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US Open 2025: Aryna Sabalenka defeats Amanda Anisimova to clinch title
Updated On: 08 September, 2025 08:30 AM IST | New York | Agencies
World No. 1 Aryna defends title by defeating American giant-killer Amanda Anisimova in straight sets; insists she handled her emotions better than what she did during final losses at Australian Open and French Open this year
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Belarusian World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka with the US Open winner’s trophy in New York on Saturday. Pic/Getty Images
Aryna Sabalenka was two points away from what eventually would be a second consecutive US Open title when she failed to dispatch a routine overhead smash. Instead, while backpedaling, she dumped the ball into the net, giving her opponent, Amanda Anisimova, a break chance.
After that excruciating miss on Saturday, the Belarusian World No. 1 dropped her racquet and smiled a rueful smile. She began to feel the sort of emotions that got the better of her during losses in the finals at the Australian Open in January and French Open in June bubble up.
‘I just let the doubt get into my head. But then I turned around and I took a deep breath in, and I was like, ‘Ok. It happens. It’s in the past. Let’s focus on the next one’,” explained Sabalenka. It took another 15 minutes to complete the job, but Sabalenka eventually beat the American World No. 9 in straight sets — 6-3, 7-6 (7-3).
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