Relay time: Gauff and Sabalenka meet in US Open final

gauffHe took sixth place and obtained his passport until the final in the world rankings. Czech beat Karolina Muchova 6-4, 7-5. SabalenkaMeanwhile, he recovered after a disastrous start Madison Keys He had to fight hard to reach it. 0-6, 7-6 (7-1) and 7-6-(10-5) This gives him the opportunity to fight for his second major title in New York after conquering Australia this year.

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Whatever happens in the end Gauff has already brought American tennis to enthusiasm. Just one year after Serena Williams quit skiing, all eyes in the country are turning to a young woman who has already managed to place her name next to the legend in some sports statistics. precociousness. For example, he is the youngest American tennis player to fight for the title in the final major of the year since Williams won his first of 23 titles in the final in 1999.

Saturday’s final pass reached the top Incubation What has the tennis player experienced this summer? He introduced himself to the world at Wimbledon when he was just 15 years old. and reached the final at Roland Garros (Swiatek won) last year. After leaving Wimbledon in the first round and after adding Brad Gilbert to his training team Catalan Pere RibaHe had a great season before coming to New York. Championships in Washington and Cincinnati.

There and in the Open he showed all his strength; prominent among them service And reverse but also a ability to cover the runway maybe it’s the best on the women’s circuit today. And this Thursday, its sixth issue was completed.unstoppable rise With a victory over strong player Czech Muchova, who is 10th in the world rankings and is a finalist in Paris this year.

Gauff stopped the game, which was interrupted for about 50 minutes due to the protest of some environmental activists. Muchova’s massive resistance effort. Although the American player started 5-1 ahead, the Czech player managed to break his serve twice, but missed once again on the serve and gave the first set to Gauff.

Then in a much more balanced second round and after interruption due to protests following the first game, the game was tied and Muchova saved five game points, but another simple mistake made Gauff reach the final.

Sabalenka’s pain

Meanwhile, in the other semi-final, Sabalenka experienced indescribable pain against an opponent. extraordinary keysNew York finalist in 2017 (when he lost the title to Sloane Stephens). The 25-year-old Belarusian player was completely defeated in the first set, which the Americans closed with a score of 6-0.

There is only the second Sabalenka is consistent, outstanding tennis player reaching Semi-finals in the last five majorsAnd the game started here. after a second set huge struggle of both, Sabalenka took the ball in the tiebreak and forced it equally painful third sethe also reached sudden death, and in his case it was Resurrection.

At 7-3, Sabalenka let go of the racket and raised her hands to her face, thinking she had already won, not realizing that she had to reach 10. He quickly corrected himself. And that didn’t matter. Just a few more points were needed. And with 10-5, yes, he really made it to the final.