AR sabalenka won her first US Open title as she put the disappointment of the 2023 final behind her to hold off home hope Jessica pigula sabalenka was seen smashing her racket on the floor of the locker room after losing the Flushing Meadows showpiece to Coco golf in 2023 it is a third Grand Slam singles trophy for Sabal Lena after she successfully defended her Australian Open title in January it also continues a dominance on hard quats with the win over pegula extending saval lenka's unbeaten run on the surface at major tournaments to 14 matches for six seed pegula the waight for a first major title goes on playing in a first Grand Slam singles final the 30-year-old was boyed by a partisan crowd on other rash stadium and made a late search to Halt sabalenka after losing to golf in last year's fin fin a tearful sabalenka admitted she had struggled to deal with the crowd later saying the noise was so loud it blocked my ears the atmosphere was no different this time around with pegula receiving the majority of the support from the pack 23,000 CER stadium with injuries disrupting her season sabalenka struggled with a stomach problem at the French Open before a shoulder injury ruled her out of Wimbledon now she has gotten back on track with success essive titles after beating pegula in the final of last month's Cincinnati open