Players · 13 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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Rybakina finds her season “very long”: the club player compares it with hers
Elena Rybakina, world No. 1 since her US Open title, is back at the WTA 500 in Ningbo after a first-match loss in Beijing and a withdrawal from Wuhan. On 19 October…
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Sabalenka gets angry in game one, says Monica Puig: the C30.4 waits for game three
On the Inside-In podcast, quoted by Tennis365, Monica Puig said Aryna Sabalenka gets angry with herself from the first game. Beaten at the US Open by Elena Rybakina, then early in Wuhan…
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Elise Mertens 14th in the world after Beijing: Jean-Pol predicted it, and 12th too
Elise Mertens, 30, is now world No. 14 in the WTA rankings published Monday, after beating Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek in Beijing and then losing the semi-final to Zheng Qinwen. Her…
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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 he would beat Rybakina, and our club player wants the full scale
On a live stream with Peruvian content creator Cristorata, Ignacio Buse, 22 and ranked 35th in the world, said he could beat Elena Rybakina. Asked about a version of himself ranked 100th,…
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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…