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Amanda Anisimova, the eighth seed in the women’s final on Saturday, defeated American eighth seed Aryna Sabalenka, 6-3, 7-6 (3), retaining her US Open title, further establishing her status as the contemporary queen of hardcourt.

Since 2022, the Belarusian hasn’t missed a hardcourt major final. With her most recent success, she becomes the first woman to win consecutive US Opens, joining Serena Williams, who won three straight titles from 2012 to 2014.

Due to Sabalenka’s constant complacency, the match between her and her closest-hitting, biggest-serving women boiled down to unforced errors.

Sabalenka, who fell to her knees after winning the match with an unreturnable serve, jumped up and down with her coaches in the stands in a moment of pure joy, thanked everyone who came here and flew in.

“I want you in my box, and I’m going to get to many more finals,” the statement read.

Anisimova, who was only playing in her second major final, struggled to hold onto the momentum despite having partisan supporters at the famed Arthur Ashe Stadium.

“It’s been a fantastic summer,” he said. It’s great to lose to two other women in a row, but it’s also very difficult, said 24-year-old Anisimova, who was left in tears once more after receiving a 6-0, 6-0 loss in the Wimbledon final two months ago.

“It’s not enough for my dreams to come true today.”

Sabalenka starts things off right.

In the first game, Sabalenka, 27, saved three break points, but Anisimova gave up the opening break when she shot past the baseline in the second half.

In the third game, Anisimova took her first step by winning a 12-shot rally with a forehand winner beyond Sabalenka’s reach. In the fifth minute, the American took a break from her rival, who had hit one beyond the baseline.

The frustrated Belarusian sprinted along the baseline in frustration and seized on her opportunity to break with Anisimova, breaking her in the sixth game and turning in the eighth with a second break point from the baseline.

Sabalenka finished the first set with an unreturnable serve and whizzed past her opponent to convert on a break point in the third game of the second set.

Anisimova fought back, leveling the score with a backhand winner of her own in the sixth, sending the crowd into a frenzied rage. However, the American party abruptly ended when their home hope scored the winning goal at break point.

In the tenth game, Anisimova watched Sabalenka flubbed a smash to help her regain control. In the tiebreak, Sabalenka sprinted to victory in spite of her own strength.

On Sunday, September 7, 2018, this is how things are going.

Fighting

• Late on Saturday, Russian forces launched another large-scale drone attack on Ukraine, according to the Kyiv Independent, citing officials. Explosions were audible in cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Dnipro.
• One person was killed and several others were hurt by a Russian attack in the Ukrainian town of Putyvl, according to regional governor Oleh Hryhorov. Among those injured was a nine-year-old child.
• At least 15 people were also hurt by a separate Russian drone attack in Zaporizhia in the southeast, according to Ivan Fedorov, the head of the military in the region, which is partially occupied by Russia.
• Authorities in Chernihiv, Ukraine, reported that a Russian drone dropped leaflets in the form of 100 Hryvnia bills to offer residents real money in exchange for coordinates to help Russia defeat Ukrainian forces.
• No significant harm or an increase in radiation levels were caused by Ukrainian drones hitting the roof of the training facility for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, according to the Ukraine-based government’s undersecretary. According to the statement, the strike occurred from a reactor unit about 300 meters (984 feet).

Weapons

diplomacy and politics

• Officials from both countries were present at the burial of Poles who were killed by Ukrainian nationalist fighters during World War II, easing a remarkably difficult relationship between the two allies.
• In an alleged sabotage ploy committed in December of 2024, a Georgian captain of a ship that is thought to belong to Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” has denied intentionally dragging an anchor. In a Finnish court, Captain Davit Vadacthkoria and two senior Eagle S&nbsp officers are accused of “aggravated criminal mischief and aggravated interference with communications” in a Finnish court.

Sanctions

• According to Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Prevot, securing Russian central bank assets from the 27-nation bloc could seriously harm Europe’s economy. After the Ukrainian invasion of 2022, the EU had frozen some 200 billion euros ($234.4 billion) of its central bank assets, the majority of which are held by Belgium’s Euroclear, a world-leading deposit company.