Arthur Ashe Stadium
7:00 PM – Women’s Singles SF
A. Sabalenka [1] vs J. Pegula [4]
For the second straight year, Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula will clash under the lights in New York with a spot in the US Open final on the line. Unlike last year, when the met in the final, they’ll go at it a round earlier. Sabalenka, the defending champion, has already secured the year-end No.1 ranking, but she arrives to the pair’s tenth career clash with unfinished business: a chance to claim her first major title of 2025 and become the first woman since Serena Williams (2012–2014) to defend the crown in Flushing Meadows. This is her fifth consecutive US Open semifinal — the last woman to do that was Williams, who reached six straight between 2011 and 2016.
Pegula, meanwhile, has been all about resilience. After a first-round exit at Wimbledon and a difficult North American hard-court summer, the American has found her rhythm on home soil. She hasn’t dropped a set in New York, and she’s relishing the opportunity to avenge last year’s loss in the final.
“I think it would be cool to be able to get revenge,” Pegula said with a smile earlier this week. She’ll go in as the heavy underdog, however, having lost seven of nine to Sabalenka.
Followed By – Women’s Singles SF
N. Osaka [23] vs A. Anisimova [8]
Deep in the second week of a major, Naomi Osaka is starting to look like a Grand Slam juggernaut once again. The two-time US Open champion has finally pieced her game back together after nearly two years of searching for form in her return from maternity leave. Once she reaches the latter stages of a Slam, Osaka has been unstoppable: she is 13-0 across quarterfinals, semifinals and finals. With two more wins, she could capture a stunning fifth major crown.
Across the net, Amanda Anisimova has proven that setbacks can sharpen resolve. Just seven weeks ago, the 24-year-old suffered a brutal double-bagel loss to Iga Swiatek in the Wimbledon final. On Wednesday she flipped the script by ousting Swiatek 6-4, 6-3, and called it the most significant win of her career. Now Anisimova is into her first US Open semifinal, joining Venus Williams as the only active American women to have reached Slam semifinals on all three surfaces.
History leans in Anisimova’s favor: she owns a 2-0 edge over Osaka in their head-to-head, with wins in Melbourne and Paris in 2022. But the bright lights of Ashe and Osaka’s track record in New York and the Slams make this matchup must-see tennis.
