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09/08 13:13 CDT Aryna Sabalenka edges Linda Noskova to keep alive hopes of a
3rd straight US Open title
Aryna Sabalenka edges Linda Noskova to keep alive hopes of a 3rd straight US
Open title
By BRIAN MAHONEY
AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- Aryna Sabalenka kept alive her hopes for a third straight
U.S. Open championship by fighting off Linda Noskova 7-6 (1), 3-6, 7-6 (10-7)
on Tuesday in a thrilling quarterfinal matchup of major champions.
Sabalenka finished off the match with a second-serve ace to turn back the
Wimbledon champion and reach the semifinals in Flushing Meadows for the sixth
straight year.
Sabalenka --- who needed to win to maintain the No. 1 ranking --- will face
either No. 3 Jessica Pegula or No. 26 Emma Navarro on Thursday in the
semifinals.
Noskova, the No. 6 seed, won her first major title at the All England Club and
narrowly missed becoming the first woman since Serena Williams in 2016 to
follow a title on the grass by reaching the final four on the hardcourts of New
York.
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