Sabalenka and Anisimova is a poster of two real hardhitters. Sabalenka hit this US open on average harder forehands than Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic. Anisimova got similar statistics on her backhand. Those hard blows made sure that both had difficulty retaining their service, because any lesser storage could be punished with a hard return. Of the first six games, four ended in a break (fairly distributed).
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It was Sabalenka who could break the trend by holding a few her own service and broke Anisimova in between. The American made no fewer than two double mistakes in that game and had another unforced error In the house to finish it. Sabalenka saw her chance clean and grabbed the set with her most solid service game so far.
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The Belarusian persevered in the second set and broke Anisimova at 1-1. With the point through which she came to 0-30 – with a few great defensive strokes and a viewed dropshot to finish it – she made sure that the entire stadium gave her an open cloth. Actress Courtney Cox was full of the picture, while she expressed her admiration: Wow, wow!
Could Anisimova find another answer to the game of the number 1 in the world? Yes, because a few games later the home favorite came to 0-40. With one of her famous backhands, Anisimova forced the rebreak and the home player, the audience got on the benches. The revival did not last a long time, because Anisimova continued to keep problems with her own storage and so Sabalenka quickly broke a break again. Moments later, Sabalenka was allowed to serve before the competition, but Anisimova showed which wood she was cut and broke back at the last minute.
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The second set similar to a tiebreak. Sabalenka was the first to force a mini-break. Immediately afterwards Anisimova made a double mistake, which was typical of her final. Taken over the entire game, she just had too many carelessness in her game. Sabalenka had that a lot better under control and won a major for the fourth time in her career. In addition to two US Open titles, Sabalenka was also the best on the Australian Open twice.
It was her first grand slam victory of the year for Sabalenka, after she lost both the final of the Australian Open and Roland Garros. “During those finals I was terrible towards you,” she apologized to her own team in her victory speech. “But it was worth it, right?” She laughed, with a new title and a check of five million dollars in his pocket.