Aryna Sabalenka topples Jessica Pegula 7-5 7-5 in the final in New York on Saturday. This is the first time that Aryna conquered this tournament. Her most significant achievement in this competition so far was reaching the final. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Sabalenka added $ 1,800,000 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 3,600,000 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Jessica Pegula U.S. Open – New York
Sabalenka’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Pegula is 6-2 for Aryna.
This was the 16th career title for Sabalenka. (see list of titles and finals). Jessica remains with 7th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Aryna won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game, Aryna broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
A defining moment of this set was when the Belarussian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the score from 1-2 to 5-2.
Aryna converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Pegula converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 9th (3-5 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They contested 91 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Sabalenka won just 1 point more than the American (46-45). Sabalenka conceded 23 points on serve (25-23). On the losing side, Jessica conceded 21 points on serve (22-21).
Sabalenka had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Sabalenka to win the set since Pegula found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Aryna kept her focus to break Pegula in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (7-5) game.
The American was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-5 to 7-5. However also Pegula won 5 consecutive games from 0-3 to 5-3
They contested 75 points. Sabalenka was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than Pegula (44-31). The Belarussian conceded 13 points on serve (20-13). on the other side of the court, Pegula conceded 24 points on serve (18-24).
