MADRID, 8 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The American tennis player Coco Gauff and the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka will play the final of the United States Open, the fourth ‘Grand Slam’ of the year and which is played on hard courts, after beating the Czech Karolina Muchova this Thursday (6-4, 7 -5) and the American Madison Keys (0-6,7-6,7-6), respectively.
The young local player will play in her second ‘major’ final after beating Muchova, finalist at Roland Garros, in a tough match. This victory marks the eleventh consecutive victory for the Atlanta native, who will seek her first ‘Grand Slam’ against her new number one in the second final of this type that she competes in, after her loss to the Polish Iga Swiatek. in Paris last year.
The American started at a high level with two breaks that allowed her to go 5-1, although the European improved and managed to recover the two breaks to get 5-4 and serve, when Gauff broke again to close the set.
The second set began with an altercation, since after the first game, some spectators tried to boycott the match and the match had to be stopped for more than 40 minutes due to their protest against climate change. The wait was good for both tennis players, who came back evenly matched, until the eighth game, when Gauff achieved a break that she could not confirm. At 5-5, Gauff closed his serve with ease and the pressure overcame his opponent, who could not force the tie-break and lost the match.
For her part, the new world number 1 Aryna Sabalenka made a comeback to get into the final and avoid the American final. The Belarusian was surprised at the start by Madison Keys, who took the first set blank in just 30 minutes.
The American remained firm and had the ticket to the final in her hand afterward, but when she was 5-3 she entered into a tennis crisis that led her to add only one point in the next three games. Sabalenka raised her level and even had two set points at 6-5, although she finally ruled with authority in ‘sudden death’ (7/1).
In the third and final set, Keys did not take advantage of her break in the lead and had to decide the ‘super tie-break’ where the Australian Open champion did not forgive and with a resounding 10/ secured her presence in the final next Saturday.
In this one, despite the fact that by ranking, the Belarusian should be a favorite, but the support of the public and the excellent tennis moment in which she arrives means that Coco Gauff is faced with the great opportunity to achieve her first major at home at 19 years old. Also in favor of the American is that she dominates the individual matches 3-2, although this 2023 match went to Sabalenka, on the hard court of the WTA 1000 in Indian Wells and very clearly (6-4, 6-0) .
2023-09-08 09:19:57
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