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Aryna Sabalenka came from a set and a break down to deny the US Open crowd an all-American final.<\/p>\n
The second seed, who will rise to world number one on Monday, lost the first set to love against Madison Keys, but hit back to win 0-6 7-6 (1) 10-5 and book a Saturday showdown with Coco Gauff.<\/p>\n
Keys had slipped under the radar at this year\u2019s championships, but she announced herself inside Arthur Ashe Stadium as she raced through the first set in just 30 minutes.<\/p>\n
The 17th seed went 4-2 up in the second and served for the match at 5-4, only for Sabalenka to break her to love and begin the comeback.<\/p>\n
The Belarusian dominated the tie-break and the pair exchanged breaks in the third before it headed to the inevitable deciding breaker.<\/p>\n
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When Sabalenka got to 7-3 ahead she thought she had won the match, forgetting it was now first to 10, and dropped her racket in delight.<\/p>\n
She managed to refocus, though, and wrapped up the victory in two-and-a-half hours.<\/p>\n
Sabalenka said: \u201cI thought we played a tie-break up to seven. I was all over the place. Thanks team for reminding me it\u2019s up to 10.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe played incredible tennis, another level. Somehow, I don\u2019t know how actually I turned around this match. Being in the final of the US Open for the first time means a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n