Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/p>\nAfter heartbreaking major losses to Americans Madison Keys in the Australian Open final, Coco Gauff in the Roland Garros final and Anisimova in the Wimbledon semifinals, Sabalenka was in no mood for consolation prizes today.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the tough lessons were worth this one,\u201d said Sabalenka, 19-0 in tiebreakers since February. \u201cI\u2019m speechless right now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The top seed was two points from the title serving at 5-4, 30-all but tightened up and netted a smash from the service line. Anisimova exploited that lapse, broke back then held for 6-5.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Empowered by an excellent 20-1 tiebreaker record she carried into this breaker, Sabalenka solidified her status with another brilliant breaker performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd erupted in support of the eighth-seeded American, a steely Sabalenka proceeded to press mute on the uprising and surged through six straight points for a 6-1 tiebreaker lead wreaking desolation on the drama. Sabalenka outclassed Anisimova in the breaker to take the title a year after her 7-5, 7-5 win over Jessica Pegula in the 2024 Flushing Meadows final.<\/p>\n
Credit Anisimova, who was blown out in a double-bagel loss to Iga Swiatek in the Wimbledon final, for overcoming a sloppy first set and making a match of it in the second set.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ultimately, Sabalenka\u2019s big match experience, maturity, versatility and her mental game were too much for the sometime skittish home favorite. Anisimova has the powerful game to win a major\u2014she must develop the match maturity and nerve to achieve it, but she\u2019s on the path to doing it.<\/p>\n
Still, Anisimova should hold her head high. After posting rousing US Open wins over six-time major winner Iga Swiatek and four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka and rising to a new career-high ranking of No. 4, Anisimova is clearly talented enough to win a Grand Slam title someday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a great summer to get to two finals in a row is great, but it\u2019s also super hard,\u201d Anisimova said. \u201cI think I didn\u2019t fight hard enough for my dreams today.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI just want to say congrats to Aryna, you are so incredible. I\u2019m in awe of what you accomplished and you keep achieving incredible things. So congrats to you and your team you are amazing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you everyone for coming out and supporting me at my home slam all of the two weeks. It\u2019s been an incredible fortnight. It\u2019s always been a dream of mine to play at the US Open.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old Sabalenka scored her 50th career Top 10 win beating back-to-back American opponents and winning over many fans in the pro-American crowd with her efforts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Though she\u2019s the game premier power player, today Sabalenka won with precision. Anisimova nearly doubled Sabalenka\u2019s unforced error total\u201429 to 15\u2014and the Belarusian played pivotal points with greater care and clarity converting five of six break points.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The retractable roof over Arthur Ashe Stadium was closed due to an early afternoon storm that rolled through the New York area.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The closed roof amplified resounding dynamite drives launched from both women\u2019s racquets at the outset.<\/p>\n
Contesting her seventh career Grand Slam final, Sabalenka was put under pressure immediately. Rocking backhand blasts, Anisimova earned three break points in the opening game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dropping to a squat at times to repel the American\u2019s drives, Sabalenka saved all three break points to hold. When Anisimova sailed a drive beyond the baseline, Sabalenka scored the opening break for 2-0.<\/p>\n
Power players were committed to the cause of first-strike tennis and Anisimova banged her backhand with vigor breaking twice in a row to edge ahead 3-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Playing her second straight Slam final, Anisimova lost the plot\u2014and control of her shots. The American\u2019s forehand was flying and her focus was fleeting.<\/p>\n
Across the net, Sabalenka was all business breaking back at love in the sixth game. That big break sparked a surge that saw Sabalenka roll through 16 of 20 points to seize control.<\/p>\n
Seeing the Freehold, New Jersey native\u2019s struggle to keep the ball between the lines, Sabalenka wisely took some pace off and allowed Anisimova to implode in errors.<\/p>\n
Anisimova committed three unforced errors as Sabalenka served out the 38-minute opener at 15. Anisimova committed 15 unforced errors\u201411 more than the the defending champion\u2014in the opener as Sabalenka fired through four games in a row snatching the one-set lead.<\/p>\n
Twenty-eight of the last 30 US Open women\u2019s champions won the opening set.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Teetering on the ledge of a fourth break, Anisimova fought through a 13-point hold\u2014the longest game of the match\u2014and rapped a 102 mph ace down the middle for a 1-0 second-set lead.<\/p>\n
Empowered by the one-set lead, Sabalenka stamped her first love hold to level the second set after two games.<\/p>\n
Still, the American was bit by the error bug falling into a double-break point hole. A tame Sabalenka drop shot sat up, but the Belarusian read Anisimova\u2019s reply and shoveled a clean pass down the line scoring her fourth break for a 3-1 lead and raising her Wilson racquet to her box in celebration.<\/p>\n
The pair traded breaks in the sixth and seventh games.<\/p>\n
Serving for her second straight US Open crown at 5-4, Sabalenka was two points from the title at 30-all when disaster struck.<\/p>\n
Approaching behind a forehand, Sabalenka saw Anisimova flick a running lob. Back-pedaling to the service line, Sabalenka slapped a smash into the net. It was the second straight match where she netted a smash while serving for it\u2014she made the same mistake against Jessica Pegula in the semifinals.<\/p>\n
Ripping a forehand down the line, Anisimova broke back for 5-all inciting a roar from the Arthur Ashe Stadium faithful.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The eighth seed held at 30 to snatch a 6-5 lead\u2014her first lead since 1-0 of the second set.<\/p>\n
Renowned for her power, Sabalenka\u2019s mental strength propelled her through the tiebreaker. Sabalenka drained error after error from Anisimova and converted her third championship point with that crackling wide serve.<\/p>\n
The woman who played much of this match on the front foot dropped to her knees joining legends Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters in defending the US Open.<\/p>\n
Asked how she\u2019s going to celebrate this fourth Slam title, Sabalenka told ESPN\u2019s Sloane Stephens: \u201cOh girl, we gonna drink..You have to enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Queen of Queens came to the right place to celebrate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Richard Pagliaro | Saturday, September 6, 2025Photo credit: Timothy A. Clary\/AFP\/Getty NEW YORK\u2014Close calls against American opponents…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-125264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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