The Belarusian dominated the local Emma Navarro in two sets (6-3, 7-6).
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, world number 2, dominated American Emma Navarro (12th) 6-3, 7-6 (7/2) on Thursday in New York to reach the final of the US Open tennis tournament, like last year. “No matter who I play in the final, today (Thursday) was a good test. I hope I will do a little better than last year.”Sabalenka commented. She will face another American Jessica Pegula.
Beaten last year in the US Open final by Coco Gauff, Sabalenka, a two-time winner of the Australian Open (2023 and 2024), will have the opportunity on Saturday to become the first player to win both Majors played on hard courts in the same season since Germany’s Angelique Kerber in 2016.
On Thursday, she outplayed Emma Navarro, the revelation of the year but a novice at this level of competition, who was broken in her first serve in the first set. Trailing 5-3 in the second set, the American suddenly raised her level to win three consecutive games and take the Belarusian to the tie-break. More experienced, the latter achieved a superb decisive game, between the precision of her serves, the power of her forehand and well-felt drop shots to win in two sets.
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