2019 U.S. Open Women's Doubles semifinals, No. 4 seeds Sabalenka/Mertens reversed the local combination Dole Sid/Kim Jiuji at 4-6 6-3 6-4 and scored after their cooperation The first Grand Slam final! They will face Batty/Azarenka in the women's doubles final.
United States, New York - On September 6, local time, the 2019 US Open began the women's doubles semi-final contest. No. 4 seeds Mertens and Sabalenka reversed the home-grown combination Dole Sid/Kim Juji 4-6 6-3 6-4 and won another women's double final ticket.
This will be the first time that Belgian Mertens and Belarusian Sabalenka have teamed up to reach the Grand Slam doubles final. The two lost a set first, narrowly defeating Dolsheed and the 2010 US Open women's doubles champion Jin Jiuji. On Friday afternoon local time, under the closed roof of the Armstrong Stadium, Sabalenka/Mertens won the game in 2 hours and 19 minutes.
"The whole game was evenly matched," Mertens told the media after winning. "I think what makes us different is that we believe in ourselves, be aggressive, and be optimistic."
Sabalenka agreed: "As long as we focus on our game and increase our aggressiveness, then I think we have Great chance to win the game." The
No. 4 seed combination completed the "Sunshine Double Championship" earlier this season, winning back-to-back titles in Indian Wells and Miami with a combined record of 10 wins and 0 losses, and is the most prestigious in the United States. The US Open reached the finals.
Sabalenka/Mertens had a 72% first serve scoring rate, got 4 of 10 break points, and saved 16 of 19 break points.
"We were very close to the finals, the quarter-finals of Wimbledon, the semi-finals of the French Open, until the US Open. It was a really good feeling," Mertens said. "We are very happy to reach the final, but it is not over yet, so we have to do our best on Sunday."
Mertens/Sabalunka will face the 8th seed Azarenka/Bati in the final. . Barty is the defending U.S. Open Women's Doubles champion. She won the championship with Vandewei last year. This year, she and Azarenka made great progress and eliminated Kuzmova/Sasnović in the semi-finals on Thursday.
In the only previous confrontation, Mertens/Sabalenka defeated Azarenka/Batti in the semi-finals in Miami, as part of their 10 victories when they won the Sunshine Double. .
"We played against each other once," Mertens said. "We will see how they play. She has won easily in the last few games, so we have to break their rhythm." The
local team broke in the first game, and then Sabalenka/Bati broke serve. The score was tied to 3-3. Dole Sid/Jin Jiuji broke serve in the ninth game and continued to maintain the advantage of the serve game, securing the victory in the first set.
No. 4 seed Mertens/Sabalunka broke twice and won 6-3 in the second set. In the final set, Mertens/Sabalunka took the lead early and they broke serve in the fourth game, leading 2-1. In the tenth game, Mertens/Sabalunka got two break points in a encounter, but they withstood the pressure and succeeded in securing their serve, winning the final set 6-4 and successfully reversed.
