Sabalenka Beats Anisimova in Straight Sets to Defend Her US Open Women's Title
On September 6, 2025, in the women's singles final of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens, New York, top seed and defending champion Aryna Sabalenka defeated eighth seed Amanda Anisimova of the United States 6-3, 7-6(3) to defend her title, the US Open's official site reported with the final result and details.
Sabalenka became the first woman to win back-to-back US Open singles titles since Serena Williams in 2014. The victory was the 100th Grand Slam main-draw match win of her career and her tour-leading 56th win of the 2025 season. After losing this year's Australian Open and Roland Garros finals, she finally claimed her first major trophy of the season and the fourth of her career.
Anisimova pushed the second set to a tiebreak, but Sabalenka converted her third championship point to close out the match. Having also lost the Wimbledon final to Iga Swiatek, Anisimova finished runner-up at a second consecutive major, and her US Open run is projected to lift her into the WTA top five for the first time.
Sabalenka said afterward that because of the finals she had lost earlier this season, this title felt different, that she had to overcome a lot of things to get it, and that defending the title, bringing such tennis to the court and handling her emotions the way she did in the final meant a lot to her. Anisimova said Sabalenka had played great tennis from the start, that she is No. 1, and that all the credit went to her.
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(Source: US Open)
Source: US Open
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Photo: 图：Aryna Sabalenka 在2025年迈阿密公开赛上击球（资料图）。Vbrunophotog 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Aryna Sabalenka in action at the 2025 Miami Open (file photo). By Vbrunophotog, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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