Aryna Sabalenka downs Emma Navarro 6-3 7-6(2) in the semifinal in New York on Thursday. Sabalenka will try to keep the momentum against Jessica Pegula in the final. This run will match her most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Belarussian added to her prize money $ 800,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 1,800,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Belarussian will add $ 1,800,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 3,600,000 in total.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Emma Navarro U.S. Open – New York
Sabalenka’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:30
After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Navarro is 2-1 for Aryna.
Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Jessica Pegula – stats
Sabalenka will come up against Pegula in the final.
This will be the 8th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula square off. The head to head is 5-2 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Sabalenka won 6-3 7-5 in the final in Cincinnati back in August 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Sabalenka didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Emma Navarro in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, there was more to do for the Belarussian to win the set because Emma found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Belarussian kept her focus to break the American in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
Sabalenka converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 5th game (3-2 0-40 and 15-40). Also, on the other side, the American converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They contested 52 points. Sabalenka was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the American (30-22). Aryna surrendered 11 points on serve (19-11). on the other side of the court, Navarro conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).
Sabalenka won the set after she broke Emma in the 5th (3-2) game. Emma tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Yet, Sabalenka didn’t blink to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 2.
Tiebreak
Aryna won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 8th (6-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, the American won a minibreak in the 2nd (2-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
The Belarussian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, the American converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 80 points. Sabalenka was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than the American (42-38). The Belarussian conceded 13 points on serve (26-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Navarro conceded 16 points on serve (25-16).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Emma NavarroNavarro (6-3 7-62)
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (1-6 6-4 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (2-5) – H2H details and stats
