Sabalenka and Anisimova met in the U.S. Open final. Earlier this year, they gave losing speeches that showed how difficult the art can be.

Sabalenka reached her second consecutive U.S. Open final with a comeback win over Pegula, whom she vanquished in last year's final.

Anisimova made the perfect recovery from her Wimbledon final nightmare by reaching a second consecutive Grand Slam final weekend.