Tennis-American Gauff beats Sabalenka to win U.S. Open

American teenager Coco Gauff beat Belarusian second seed Aryna Sabalenka 2-6 6-3 6-2 in the U.S. Open women's final on Saturday to claim her first Grand Slam title.

With the win, sixth seed Gauff became the first American to win a U.S. Open singles title since Sloane Stephens in 2017. Gauff, 19, fed off an adoring home crowd as she mounted a terrific second set fight back and kept the momentum up through the end of the battle, before she fell to the court on Arthur Ashe Stadium after clinching the title with a backhand winner.

Sabalenka had a superb start but could not keep the momentum going as unforced errors piled up and she closed her 2023 Grand Slam run, which included an Australian Open title and semi-finals at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, on a disappointing note.

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