kenw it's hasn't been that long since you won the Olympic gold what has changed for you on and off the court uh of course more people recognize me that's the good things because which means I'm more famous now but you know here I'm in New York just wants to show my tennis here it's really fun at the last major of the year we have a rematch from the very first major of the year in the finals how has your game improved since you played in the finals of the Australian Open against Arena well I think my gamees improveed also the mentality it's just you know another match to goes on it's another fight I just going to give my best and let's see all the best tonight we look forward to the match you took a different approach to this hardcourt season how did not playing the Olympics help you prepare for this US Open well I I I think um I mean I didn't play wble I didn't play Olympics I had enough time to uh to rechart refocus and start everything from the beginning and and I feel like probably I'm hungrier than ever and um definitely um fresher well whenever you have two Power Players facing off against one another how do you as one of the biggest Power Players prepare for it on the other end as well well I think it's all about um not going crazy when someone making winners against you and just focus on your game and trying to stay aggressive and put all that pressure back on the opening thank you all the best tonight thank you thank you Game clearly Jang has come out here no she has to try and handle the pace and give back some of her own and let sabalenka hear it may point two it's not what you can do Mar it's GTA in the last round average Je [Applause] I love the intensity in the beginning there what a opening game A two out of three set match you've got to be ready to go in the very beginning there's so many players that kind of just chill and relax look at these two yeah no moseying around none got to do G [Applause] [Applause] savena right off the line there oh for three now second serf Point 15 40 game sabala [Music] s lost your father who's only 43 years old he got suddenly when instead of grieving she went right back to playing tennis that was her idea of you know how to handle that grief she wanted to win a major for her dad and so obviously she suppressed a lot of her feelings and her ex-boy committed suicide they were no longer together she went right back to the courts again and she said it it affected her mental health Jung head 13 on Force eror EA 36 Shante the bronze it's actually though the toss has a crazy pitch in it doesn't let's it go look at that though and she wants to get rid of it by the way aesthetically she knows it doesn't look quite right G SAA game SAA one it's good coverage by Samena on her own terms on their front foot here had a nice job of defending the net nice little stab get [Music] there the the percentage of returns has gone way down for her of course she's playing a bigger server game and first set sabala six games to one new balls please to arena in that regard and where she makes contact and how she hits through the court but shot for shot it's saal Lanka who goes for the most [Applause] 154 that's what she needs there's two in a row three points 30 [Applause] 40 game sabala [Applause] trying to trying to tenis crazy after and if she gets a [Applause] r winner so good there sabalenka and we know Jang hits hard right but she just doesn't look rushed no and she's able to pick where she wants to go she wants to go cross you go cross you got to get the ball early missed late not the same for sabalenka [Applause] [Applause] what a shot from there G CH and now [Applause] it's the same repeatable pattern on that deep side Mary surf has to hit into after the serve and this set she's serving 91% it just seems point after Point Jung is just scrambling just to try and stay in the point yes to try and get his aame back Coco gol because I want your reason because they need they need time away from this this ruling sport okay away or get better like to like to work on their game or like a break air out okay and then and then come back okay all right you want more no back J okay let me retract okay let me say a lot of time how's that okay so who do I have Coco Stephano Noak Carlos and I'm adding this woman to the list thoughts you don't think those people need some time no that you follow me what I'm saying here 61 now [Applause] G set mat Seena two sets to love 61 62 concussive is that victory [Music] [Applause] that's some form she's carrying right now into the semis