Losing the U.S. Open final last September gave her the extra motivation. In the semifinals, she avenged her U.S. Open final loss to No. “For the second time, it’s just such a relief.”Only two things slowed down Sabalenka's progress Saturday to her second Grand Slam singles title. In the third game of the second set, with Zheng serving, the match was interrupted after an activist started yelling out. Then, when she was serving for the match, Sabalenka had three championship points at 40-0 but missed two with unforced forehands errors and another with Zheng's clever drop shot.

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Persons: Sabalenka, Zheng Qinwen, Elena Rybakina, “, it’s, don’t, Zheng, Coco Gauff, Barbora Krejcikova, Amanda Anisimova, “ I’m, ” Sabalenka, ”, Serena Williams, Jason Stacy, Stacy, Li Na, ” Zheng Organizations: —, U.S, U.S ., Victoria Azarenka Locations: MELBOURNE, Australia, Melbourne, New York