Aryna Sabalenka (No. 2 in the WTA world ranking) won a dramatic match at the 2023 US Open. In the semifinals of the last Grand Slam tournament of the season, the Belarusian got rid of Madison Keys (No. 17) by 0-6, 7-6 (1) and 7-6 (5).
Aryna Sabalenka defeated Madison Keys and will play a new Grand Slam final. Getty
The meeting began in a very unfavorable and unusual way for the European. The first set, which she lost 6-0, andIt was a score that she had not received since the WTA 500 in San José in 2022 against Daria Kasatkina.
However, despite this bad prognosis that boded the worst for Sabalenka, the winner of the 2023 Australian Open was able to turn things around, managing to break her opponent in key stages of the match after losing her own serve on several occasions. In the second set, Keys was up 5-3 but could not hold and the Belarusian took 3 consecutive games to ensure, at least, the tiebreak who ended up winning.
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In the third set, Keys again took a break lead and was 4-2 up with serve in favor but Sabalenka broke it again and executed a comeback that led to the final victory against the local tennis player, who finished the match with some physical problems.
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In this way, Sabalenka will play her first US Open final (she was a semifinalist in 2021 and 2022) and will seek to win the second Grand Slam title of her career, after winning the 2023 Australian Open. However, he will not have it easy at all. Her rival will be Coco Gauff, who defeated Karolina Muchova in the other match 6-4, 7-5.
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2023-09-08 05:15:02
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