Back-to-back: Sabalenka beats Navarro to make second straight US Open final

No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka clinched a spot in her second straight US Open final with a gritty 6-3, 7-6(2) victory over No.13 seed Emma Navarro in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Thursday night. US Open: Scores | Draw | Order of play Former World No.1 Sabalenka, who finished runner-up to Coco Gauff at last year's US Open, needed 90 minutes to fend off surging American Navarro, who was contesting her first Grand Slam semifinal and pushed the second set into a …