2025 US Open final – World no. 1 Sabalenka roars to victory against gutsy Anisimova
The stars were out for an enthralling women’s singles final in store, the defending champion against the local hero from New Jersey. Anisimova came out to play with full aggression from the first minute, hitting five winners in the space of two games.
Although it was Sabalenka who broke first, the American responded with a gutsy double break to take the lead from 2-0 down to 3-2.
As both women settled into the occasion, Sabalenka found her rhythm and with it, her own aggressive trademark shot-making. She sealed a double break and converted her first set point to take the opener in the championship match.
With an early break in the second, Anisimova found the wind in her sails and broke Sabalenka to love to level it up at three games apiece. But for all her ferocious winners came as many unforced errors, twice as many as the world No.1, who broke right back.
The momentum in her serve allowed Sabalenka to go 5-3 up, but as she served for the title at 5-4, a resilient Anisimova did not give up and broke back among three straight games won.
For all her might, the 24-year-old could not stop the top seed from forcing a tiebreak, where she held a streak of 18 wins in a row. That was backed up as Sabalenka won six of the first seven points, capitalising when serving for her third championship point with a devastating blast to wrap up the women’s singles trophy.