SABALENKA 7-5 6-2 PEGULA. FOURTH STRAIGHT USO FINAL.

NEW YORK — Aryna Sabalenka is back in the US Open final. The No. 1 seed and two-time defending champion beats American No. 1 Jessica Pegula 7-5, 6-2 on Thursday, 10 September 2026, on Arthur Ashe Stadium in 1 hour 20 minutes (WTA news 4574954). It is Sabalenka’s fourth straight US Open singles final — 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 (WTA social / 4574954). One more win would make a three-peat title last done by Serena Williams in New York from 2012–2014 (Reuters). Extra locks the SF result. It does not invent Saturday’s final against Elena Rybakina. PATH /sport/us-open-sabalenka-pegula-sf. DESK_ID us-open-sabalenka-pegula-sf.

Distinct from any soft Sabalenka–Noskova watch file. This is the Pegula SF RESULT.

7-5, 6-2. Fourth straight US Open final. Three-peat title bid alive. Saturday vs Rybakina — HOLD.

Locked scoreboard. Score: Sabalenka d. Pegula 7-5, 6-2. Time: 1:20 (WTA). Final streak: fourth consecutive US Open final (WTA). Title frame: bidding for third straight US Open title / three-peat (Reuters / WTA). US Open win streak: WTA notes streak into the 20 range on SF night; Reuters cited 19 into the match in some wraps — Extra prefers WTA post-match 20 and does not invent a third figure. H2H vs Pegula: 10-4 WTA Tour (WTA); third straight year she beats Pegula in New York. Sat opponent: Rybakina (sourced after Gauff SF) — HOLD final winner.

How the match ran (WTA colour only). First 10 games stay tight; they trade holds and generate just one break point each until 5-5. Sabalenka holds for 6-5, then breaks with a backhand Pegula cannot handle to take the set 7-5 (WTA 4574954).

Second set tilts. Sabalenka converts her fourth break point with a forehand return winner off Pegula’s second serve for 3-1. Pegula wins just 5 of 19 (26%) second-serve points. Sabalenka faces only one break point all night and breaks again to close (WTA). Reuters/Hindu wraps add power colour: Pegula starts poised; costly second-set mistakes follow. Extra invents no unlisted winner totals beyond WTA’s board.

Open Era records WTA locks with the win: first player to reach eight consecutive Grand Slam hard-court finals, surpassing seven in a row by Graf, Hingis and Djokovic. Sixth woman in the Open Era to reach four or more straight US Open singles finals, joining Goolagong Cawley, Evert, Navratilova, Graf and Serena Williams. Ninth Grand Slam final overall for Sabalenka (WTA).

Quoted lines (WTA only — no invent). Sabalenka presser (WTA): she was “super desperate” after a tough grass loss to Pegula and a middling mid-season; Grand Slams feel like a last push; she wanted the final badly and wants to go all the way. Mentality: “I’m ready for whatever it’s going to take to get the win.” On level vs Pegula tonight: whatever decision she made felt right — better level than recent meetings.

Pegula presser (WTA): calls it maybe Sabalenka’s best match of the year; level “insanely high”; both serving well early; “I don’t really know if there was much I could do today.” On-court crowd line (Reuters dual wrap): Sabalenka thanks Ashe for respect even though they wanted Pegula.

Path to Saturday — sourced only. Opponent locks as No. 2 Elena Rybakina after Rybakina’s 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Gauff (separate Extra). Prior Slam finals between the pair: Sabalenka won the 2023 Australian Open final; Rybakina won in Melbourne earlier in 2026 (WTA). Career H2H Sabalenka leads 10-7 (WTA). HOLD any Saturday set line or champion claim. Note: fourth straight FINAL (WTA) — not “third straight final”; three-peat = third straight TITLE bid.

Still discipline. Hero: Ocoudis / Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Sabalenka practice, US Open 2024. Caption MUST say 2024 practice, not 2026 SF. Secondary Pegula crop from 2024 final (Ocoudis CC0). WTA Getty hero not cleared for Extra reuse. VIDEO=no — prefer later rights-clear USTA/WTA clip; none locked this pass. No AI invent.

CLAIM vs CONFIRMED. CONFIRMED: Sabalenka d. Pegula 7-5, 6-2; 1:20; fourth straight USO final; three-peat title bid (WTA 4574954 / Reuters). HOLD Sat final score / winner vs Rybakina — invent nothing. Distinct from soft Noskova watch and from us-open-rybakina-gauff-sf body paste. FALSE framing — do not use: “Nth Meridian invents Saturday’s champion” or “third straight final.” VIDEO=no. Nailed down, 11 September 2026, 08:44 GMT. PATH /sport/us-open-sabalenka-pegula-sf. DESK_ID us-open-sabalenka-pegula-sf. Beat SPORT / RESULT EXTRA. PHOTO: Ocoudis / Wikimedia Commons (CC0). NTH MERIDIAN does not invent scores.

DESK_ID us-open-sabalenka-pegula-sf. Canonical /sport/us-open-sabalenka-pegula-sf. Filed 11 September 2026, 08:44 GMT. RESULT locked. Verification: WTA www.wtatennis.com/news/4574954/sabalenka-bests-pegula-again-in-new-york-to-reach-fourth-straight-us-open-final ; Reuters dual SF wrap — verification only, do not republish. Photo: Ocoudis / Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — 2024 practice, not 2026 SF. VIDEO=no. AdSense untouched. NTH MERIDIAN does not invent scores.