Aryna Sabalenka credited her new-found mental approach on Saturday after producing a controlled performance to power to victory at the US Open.

The 27-year-old world number one from Belarus defeated American eighth seed Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) to retain her US Open crown and capture a fourth career Grand Slam title.

Sabalenka said afterwards that her victory came after defeats in the Australian and French Open finals this season prompted her to rethink how she approached major finals.

"After the Australian Open, I thought that the right way would be just to forget it and move on, but then the same thing happened at the French Open," she said.

"So after the French Open I figured that, 'Okay, maybe it's time for me to sit back and to look at those finals and to maybe learn someth

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