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us open- sabalenka defeated pegula 2-0 to win the third grand slam title of her career

2024-09-08

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at the early morning of september 8th, beijing time, the 2024 season tennis grand slam us open continued. in the women's singles final, no. 2 seed sabalenka performed well and defeated local star pegula 7-5/7-5 in two straight sets to win the us open women's singles championship for the first time in her career. sabalenka won her second grand slam title this season and the third grand slam title in her career.

belarusian star sabalenka has achieved career breakthroughs in the past two seasons, from the initial grand slam quarterfinal curse to winning the australian open women's singles championship twice, and once ranked first in the world. sabalenka defeated alexandrova, mertens, zheng qinwen and navarro in this us open, and reached the us open final for two consecutive years. sabalenka's opponent in the final was local player pegula, who had previously reached the grand slam quarterfinals six times but was never able to go further. in this tournament, she defeated rogers, kenin, swiatek and muchova in a row, and reached the grand slam final for the first time in her career.

the two have played against each other seven times before, with sabalenka having the advantage with 5 wins and 2 losses. they played against each other in the final of cincinnati this season, when sabalenka won in straight sets. in this final, sabalenka will strive for her first us open title, which will also be her third grand slam title. pegula will strive for her first grand slam title in her career, and her ranking will rise to third, tying her career best.