US Open, finals of women

Victory in Tennis spectacle: Sabalenka defends title

  • David Digili

Updated on 07.09.2025 – 00:09Reading time: 9 min.

At the goal: Aryna Sabalenka sinks to the ground after the match ball against Amanda Anisimova.Enlarge the picture

At the goal: Aryna Sabalenka sinks to the ground after the match ball against Amanda Anisimova. (Source: Imago/Robert Deutsch/Imago-Images pictures)

The Belarusin prevails against a local hero in the final of the last Grand Slam tournament of the year. The start of the match is wild – the further course will be spectacular.

Aryna Sabalenka is the winner of the US Open 2025. The tennis world list most of the time in New York’s final on Saturday with 6: 3, 7: 6 (7: 3) against the American Amanda Anisimova and thus defended her title from 2024. It is the fourth Grand Slam title for the Belarussin after this year in the final (opposite Madison Keys) and Paris (against Coco Gauff) had failed to Americans. The 27-year-old cemented her lead in the ranking through her 100th success at Grand-Slam tournaments and confirmed her reputation as a hard court queen: the title defense in New York was recently successful in the great Serena Williams in 2014.

Anisimova acted powerfully and risky from the first ball change – and was able to dream of winning the first sentence after the break to 3: 2. Sabalenka, however, opened a number one in the style, while Anisimova’s risk charts ended up increasingly in the end or online. The first set was over after 39 minutes.

As a result, Anisimova initially struggled with the glaring light under the stadium roof closed due to rain, but never stuck and got the break to 5: 5. Ultimately, despite the vocal support of the spectators, she had to recognize the strength of her opponent, who won a tie -break for the 19th time in a row.

The final for reading in the ticker:

2nd set, 6: 3, 7: 6 (7: 3) – That was it! Aryna Sabalenka is a US Open winner 2025! She has to go over the second surcharge, served to the outside, anismovas returned with a backhand longline-but it ends up in the end! The end of an exciting, temporarily spectacular endgame that the Belarus deserves deserves. In the duel with Amanda Anisimova, she was ultimately the more stable player over two sets. Local hero Anisimova kept strong in phases, but made too many mistakes, especially in the crucial moments. Sabalenka in the end was in the end of all important statistics: Among other things, it had significantly less unchecked mistakes (15 to 29) and more points obtained (76 to 59).

2nd set, 6: 3, 6: 6 (6: 3) – In the second, Sabalenka ends up with a forehand.

2nd set, 6: 3, 6: 6 (6: 2) – Anisimova defends the first with a service winner.

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