Aryna Sabalenka beats Jessica Pegula for first U.S. Open title

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Second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka racked up 40 winners while defeating sixth-seeded Jessica Pegula 7-5, 7-5 to win her first U.S. Open title on Saturday afternoon at New York.

It is the third career Grand Slam crown for Sabalenka, who won the Australian Open each of the past two years. The 26-year-old is the first women's player since Germany's Angelique Kerber in 2016 to win the A