NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Pegula and Aryna Sabalenka both will try the US Open for the first time when they play each other in the final in Flushing Meadows on Saturday.
The final game at Arthur Ashe Stadium is expected to begin around 4:00 p.m. EDT.
Pegula is a 30-year-old from New York who is seeded sixth and is appearing in the first Grand Slam final of her career. She was 0-6 in the quarterfinals of major matches until by knocking out number 1 Iga Swiatek in that round on wednesday.
Sabalenka is a 26-year-old from Belarus who is seeded second and is looking for her third major championship. She has the Australian Open each of the past two seasons and was second place after Coco Gauff at the 2023 US Open.
Sabalenka started a winning streak of 11 matches on Saturday.
Pegula has won 15 of her last 16 matches, all on hard courts like Flushing Meadows, with her only loss in that span coming to Sabalenka in the final of the Cincinnati Open last month.
No. 1 Jannik Sinner from Italy takes on No. 12 Taylor Fritz from the United States in the men’s final on Sunday. Sinner is aiming for his second Grand Slam title, while Fritz hopes to become the first American man to win a major trophy since Andy Roddick at the 2003 US Open.
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