Belarusian Arina Sobolenko became the first semi-finalist of the US Open

The first racket of the Belarusian planet Arina Sobolenko on September 8 became the first semi-finalist of the US Open Tennis Championship, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency reports.

Arina Sobolenko. Photo by Ministry of Sport

In the starting quarterfinals, the current champion of the US Open fought with the Czech athlete Linda Noskova, who occupies the sixth place in the world ranking, and defeated her in a three-set match - 7:6 (7:1), 3:6, 7:6 (10:7). The meeting lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes, BelTA writes.

In the semifinals, the rival of the Belarusian tennis player will be the winner of the battle of two American women - Jessica Pegula (3rd number) and Emma Navarro (27th position). A. Sobolenko at the current tournament defeated Colombian Camilla Osorio (59) – 6:2, 6:4, Russian Polina Yatsenko (160) – 6:1, 6:1, Uzbek tennis player Camilla Rakhimova (92) – 6:3, 6:4 and American Taylor Townsend (96) – 6:4, 6:3.

In turn, the second racket of the world Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan in the 1/4 finals will meet with the Chinese Qinwen Zheng (121), who in the 1/8 finals beat Iga Sventek from Poland (8). If E. Rybakina breaks into the semifinals, he will remove A. Sobolenko from the first place in the WTA ranking, which the Belarusian takes 107 weeks in a row. In another match for getting into the semifinals, American Corey Gauff (4) will argue with Russian athlete Mirra Andreeva (5).

The final Grand Slam tournament of the season will end in New York on September 13. 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 each.