Fell asleep for a nap, so I don’t know what occurred the second set. Sounds chaotic. Anyway, the expected winner.
I find Sabalenka very likable. The most so of the top female players. I don’t like the groan, but really that’s it. Seems like a great personality and she’s an impressive athlete. She wallops the ball and that’s most of why she’s so great, but still her consistency in using her power has gotten better and I think she moves well for how tall she is. I didn’t really realize until recently how tall she was. I thought she might be like 5’7 or 5’8. Nope, she’s 6’0, 4-5 inches taller than I thought, She is imposing. One of the tallest female players and in incredible physical shape too. Maybe a credit to her movement that I didn’t realize until now how tall she is.
Pegula seemingly played okay today. Definitely an improvement in the slams that she made a final and came to play. You don’t win them all. Maybe next year she’ll get to a final and get a more winnable match. I wouldn’t rule out that one of these years she’ll finally win a slam. This US Open was a big step towards eventually getting there.