NEW YORK (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula have started their match Thursday night in the U.S. Open women’s semifinals at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

After that ends, Naomi Osaka and Amanda Anisimova will meet in the second semifinal.

Defending champion Sabalenka against Pegula is a rematch of last year’s final.

Thursday’s winners will play against each other for the championship on Saturday.

Sabalenka beat Pegula 7-5, 7-5 for the 2024 U.S. Open title to collect her third Grand Slam trophy, all on hard courts.

Since then, Sabalenka was the runner-up to Madison Keys at the Australian Open in January and to Coco Gauff at the French Open in June, then was eliminated in the Wimbledon semifinals by Anisimova in July.

Sabalenka, a 27-year-old from Belarus, is seeded No. 1 in New York.

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