World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka has successfully defended her Our open Crown with a commander 6-3 7-6 (3) victory Amanda AnisimovaEarning $ 5 million as champion. After he fell short in two Grand Slam -final earlier this season, Sabalenka won her fourth big title and Anisimova first denied a breakthrough.
The top placed Sabalenka threw three breaking points in the opening match before he broke Anisimova to grab a 2-0 lead. Anisimova, who had suffered a double bagel earlier this year in her Maiden Grand Slam final in Wimbledon, finally shook her nerves and got on the board, three consecutive games together for a 3-2 advantage. But Sabalenka responded with a love break at 3-3 and never looked back, finished four consecutive games and sealed the set 6-3 with her first chance.
The defending champion rose to a 3-1 lead in the second set, but Anisimova hit back with a love break to be 3-3 at 3-3. The revival of the American was short, when Sabalenka broke again to regain control. Yet the eighth seed refused to fold! Sabalenka came in two wins on 5-3, but a daring Lob from Anisimova and a mishit smash from the top seeds turned around. Anisimova seized her chance and won three consecutive games from 3-5 to 6-5 and hurled the momentum on her way. Eventually the set went to a tiebreak, where Sabalenka stamped her authority, by sailing the title.
For Anisimova it was again a tough defeat on the big stage, although a much stronger show than her crooked loss in the final of Wimbledon. There is comfort: when the new WTA rangers are published, the World No. 9 Break into the top 5 for the first time in her career.
On the way to the title Sabalenka Rebeka Masarova in the first round, Polina Kudermetova in the second, 31st seed Leylah Fernandez in the third, Cristina Bucsa in the fourth, and Marketa Vondrousova in the quarterfinals via Walkover. Then she defeated the fourth seed Jessica Pegula in the semi -final before she in the final eighth seed Amanda Anisimova at the top.
Sabalenka’s winning equipment: the Nike Fall Slam 2 -Dress” Wilson Blade 98 16 × 19 V9 Fighter Racquetand adapted Nike Zoom Vapor 12 shoes.
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