Arena sabco called on her US Open final defeat to koku golf last year to inspire her to victory over Emma Naro in the semi finals on Thursday night in New York SAA overpowered the American to seila 62 762 Victory the win means the belan has advanced to the final where she will help to avenge her defeat to golf 12 months ago at the 20123 US Open gof became the youngest American woman to lift the US soap and trophy since 17-year-old Serena Williams in 1999 the teenager upset sabona by pulling off a remarkable comeback fighting from a set down to clinch her first major title it was heartbreak for sabona the world number two collapsed in the third set finale dropping the set in just eight games as errors crep into her game Navarro's admirable resolve took the second set from 53 in favor of Saul get to a tie break while the showing evoked memories of her loss to G SAA held strong and dominated the tiebreak to advance to her second success of US Open final and she believes her loss to golf helped her see out the win amid a rasar thash crowd that was very difficult match especially at the end of the second set I got a little emotional and had this little flashback on last year's final meaning the crowd atmosphere the two-time Australian Open Champion told reporters after the match I'm really glad that the lessons learned and and I was able to control my emotions and I was able to close this match in two sets she added last year it was very tough experience very tough lesson today in the match I was like and no no no Arena it's not going to happen again you have to control your emotions you have to focus on yourself sauna who defeated Chinese Olympic Champions and Ken one to reach the last four spoke highly of the US Open it's clear it's a tournament close to her heart even if she has yet to capture the Ultimate Prize she hopes her previous experiences will help her at a third major title and first away from Melbourne tough losses never make me feel depressed sauna said it's only motivated me to come back and to try one more time try harder and maybe like work harder and some things which maybe didn't worked in the past I'm still hoping to hold that beautiful trophy SAA will play before another loud in partisan crowd in the US Open final American star Jessica pegula came from a set down to win a thriller against Carolina mova and the New York crowd will undoubtedly be behind the world number six sauno will face pegula in the 2024 women's US Open final on Saturday September 7