Entering this summer, Amanda Anisimova had never been to a slam final. Now, she's heading to her second in three months. The 24-year-old American is into the US Open women's singles final with a 6-7(4), 7-6(3), 6-3 win over No. 23 Naomi Osaka.

Anisimova will face No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka in Saturday's final.

"This has been a dream of mine, like, forever is to be in the US Open final," Anisimova told ESPN on her on-court interview. "Obviously the hope is to be the champion, but I'm in the final now, and I'm gonna try to get ready, but I'm just excited. It's really special."

Osaka broke Anisimova in the first game of the match. After Anisimova took a 30-0 lead, she committed four straight unforced errors, including a double fault.

Down 0-40 on her second service game and in danger of l

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