noisy backing of the New York crowd.
Sabalenka claimed her third Grand Slam title after successful the Australian Open twice.
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