US Open Day 12 - Top two set up blockbuster women’s final
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What happened in the opening recap of the women’s semifinals night?
Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast coming to you from Flushing Meadows on women's semifinals night at the U.S. Open, a night which saw the New York celebrities really show up and show out. David learned a lot of new names tonight of singers and rappers that he was not previously aware of. And let's be honest. Most of them were in the house hoping to see at least one, if not two, American victories. And they right now are leaving disappointed because what they've seen tonight is the two best players in the world stepping up and showing why they are just that. First off, Irina Sabalenka with a breathtaking performance to beat Jessica Begula in straight sets. And lastly, Elena Rabakina gritting her teeth tonight
to battle past Coco Gauff in three nail-biting sets. Two very different matches tonight, David, setting up a pretty tasty world number one grudge match on Saturday, or at least that's what I hope it's
going to be. Yeah, that's our spin on it anyway. Let's hope it lives up to that. But I would be surprised if it's not a good final, put it that way, based on the previous ones they've had. They were very different. Sabalenka was imperious. That is the best she has played in many months. You'd have to go back to the springtime, the sunshine double. I think Jessica Begula... It wasn't terrible, but she just couldn't live with that. I think Coco Goff probably should have won tonight. I felt like she should have got there before Rebecca really found her form. But once Rebecca had found her form, they went in opposite directions. That was the problem for Goff. But, you know, all credit to these players who come into the Arthrash Stadium and barely have anybody cheering for them, and they're the ones who walk out winning.
All credit to them and definitely not to us. Well done, guys.
We nailed
it. Let's get out ahead of this. We absolutely
nailed it last night with our Pagoula and Goff predictions. You know, like, the alarm bells were ringing, weren't they? It was like, guys, you're all picking against the number one and the number two, all picking against the two players that have played the Australian Open final against each other, the Indian Wells final, the WTA finals final, like... They're pretty good at this hardcourt thing, Savalenka and Rabatkinna, and we went vibes, and the
home
story,
and
we got it wrong. We were close for Coco Gauff, I really do think that one was in the balance, and as David said, there was a world where Coco Gauff gets that done in straight sets tonight, I think, but... well off with Pogula because Sabalenka was absolutely awesome.
Let's start off with that Goff match, shall we? We're back in a beating of 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Talk us through the match and why Coco Goff didn't get this done in straight sets.
Yeah, first set, I thought that Rabakina's game was off, to be honest. And the sheer number of unforced errors in the statistics line would tell you that. She was all over the place. At one point, she'd hit 20 unforced error backhands to seven of Goff's. And I realised that they're hitting a different number or a different velocity of shots. But those were the raw facts. And it seemed to me that... Rebecca came out a bit frozen. She just didn't really have any timing. I thought part of that was caused by Goff just playing a very secure brand of tennis. She was hitting deep. She was hitting... regularly close to the lines and just not missing much, you know, and she was hitting well, she was serving well, everything was just functioning well for golf and Rebecca being short of her best was spraying it all over the place and I did wonder whether she'd be able to gather herself really in the second set but she did, she raced off into a 4-1 lead, did Rebecca in the second set and then it looked, you know, it looked like we're going to be quick fire into a deciding set
Gough gets it back to four all. It feels right in the balance then. And then the forehand just started to desert Coco Gough. And I mean, I wrote down she's having to work around her forehand for basically a set and a half of the match.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What happened in the opening recap of the women’s semifinals night?
0:10–15:37
2
How did Elena Rybakina turn the match around to beat Coco Gauff?
15:37–34:55
3
What were the key factors behind Aryna Sabalenka’s straight‑sets win over Jessica Pegula?
34:55–48:49
4
Which men’s singles semifinals are most likely to produce an upset and why?
48:49–53:34