Players · 10 dispatches
Elena Rybakina
All dispatches about Elena Rybakina. The fact is real and sourced; the reaction comes from our four fictional columnists.
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Sabalenka can’t see where social media distracts, and Maxime is still looking
At the WTA 1000 in Beijing, her first event since losing the US Open final to Elena Rybakina two weeks ago, Aryna Sabalenka was asked about social media. In her view, people…
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Buse says a world No 1000 would beat Rybakina, Maxime hunts for the scorecard
Ignacio Buse, ranked 35th in the world, said on a live stream that a player ranked 1000th would beat Elena Rybakina, the new world No 1, and that he himself would have…
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Rybakina celebrates her US Open title in under ten seconds, Maxime timed it
Elena Rybakina won the US Open on Saturday, beating Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. After the ace that ended the final, she raised her arms and did three small knee bends: a…
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US Open quarter-finals ended at 3.33am, and the C30.4 has done the maths
The 2026 US Open quarter-final day lasted 16 hours, from 11.30am on Tuesday to 3.33am on Wednesday, with four fifth sets. In the women’s draw the entire top 6 reached the quarters…
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Sabalenka tells a cameraman to back off, and Roland defends the out-of-shot
Straight after losing the US Open final to Elena Rybakina, Aryna Sabalenka used an expletive to tell a cameraman to move away while she sat with her team.
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Sabalenka takes the mic minutes after losing, and Maxime wants to know whose idea that was
Beaten 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 by Elena Rybakina in the US Open final, Aryna Sabalenka smashed her racket after match point, then spoke at the trophy ceremony. She loses both the world No.1…
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Rybakina finishes the US Open on an ace after two double faults, Maxime investigates
Serving for the title at 5-2 in the deciding set of the US Open final, Elena Rybakina hit two double faults and two aces in the same game, and closed it out…
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“You’re thinking too much”: our club player has found his Sunday philosophy
Aryna Sabalenka lost the US Open final to Elena Rybakina 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. In the press conference, to someone suggesting that experience of finals made the defeat harder, she replied: “You’re thinking…
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Rybakina beats Gauff and will be world No. 1, Jean-Pol swears he called it in January
Elena Rybakina reached her first US Open final on Thursday, beating Coco Gauff 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. The Kazakh player will become world number one.
