It has become known who will play in the final of the last Grand Slam tournament of the season - US Open 2023. The American Cori Gauff and the Belarusian Arina Sabalenka, who is playing in a neutral status due to the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, will fight for victory.. In the semi-finals, 19-year-old Coco beat Czech Karolina Muchova with a score of 6:4, 7:5. Match review.
In the other semi-final, 25-year-old Sabalenka defeated another American, Maddison Keys.. The Belarusian lost the first set 0:6, but won the next two games in a tie-break - 7:6, 7:6. Match review.
The final fight between Gauff and Sabalenka will take place on Saturday, September 9. Regardless of his result at the end of the US Open, the tennis player from the aggressor country will top the world rankings, displacing Poland’s Iga Szwiatek from first place. Recall that the best result among Ukrainian tennis players at the US Open-2023 was shown by Elina Svitolina, who reached the 1/16 finals, where she lost to the third racket of the world, Jessica Peguli (USA).