"Also with my tennis, I'm in a pretty good spot ... "Initially when I first started, before I won the US Open, my main reason was: 'I want to win a Grand Slam'. And that happened so young.

"And after, I felt like it went smoother, I became a little bit more calm, and kind of was more able to focus on my tennis ... it worked out well." After 2021 US Open finalist Fernandez easily ...

Last year's finalist Aryna Sabalenka will take on sixth seed Jessica Pegula in the women's singles final of the US Open on Saturday at the Billie Jean King Tennis Centre in New York, USA.