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late today, taylor fritz becoming the first american man to appear in a grand slam title in more than 15 years. but fritz coming up short, losing to number one seed jannik sinner from italy. ike ejiochi has more from flushing meadows. >> reporter: tonight, heartbreak for taylor fritz as he hoped to end a 20-year drought for american men at the u.s. open. sinner starting strong, taking the first set 6-3 winning 15 of the last 19 points of the set. >> that's it, first set to sinner. >> reporter: the italian forcing fritz to reach far to the right on this point, taking the second set 6-4. fritz, admirably coming back in the third set, but the challenge proving too much. on the final point, fritz hitting the ball into the net, sinner breaking his serve for championship point. >> it's been an amazing two weeks and first off, congrats to jannik. he played a great match. congrats to his team. it's really impressive. >> reporter: the crowd here electric. the last time americans were in the men and women's finals was in 2002. new york native jessica pegula falling in two hard fought sets last night. when taylor fritz coming up short, but the fans here buzzing with excitement as the u.

taylor fritz. this after aryna sabalenka took the women's crown on saturday. abc's ikeochi is in queens, new york, with the details. good morning to you, ike. >> reporter: good morning, janai. it was a powerful performance. aryna sabalenka winning her third grand slam final and first u.s. open taking the title in a decisive two-set match. >> ladies and gentlemen, your 2024 u.s. open women's champion, aryna sabalenka. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: this morning, belarusian tennis player aryna sabalenka coming out on top in a tight match against jessica pegula winning the u.s. open's women's final. sabalenka defeating pegula 7-5, 7-5, in her third grand slam final and first u.s. open championship win. the packed arthur ashe stadium also hanging onto some gripping moments as pegula made her moves on the tennis court. pegula making things interesting, but sabalenka fighting back to win the first set, 7-5. by the second set, sabalenka's booming strokes proven too much for pegula. the last one, the championship moment. >> game, set, match. >> reporter: sabalenka collaps

ike in tallahassee. >> helene finally making landfall in tallahassee, bringing strong winds and heavy rain. officials warning these conditions can down power lines and trees just like this one. >> hundreds of people in taylor county, florida, in the bull's eye of the storm, told emergency officials they did not evacuate. some areas along the gulf coast were bracing for up to 20ft of storm surge. the taylor county sheriff's office now asking residents who defied the mandatory evacuation order to write their name, birthday and important information on your arm or leg in a permanent marker so they can be identified. near tampa bay, this video showing the surge of floodwater in gulfport. hours before helene made landfall, this storm is raging. >> i have got flooding so bad you can't even imagine. >> the lobby of the all seasons hotel near saint petersburg underwater. high winds and storm surge forced authorities to shut down multiple bridges near tampa, including the sunshine skyway bridge on nearby interstate four. a highway sign fell onto a vehicle, killing the driver. rescuers used boats on fort myers beach to help people stranded by flood water. now helene is setting its sights on georgia, with hurricane w