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The final four of the US Open women’s draw took center stage in Arthur Ashe Stadium Thursday night. By the end of the evening, the stage was set for this weekend’s women’s final. Serena Williams, after defeating Anastasija Sevastova, 6-3, 6-0, will be playing Saturday in her ninth US Open final. Naomi Osaka, a 6-2, 6-4 winner in the night’s second match, will be making her debut in the final at Flushing Meadows.

Williams, who has six US Open titles and 23 Grand Slam titles to her credit, had been rolling through the tournament — and so many in the Arthur Ashe Stadium were surprised when Sevastova took the first two games of the night. But Williams, the No. 17 seed, turned things around in a hurry and proceeded to win 12 of the next 13 games to seal the victory in a quick 66 minutes.

Of course, Williams missed the 2017 US Open — she was busy having a baby — and she has slowly worked her way back into Grand Slam form.
"I couldn't have predicted this at all," Williams said. "Just been working really hard. Like I said, this is just the beginning of my return. I'm still on the way up.”

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Osaka, the No. 20 seed, became the first Japanese woman in the Open era to reach a Grand Slam singles final. She only needed 86 minutes for the straight-sets victory. Amazingly, she saved all 13 break points that she faced against Keys, the 2017 US Open runner-up.

"This still feels really weird, because I've never beaten Madison before. She's such a good player," Osaka said on court after the match. "I just tried to think that I've never been in this situation before, [and] I'm just really happy to be here."

Osaka and Williams will meet Saturday at 4 p.m. ET in Arthur Ashe stadium.

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In other Day 11 action at Flushing Meadows:

WOMEN'S DOUBLES WRAP: American CoCo Vandeweghe and Australian Ashleigh Barty knocked out No. 1 seeds Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova to reach the women's doubles final.

MEN'S DOUBLES WRAP: Fans were treated to a double dose of excitement in the US Open men's semifiunals on Thursday, including a win from the American team of Jack Sock and Mike Bryan..

JUNIORS WRAP: The top seeds in the boys' singles and girls' singles draws at the US Open, Cori Gauff and Chun Hsin Tseng, cruised into the quarterfinals on Thursday.