She got just that in the second set, as the American showed new resolve when she fended off a pair of break points in the first game and flipped the script. The 25-year-old Sabalenka, who will take over as world number one in the new rankings, had ended Gauff's run at Indian Wells earlier this year but told reporters this week she expected a “different player” in Saturday’s final. The Belarusian was helped to another break in the seventh as Gauff double faulted and made two more costly forehand mistakes. The crowd urged on Gauff, the first American teenager to reach the US Open singles final since Serena Williams in 2001.īut Sabalenka blocked out the noise and used her mighty forehand to convert on a break point chance in the fifth game. There were signs of nervousness from both players early on, as Gauff made a pair of unforced errors to help Sabalenka to a break in the opening game and the Belarusian dropped serve in the fourth game with two double faults and an unforced error. Sabalenka had a superb start but could not keep the momentum going as unforced errors piled up and she closed her 2023 Grand Slam run, which included an Australian Open title and semi-finals at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, on a disappointing note. Gauff, 19, fed off the noisy local support as she mounted a terrific second set fight back and kept the momentum going until the end of the battle before falling to the court on Arthur Ashe Stadium after clinching the title with a backhand winner. With the win, sixth seed Gauff became the first American to win a US Open singles title since Sloane Stephens in 2017. American teenager Coco Gauff mounted a fierce comeback to beat Belarusian second seed Aryna Sabalenka 2-6 6-3 6-2 in the US Open women’s final on Saturday and claim her first Grand Slam title in front of the adoring home fans.
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