Another grand slam final heartbreaker threatened late in the second set, however, when she was broken by Animisova when serving for the championship at 5-4.<\/p>\n
The American crowd found full voice at the moment as they tried to inspire a stirring comeback by countrywoman Animisova, but Sabalenka recomposed herself to take the second set to a tiebreak, where she was no chance of being denied.<\/p>\n
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Belarus’s Aryna Sabalenka poses with the trophy after defeating USA’s Amanda Anisimova during their women’s singles final tennis match on day fourteen of the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, on September 6, 2025. (Photo by TIMOTHY A.CLARY \/ AFP)Source: AFP<\/p>\n
The Belarusian is formidable in tiebreaks, winning her last 20 and boasting a remarkable 21-1 record in them this year.<\/p>\n
Sabalenka\u2019s victory reaffirmed her undeniable status as the current queen of hard courts with all four of her major triumphs coming on the blue courts of New York and Melbourne.<\/p>\n
She is also the queen of Minsk, the city of her birth, revealing in her winner\u2019s speech that she was spurred on by messages of support from home.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis morning I received a video from the tennis school where I started from the kids. They were cheering me on,\u201d Sabalenka said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was crying a little bit this morning. That was the moment where I realized I can\u2019t let them down. I have to give them some positive vibes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, reacts after defeating Amanda Anisimova, of the United States, during the women’s finals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura)Source: AP<\/p>\n
Despite the 27-year-old\u2019s impressive career record, the closing stages of this year\u2019s grand slams had proven to be troublesome.<\/p>\n
She began the year with a shock loss to Madison Keys in final of the Australian Open before blowing a fuse as she lost the decider at Roland Garros to another American in Coco Gauff.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been tough this year. In those finals I was really terrible towards you. But come on, it\u2019s worth it right?\u201d Sabalenka said to her team with a laugh.<\/p>\n
Anisimova ended Sabalenka\u2019s Wimbledon run in the semi-finals, and threatened to cause boil over again at various stages throughout Sunday morning AEST\u2019s final.<\/p>\n
Anisimova\u2019s nerves were clear for all to see as her first service game was broken.<\/p>\n
Alarm bells were ringing for the eighth seed as she was trounced 6-0, 6-0 by Iga Swiatek in her only previous grand slam final, at Wimbledon in July.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old complained almost relentlessly about the glare coming off the lights of the closed roof – due to wild weather outside – on Arthur Ashe Stadium playing havoc with her ball toss, and she served seven double faults for the match as the issue clearly weighed on her mind.<\/p>\n
There were times when the momentum swung in Anisimova\u2019s favour off the back of her thumping shot-making.<\/p>\n
Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, reacts at match point after defeating Amanda Anisimova, of the United States, during the women’s singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo\/Frank Franklin II)Source: AP<\/p>\n
There were five breaks of serve in the opening set with Sabalenka winning the first two games, Anisimova hitting back with three in a row before Sabalenka took four straight games to close out the set.<\/p>\n
A tennis ball has rarely been hit harder in a women\u2019s final with the pair of excellent returner trading thumping forehands to put the other under pressure.<\/p>\n
That happened again when Sabalenka\u2019s serve wobbled late in the second set, opening the door again for Anisimova, but it was quickly slammed shut by the champion.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a great summer. Losing in two finals in a row is great but it\u2019s also super hard,\u201d Anisimova said. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think I didn\u2019t fight hard enough for my dreams today.\u201d<\/p>\n
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 06: (L-R) Aryna Sabalenka greets Amanda Anisimova of the United States after winning their Women’s Singles Final match on Day Fourteen of the 2025 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 06, 2025 in New York City. Elsa\/Getty Images\/AFP (Photo by ELSA \/ GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA \/ Getty Images via AFP)Source: AFP<\/p>\n
Sabalenka then had strong words of encouragement for her rival.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the tough lessons make this one worth it. I\u2019m speechless right now,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
\u201cCongrats Amanda on reaching back-to-back slam finals. I know how much it hurts, losing in the final. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut trust me, the moment you\u2019re going to win the first one.. and you are going to win it. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou play incredible tennis. Congrats to you and your team on the things you\u2019ve achieved after your comeback. <\/p>\n
\u201cGirl, you\u2019re gonna enjoy it even more after the tough losses in the final.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aryna Sabalenka broke American hearts for a second straight year, defeating Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) to claim…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[2620,9199,2095,87295,87292,64,63,689,54326,87297,66836,1804,11301,2057,87293,2105,1806,86060,66095,87296,41706,11471,647,1025,2041,2067,677,87294,6413,70401,87291,85,76104,747,87290,62350,87298,2614,660],"class_list":["post-124301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-agence-france-presse","tag-alarm-bells","tag-america","tag-american-crowd","tag-american-hearts","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-back-to-back-titles","tag-ball-toss","tag-belarus","tag-billie-jean-king","tag-eastern-europe","tag-europe","tag-final-heartbreaker","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-grand-slam","tag-grand-slam-season","tag-grand-slam-title","tag-impressive-career-record","tag-match-point","tag-match-report","tag-melbourne","tag-new-york","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-oceania","tag-playing-havoc","tag-serena-williams","tag-service-game","tag-singles-final","tag-sports","tag-straight-sets","tag-tennis","tag-tennis-ball","tag-tennis-championships","tag-trading-thumping-forehands","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-victoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}