"Oh my God. It means the world, the 24-year-old said on Thursday after reaching her first final at Flushing Meadows. list of 4 itemsend of list I'm trying to process that right now. It's absolutely a dream come true. This has been a dream of mine like forever to be in the US. Open final and the hope is to be the champion."
"She was really giving me a run for the final. I wasn't sure I would make it past the finish line. I tried to dig deep. It was a huge fight out there, Anisimova added. I tried to stay positive. There was a lot of nerves in the beginning and that's something I'm trying to work on. Yeah, this tournament means so much to me that I think that was really getting to me."
Amanda Anisimova, 24, rallied from a set down to defeat Naomi Osaka 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 6-3 and reach her first US Open final. The match featured two tiebreaks, a delayed automated line-call interruption and frequent momentum swings. Osaka and Anisimova traded breaks and ferocious rallies before Anisimova won the second-set tiebreak to force a decider. The eighth seed surged 4-1 in the final set and held her nerve to close out the victory. Anisimova will face defending champion Aryna Sabalenka, who beat Jessica Pegula, marking back-to-back Grand Slam finals for Anisimova.
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