Welcome to our Channel World know two Arena sabalenka wins US Open Over American Jessica pegula for third Grand Slam singles title Arena sabalenka would not be denied hoisting the US Open championship trophy this year sabalenka the world know two from bellaris defeated American Jessica pegula 7 to5 7 to5 at Arthur Ash Stadium to win the US Open for the first time this is sabala's third career Grand Slam singles title having won the Australian Open for the second consecutive Year back in January she's the first woman to sweep the hardcourt grand slams since Angelique Kerber in 2016 after winning Championship Point sabinka fell to the court overcome with emotion she went on to thank the crowd for their support you were cheering for me on those good moments savena said of course I expected you to cheer for Jessica I mean that wouldn't be normal if you would cheer for me you know this was the second year in a row sabalenka reached the US Open final a year ago she lost to Coco Golf and the New York crowd was not on the Belarusian side loudly pulling for the American so many times I was so close to get a US Open title sabalenka said who also had heartbreaking losses in 2021 and 20 22 in the semi-finals it's always been a dream of mine finally I got this beautiful trophy sabalenka admitted the crowd affected her in that 2023 final and she had resolved that wouldn't happen to her again I would say that this year I felt so much love from the crowd sabalenka told CNN even though I was facing Americans they still were supporting cheering for me a little bit I felt like last year the was kind of like close to zero on my side and this year I felt a lot of support even in the finals I'm just super happy to feel so much love in New York sabalenka 26 has now won 12 consecutive matches and improves her head-to-head record against pegula to 6 to2 while the score line was straight sets it wasn't exactly straightforward sabalenka led by a set in 3 to zero but pegula went on to win the next five games to give the American a 5 to3 second set lead savena would not give pegula a chance to force a third set however winning the next four games to close out the match savena was asked how she was going to celebrate with her team a lot of drinks she said to CNN I need to feel this relief I hope we're going to have a lot of fun with my team pegula meanwhile had made a breakthrough at this year's us US Open previously the 30-year-old's best result at a major was reaching the quarterfinals where she had been 0er to six at that stage with her result in New York she will rise from no six to no three in the world matching her career high ranking pegula had missed a portion of the schedule earlier this season including the French Open because of injury but during the North American hardcourt swing this summer pegala found her stride going 15 to2 those two losses were to sabalenka in the Cincinnati open Final last month and Saturday in her first Grand Slam singles final it's been an incredible month for me really pegula said I had a rough start to the year but was really able to turn it around to be able to be standing here in my first Grand Slam final and then coming off such a hot summer I didn't expect it I'm just really grateful for the last few weeks of tennis and some incredible matches I've been able to put together pegula who is a buffalo native is the daughter of Terry and Kim pegula owners of the NFL's Buffalo Bills and NHL's Buffalo Sabers she was introduced to tennis by her family at age seven and she recently said getting to the US Open final was a childhood dream when pegula entered the court at Arthur Ash Stadium for the final she noted ably removed her headphones appearing to soak in the crowd noise after she had been introduced