Aryna Sabalenka repeats as women’s US Open champion with a straight-sets victory over American Amanda Anisimova

• Sabalenka is the champion again! Aryna Sabalenka repeats as US Open’s women’s champion with a straight sets victory over American Amanda Anisimova.

• Anisimova fights hard in a dramatic final: After a disappointing performance at Wimbledon, the American challenger forced the second set to a tiebreaker in a dramatic burst of energy but in the end the Belarusian was too much to overcome.

• Sabalenka ends the grand slam season on a high: After being denied in Melbourne, Paris and London, the world No. 1 captures the US Open title again to end the season with a grand slam victory for the ages.

Aryna Sabalenka has done it! She wins the US Open championship with a straight sets, 6-3, 7-6 (3), victory over American Amanda Anisimova!

After watching Anisimova drag a backhand wide, Sabalenka falls to her knees, overcome by the emotion of finally winning a grand slam this year after reaching two finals and a semifinal with no title to show for it.