Keep fighting! Keep fighting!

Amanda Anisimova’s team could be heard yelling this all the way through the second set of the U.S. Open women’s championship match on Saturday. Fans at Arthur Ashe Stadium also were firmly behind her, cheering as she won three straight games to force a tiebreak.

Yet it was not to be. Despite showing a Jersey girl-like grit and determination through her run to the final of this U.S. Open, Anisimova was stopped short of winning her first Grand Slam title, losing to defending champion Aryna Sabalenka, 6-3, 7-6 (3).

Sabalenka’s win marked the first time a woman has repeated as champion in New York since Serena Williams won three straight titles from 2012-14. It also marked as incomplete what had been a storybook comeback for the 24-year-old Anisimova after she

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