Two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka says she is "mentally in a different place" to her last major final as she prepares to face Naomi Osaka in Saturday's US Open showpiece.
The 31-year-old Belarusian will play her first Grand Slam final since losing to Serena Williams at the 2013 US Open.
Japan's Osaka, 22, is also aiming for her third major after winning the 2018 US Open and 2019 Australian Open.
Azarenka has won her past 11 matches, while Osaka is unbeaten in 10.
The pair should have met in the final of the Western and Southern Open, which was played at Flushing Meadows immediately before the US Open, only for Osaka to pull out of the match with a hamstring injury.