Read Sportstar's highlights of the US Open 2023 women's singles semifinal matches, in which Aryna Sabalenka defeated Madison Keys and Coco Gauff defeated Karolina Muchova.
Here are the highlights from the women's singles semifinals of the US Open 2023, in which Aryna Sabalenka defeated Madison Keys and Coco Gauff defeated Karolina Muchova. Nihit Sachdeva is here to walk you through the events that took place at Arthur Ashes Stadium in New York.
After a sluggish second serve from Keys, Sabalenka draws the error to win the mini-break. Sabalenka serves a wide ball into the back court, and Keys' backhand return is long, giving the score 2-0. Keys scores on a backhand return, giving the second seed a 3-0 lead.
Sabalenka wins on the forehand and improves to 4-0.
With a forehand winner down the line, Keys finally makes her debut, but Sabalenka leads 4-1.
Keys returns a sluggish second serve from Sabalenka with a strong inside-out forehand to narrow the deficit to 2-4. With a forehand winner in the deuce court, Sabalenka extends her lead to 5-2 as Keys anxiously tries to keep the ball in play.
Keys wins a stunning backhand point down the line to close the gap to the second seed, who now leads 5-3, to two points. Sabalenka wins with a cross-court forehand to increase her lead to 6-3. Issues for Keys.
As Keys scores the forehand return on the move, Sabalenka ups the score to 7-3. After Keys returned the ball with a strong forehand, Sabalenka made an incredible pickup, and the American eventually sent a backhand lob wide, making the score 8-3.
Great athleticism on Sabalenka's part to react to Keys' drop shot with a crosscourt winner at this point. Six game points. The first one is lost because Sabalenka botches the forehand return.
