Coco Gauff vs Aryna Sabalenka Prediction: The world number two will have a very difficult match

World No. 6 Coco Gauff will face No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka of the WTA world ranking in the final of the US Open Tennis Championships. The girls know each other well, they met five times in the Tour, 3:2 in favor of the American, however, the last face-to-face meeting was won by Aryna. Bookmakers are on Sabalenka's side in the pairing, but there is no doubt that the world number two will have a very difficult match.

Before the Grand Slam in New York, Coco Gauff demonstrated the best tennis on Tour. The American won the tournament in Washington, beating Maria Sakkari in the final in two games. After that, she won the Cincinnati tournament. In New York, Coco has six wins in six matches with two lost sets. Notably, in the last two games, Gauff has not lost a game, beating Ostapenko and Mukhova. The American has also knocked out Siegemund, Andreeva, Mertens, and Wozniacki.

To be honest, we thought that Aryna would easily beat Madison Keys in the semifinals of the Grand Slam in New York. The match eventually lasted two hours and 35 minutes. Madison won the first game, which was quite surprising. Aryna managed to win the next two games, but only on tie-breaks, 7:1 in the second game and 10:5 in the third. Before beating Keys, Sabalenka had knocked out Zanevska, Berreij, Burel, Kasatkina, and Zheng without losing a single set in the first five meetings.

Arina overcame Madison Keys' resistance with great difficulty, but Coco Gauff is stronger than Madison now. Gauff is at the peak of her form, and she didn't notice Ostapenko. She easily enough coped in the semifinals with Mukhova, who, after Wimbledon, was also a prominent figure at tennis tournaments. We believe that at least Arina will face a challenging test, especially since Sabalenka left a lot of energy and emotions in the semifinals, which may not be enough for the world number two now. We believe that Coco is a bit underestimated in the pair. The line for the game should be equal. As for the total, we expect a long match consisting of three sets.