Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus celebrates beating Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic in their U.S. Open quarter-final in New York on Tuesday.Seth Wenig/The Associated Press
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 quarter-final matchup of major champions.
Sabalenka finished off the match with a second-serve ace to turn back the Wimbledon champion and reach the semi-finals 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 semi-finals.
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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 hard courts of New York.
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