Sabalenka won the US Open title in Nervenkrimi

Aryna Sabalenka lies on the fallen back, shrugs the hand for her insight and weinte for Freude. The top favorites have initially won the US Open and Jessica Pegulas got a title for Heim fans. The world ranking in Belarus has reached the final of the American with 7:5, 7:5 during and feierte in the ridden Grand-Slam-Triumph.

Pegula has played the Grand Slam final in his long career, but he has to be aggressive if the Sabalenkas deserves to be earned.

Reichlich Prominenz auf der Ehrentribüne

“Oh my God, I am speechless. There is a war going on in a dream of the mirror, it is a miracle that this wonderful Trophäe”, as Sabalenka, is very good. “I went through the head, what I have experienced here last year.”

For the Augen von Prominenten with Formel-1-Rekordweltmeister Lewis Hamilton, Sprint-Olympiad player Noah Lyles and Basketball-Superstar Stephen Curry, Sabalen prevented a single sports competition in 2023. Damals war dies at the Swedish Australian-Open-Siegerin in Endspiel against US-Publikumsliebling Coco Gauff ebenfalls auf Siegkurs gewesen, verspielte aber de Titel noch in drei Sätzen.

Nun vergab si zwar Zwarschenzeitlich eine 3:0-Führung im zweiten Durchgang, kämpfte sich aber nach 3:5-Rückstand wieder zurück and behielt dieses Mal maar die Nerven. After 1:53 Sabalenka walked into two matchballs. “I would like to have a nice meal,” said Pegula. “Here we go, in my first Grand Slam Final – so I won’t be there.”

Stimmung atmosphere in the Arthur Ashe Stadium

When Pegula starts on the Platz in the Arthur Ashe Stadium, when the big head of the Ohren gets bigger, the atmosphere and the jubilation of more than 23,000 Zuschauer under the closed roof auf. “When you play tennis, it’s sharp and aggressive,” Sabalenka warned his Gegnerin before Matchbeginn.

And Pegula offers this quality at the beginning. In the semi-finals I reached the age of 30 by Tschechin Karolina Muchova a disastrous Start experience and zischenzeitlich 1:6, 0:2 zurückgelegen. Nun nahm sie Sabalenka früh den Aufschlag zum 2:1 ab.

The Belarusian lies are no longer possible. With his Powertennis dominance in the ballroom, the power of the punks can increase with direct wins, while playing with netz, with 5:2.

The public teases Pegula

But at 5:3 and Breakball for Pegula the audience applauded after a Failed Sabalenkas while there was a loud launch. It is not that the next Vorhand is far in Aus. The tension remains, the Mood is getting bigger. Sabalenka drowns, dies mentally for his use, animation of the Zuschauer after a brilliant Schlag von sich zu nog lauterem Jubel.

When Pegula has a light background in Netz mode at 5:6, four-time NBA champion Curry gives him a hand for his insight. We have power over power while winning the first break per perfect break.

And the favorite is not a safe. However, if you want to take the next step, you can watch it in the bottom of the bottom. 3:0 played Sabalenka and hadte Breakball – everything also clear? Members, Pegula still fought back once.

Plötzlich was in the American 5:3 format and was displayed in the seat. Kein Spielgewin is more determined than last time – when he is in the segelte, war der Traum vom Titel dahin.

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