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09/10 19:43 CDT Aryna Sabalenka moves a win from a 3rd straight US Open title
by beating Jessica Pegula
Aryna Sabalenka moves a win from a 3rd straight US Open title by beating
Jessica Pegula
By BRIAN MAHONEY
AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- Aryna Sabalenka moved a win away from her third straight U.S.
Open title, beating Jessica Pegula 7-5, 6-2 on Thursday night.
Sabalenka blasted her way out of what was a dead-even match for most of the
first set, pouncing on Pegula's second serves and turning the second set into
perhaps her most impressive stretch of tennis in the tournament.
The No. 1 seed will face No. 2 Elena Rybakina or No. 4 Coco Gauff on Saturday,
needing a victory to become the first player to win three in a row in Flushing
Meadows since Serena Williams from 2012-14.
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