World primary Aryna Sabalenka defended her US Open title with a straight-sets victory towards Wimbledon runner-up Amanda Anisimova.
Printed On 7 Sep 2025
Aryna Sabalenka retained her US Open crown with a 6-3, 7-6(3) win over American eighth seed Amanda Anisimova within the ladies’s remaining on Saturday, underlining her declare as the fashionable queen of the hardcourt.
The Belarusian has not missed a hardcourt main remaining since 2022. Her newest trophy brings her Grand Slam haul to 4, as she turns into the primary girl to win back-to-back US Opens since Serena Williams claimed three consecutive titles from 2012 to 2014.
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The battle between two of tennis’s hardest-hitting, biggest-serving ladies boiled all the way down to unforced errors, as Sabalenka stored them down to fifteen in contrast with 29 from her opponent.
“I wish to thank everybody who got here right here, who flew in to be there in my field,” mentioned Sabalenka, who fell to her knees after clinching the match with an un-returnable serve, and jumped up and down together with her coaches within the stands in a scene of utter pleasure.
“I’m going to succeed in much more finals, and I don’t care the place you’re on this planet, I would like you in my field.”
Taking part in in solely her second main remaining, New Jersey-born Anisimova had the partisan followers on the famed Arthur Ashe Stadium on her aspect, however may by no means grasp onto the momentum.
“It’s been an excellent summer season. Dropping in two finals in a row is nice, nevertheless it’s additionally tremendous onerous,” mentioned 24-year-old Anisimova, who was left in tears but once more after the heartbreak of her 6-0, 6-0 drubbing within the Wimbledon remaining two months in the past.
“I didn’t struggle onerous sufficient for my desires in the present day.”
Sabalenka units the tone early
Sabalenka, 27, had ice in her veins as she saved three break factors in a nervy first sport, and Anisimova handed over the early break when she despatched a shot previous the baseline within the second.
Anisimova hit her stride when she received a 12-shot rally with a forehand winner out of Sabalenka’s attain to interrupt again within the third sport. The American went up a break as her opponent hit one past the baseline within the fifth.
The tiger-tattooed Belarusian prowled alongside the baseline in frustration and pounced on her likelihood to get the momentum again, breaking Anisimova to like within the sixth sport and changing on one other break level from the baseline within the eighth.
Sabalenka closed out the primary set with an un-returnable serve, and despatched a backhand whizzing previous her opponent to transform on a break level within the third sport of the second set.
Anisimova refused to surrender as she levelled it within the sixth with a backhand winner of her personal, whipping the followers right into a frenzy. However the American social gathering ended abruptly as their house hope despatched the ball into the online on a break level within the seventh.
Anisimova stayed in it as Sabalenka helped her break again with a flubbed smash within the tenth sport. However she buckled to the Belarusian’s energy within the tiebreak, the place Sabalenka sprinted by to victory.
