[Music] AR sabalenka clinched the US Open title with a thrilling straight sets victory over Jessica Pula a remarkable encounter swung one way and then the other at Flushing Meadows before sabalenka who lost to kocoa in the 2023 final finally prevailed 7 to 5 7 to5 in just under 2 hours on Saturday the Australian Open champion won her third major title at the culmination of an extraordinary comeback in the second set after Pula had won five consecutive matches to clawback from the brink herself backed on by a partisan crowd Pula wasted little time and unsettling sabalenka taking the first two points on the Belarusian serve and despite the world number two fighting back it was the American who clinched the first break in game three