Battle of the Billionaires’ hnehtu Pegula
US Open women’s singles title hnuhnung pahnih kawl mektu Aryna Sabalenka chuan a tum thumna atana title lak leh a tumna kawngah ke a chhep sual duh lo a, Thawhlehni zan inbeihna hautak zetah 7-6 (7-1) 3-6 7-6 (10-7)-a Linda Noskova hneh hram chungin semi-final a chuangkai leh ta nge nge a, tah chuan tawhkhirh bawk tura beisei Jessica Pegula a hmachhawn zui leh ang.
Grand Slam singles title pali hawn tawh Belarusian hian US Open lallukhum a hloh tawh mai dawn emaw a intih hman rum rum thu leh beidawn thuak tawh lama hnehna a sualchhuak leh thei kha sawifiah dan pawh a hriat loh thu sawiin, kumin tournament-a deciding set a khelh thlen vawi khatnaah a dinhmun a derthawng hman tih a pha bik lo.
Kum 28 tan tun kha US Open bika match 19 a chak zawnna ni tawhin, Flushing Meadows-ah hian kum 2023 final hnu lamah khan chak loh a la nei leh ta miah lo a, kum 2016-a record siamtu Serena Williams hnu lama hmeichhe player zinga a zawna New York major semi-final tum ruk lut leh thei hmasaber a ni.
Noskova laka a result avang khan world number one ranking a kawl mek pawh a nghet leh ta sawt a, mahse, nizan quarter-final match dangah Elena Rybakina chuan Zheng Qinwen hneh se No. 1 nihna hi la hloh leh thei a ni.
Inkhelh bana zawhna an zawhah ranking-a chungnungber a nihna chu hloh pawh ni se US Open title a humhim leh chuan a lawm tho ang em tih zawhna chu, “Hlim tih piahlam a ni ang chu, vawi thum champion nawn thawm tluka ropui a awm thei dawn em ni?” tiin a chhang!
Sawizawmin, “Title vawi thum la zawn thei dinhmuna ka la ding chhunzawm ta zel hi ka lawm takzet a, a tak leh tun inkar erawh a la hla tho mai,” a ti.
‘Battle of the Billionaires’
US Open final tum li khelh zawn a tumna kawnga Sabalenka hmachhawn tur American third seed Jessica Pegula chuan last eight inkhel dangah 3-6 6-4 6-3-in a chipui Emma Navarro a hneh a; American sumdawng hausa tawntaw ve ve fanute pahnih inkhel hi ‘Battle of the Billionaires’ tiin media lamah tarlan a ni.
A zawna US Open semi-final tum thum lut tling ta Pegula leh two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka-te final luh inchuh tur hi 2024 final rematch a ni dawn a, Pegula tan world number one nihna kawng a inhawng ve mek bawk.
Chu mi thleng tur erawh chuan American hi a champion ngei ngei a ngaih piah lamah nizan result tarlan hman lohah Elena Rybakina chuan semi-final a thlen zawh loh a ngai tel bawk.
Kum hnih kalta New York major final-a Sabalenka hneh loa runner-up lo ni ve tawh Pegula hian 26th seed Navarro lakah set khatna hloh mah se set hnuhnung pahnihah harsatna lian a tawk zui lo a, a zawna a tum thumna atan a home slam-ah semi-final lut lehin, kum 32 mi ni tawh chungin major title la thei dinhmunah a ding chhunzawm leh mek.
Thla 12 kalta pawh khan semi-final stage-ah bawk Pegula kalkawng hi Sabalenka chuan dansak tawh bawkin, kuminah an intawng nawn leh dawn a; quarter-final lama fiahna lian paltlang hlimhlawt ve ve an nih avangin taksa leh rilru lamah an rimtawng dun hle a ni.
American number one Pegula hian kumin Jnauary thla pawh khan Australian Open final thleng tawhin, major final han luh mai hi chu a thiam lo pawh a ni lo, va champion lai tak hi a mutan a ni rih a; tuntum hian kum hnih liamta chhunga a kawng daltu ngi bawk kha last four-ah a su leh dawn a, eng tak ang leh ang maw?
A chipui Navarro a hmachhawn boruak kha Pegula hian a sawi thiam angreng a, “Vawiin hian ramhuai tam tak ka hmachhawn a ni,” a ti chuan entu mipui lawm a hlawh hle!
Pegula hian comeback hnehna tum 48 chang tawhin, three-sets inbeihnaah vawi 90 dingchang zawkah a tang tawh bawk a, tunhnai kum 10 chhungin he chak dan pahnihah hian ani aia chungnung WTA player zinga an awm loh avangin a hmachhawn leh tur Sabalenka lakah pawh inrintawkna thuk zawk a nei turah ngai ang.
A title humhim tura hmalam pan zel Sabalenka, Battle of the Billionaires’ hnehtu Pegula

