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US Open 2024 Final: Jessica Pegula created this history, will face number 2 Aryna Sabalenka in the final of US Open

US Open 2024 Updates: In the women’s semi-finals of the US Open 2024 today (September 6), there was a fierce competition between Jessica Pegula of America and Carolina Muchova of the Czech Republic. Where Jessica won. Jessica Pegula entered her first Grand Slam final by achieving a spectacular victory over Caroline Muchova, thus she performed a unique feat.

Now Jessica will face world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the US Open final on Saturday. Sabalenka defeated Emma Navarro of America in another semi-final. Aryna also reached the US Open final in 2023, but she lost to Coco Gauff then.

Aryana also made a record by reaching the finals. She has become the second player after Serena Williams to reach the finals twice back to back (2018 and 2019).

If Aryana had lost and Emma Navarro had won, the US Open 2024 women’s final would have been between two American players, although this did not happen.

Jessica won after losing the first set
The special thing was that Carolina Muchova took the lead in the first set, but then Jessica registered a brilliant victory in the decisive two sets. Jessica won this match 1-6, 6-4, 6-2. The special thing was that Jessica, who is ranked sixth, could never progress beyond the quarter-finals of any Grand Slam. In such a situation, her reaching the finals of the US Open is very historic.

Jessica had earlier reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open three times (2021, 2022 and 2023). At the same time, she made it to the quarter-finals of the French Open 2022 and the quarter-finals of Wimbledon 2023.

Sabalenka reaches US Open final for second consecutive time…
Earlier, World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka defeated USA’s Emma Navarro to enter the US Open 2024 women’s singles final. Sabalenka took one hour and 10 minutes to beat her American opponent 6-3, 7-6 at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Talking about Sabalenka, she also reached the final of the US Open in 2023, where Coco Gauff defeated Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 to win the women’s singles tennis title at the 2023 US Open.

Aryana has won the Australian Open twice (2023, 2024). At the same time, reaching the semi-finals of the French Open in 2023 is her best performance. Apart from this, she made it to the semi-finals in the 2021 and 2023 seasons of Wimbledon. She would like to win the US Open this time.


Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)

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