Arina sabalenka last year's US Open runner up surrendered just three games to chinen Jang on Tuesday night in reaching the semifinals at Flushing Meadows for the fourth year in a row the quarterfinal featuring sabalenka and number seven Jen a rematch of the Australian Open final in January 1 by sabalenka was the first matchup between players ranked in the top 10 on the women's side at this year's US Open with Roger Federer in the stands attending the US Open for the first time since his retirement sabalenka displayed a typically powerful performance in a 6 to1 6-2 Victory to set up a semi-final clash with Emma Navaro on Thursday a year ago sabalenka lost to American Coco golf in the US Open final as a partisan crowd loudly backed the champion now sabalenka faces another American in Navaro