Arina Sobolenko lost to Elena Rybakina in the final of the US Open

Belarusian Arina Sobolenko lost to Kazakhstani tennis player Elena Rybakina in the final of the US Open, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency reports.

In the decisive match A. Sobolenko was defeated - 4:6, 7:5, 2:6. The match lasted 2 hours 23 minutes. As a result, E. Rybakina, who won the US Open for the first time, will head the WTA rating on September 14. In turn, Sobolenko will take the second position, BelTA writes.

On the way to the current final, the Belarusian defeated Colombian Camilla Osorio (59th world ranking) - 6:2, 6:4, Russian Polina Yatsenko (160th place) - 6:1, 6:1, Uzbek tennis player Camilla Rakhimova (92) - 6:3, 6:4, American Taylor Townsend (96) - 6:4, 6:3, Czech Linda Noskova - 7:6 (7:1), 3:6, 7:6 (10:7) and American tennis player Jessica Rakhimova (92) - 6:3, 6:4, 6:2 (3).

The total prize pool of the US Open - 2026 reached a record $108 million, champions in the men's and women's singles will receive $ 5.5 million, the finalists will earn $ 2.8 million.