[Music] [Music] Arena sabalenka claimed the 2024 Cincinnati open title defeating Jessica Pula in the final the Belarusian held off her opponent for a 6 to3 7 to5 victory during the Trophy presentation ceremony sabalenka expressed her gratitude to her team it was however her hilarious Gaff that stole the spotlight while thanking her boyfriend georgos frangulis during her speech sabalenka inadvertently referred to him as boyfriends she was quick to correct herself and jokingly laid the blame on her terrible English however the 26-year-old's blunder left the Cincinnati open crowd and frangulis in splits special thank you to my boyfriends boyfriend I said boyfriends oh my God that's my terrible English guys thank you to my boyfriend for keeping me happy every day thank you Arena sabalenka joked sabalenka continued by thanking her entire team for their unwavering support acknowledging their tireless efforts to help her improve despite facing numerous challenges last but not the least I want to thank my team um yeah death you guys we've been through a lot but we never stop working never stop improving and I'm really to have you by my side the Beller Russian said Arena sabalenka also heaped Praise on her opponent Jessica Pula louing her for reaching back-to-back WTA 1000 finals in Toronto and Cincinnati sabalenka praised Pula for her exceptional form in recent weeks and expressed her eagerness to face her in many more battles in the future giving speeches are definitely not my superpower but I'll try my best of course first of all Jessica thank you so much for a great match and really happy to see you back at your top level you did a really great job in the last couple of weeks a title a final that's really it's really an achievement sabalenka said I want to congratulate to you and your team on an incredible incredible week and as you said I'm pretty sure we're going to have many more battles in the future she added sabalenka defeated the likes of world number one IGA swotch alinaalina and Luda samsonova on route to the Cincinnati open title she will now turn her attention to the US Open where she aims to defend her runner-up finish from last year [Music]