Sabalenka is the new Queen of New York!
Aryna Sabalenka went through all kinds of emotions on Saturday.
Upstaged by a very combative Jessica Pegula and supported by an entire stadium, the world number 2 gave nothing away to finally win in two sets (7-5, 7-5).
Hitting the ball hard and willing to play the game (41 winners, 35 unforced errors), Sabalenka finally broke an American who was simply a little weaker.
In a match in which she often led, but was also often caught out, the Belarusian had the right to collapse on the court like a champion.
Establishing herself more than ever as the queen of hardcourts, she has thus perfectly reconciled herself with the US Open and won her third Grand Slam title, her second this season.
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