Sobolenko could not beat Rybakina in the final of the US Open

In the final of the US Open in the women’s singles Belarusian Arina Sobolenko (WTA: 1), alas, lost to the representative of Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina (WTA: 2) – 4:6, 7:5, 2:6. It's reported by sb.by.

Our athlete won this tournament last year and last year. And this season she just brilliantly went through the way to the final, giving in six meetings only one set. The winning streak of Arina Sobolenko at the US Open was 20 fights, but, unfortunately, did not receive a continuation. To win the fifth title in the majors in singles Belarusian could not.

The outcome of the first game predetermined the only break made by Rybakina. In the second set, there was also only a break, but this time Sobolenko distinguished herself at the reception. But in the decisive game, the Belarusian did not demonstrate its true level of tennis. She made a lot of mistakes - and the athlete from Kazakhstan extracted maximum dividends from this.

For Rybakina, this is the third title in the tournaments of the Grand Slam series. She previously won Wimbledon (2022) and the Australian Open (2026). Following the results of the US Open, the tennis player from Kazakhstan removed Sobolenko from the top of the world ranking.

Earlier in the tournament, Arina Sobolenko, we recall, consistently left out of business Colombian Camila Osorio (WTA: 59) (6:2, 6:4), Russian Polina Yatsenko (WTA: 160) (6:1, 6:1), Camilla Rakhimova from Uzbekistan (WTA: 92) (6:3, 6:4), American Taylor Townsend (WTA: 96) (6:4, 6:3), Linda Noskova from the Czech Republic (WTA: 6) (7:6, 3:6, 3:6, 7:6) and Jessica Pegula from the USA (7:5:2).

Three Belarusians at the US Open finished the fight in qualifying. Alena Faley (WTA: 223) did not cope with the Russian Elena Pridankina (WTA: 186) (1:6, 3:6). Irina Shimanovich (WTA: 191) after defeating Swiss Rebekah Masharova (WTA: 180) (6:4, 3:6, 6:4) lost to American Julieta Pareja (WTA: 288) (4:6, 2:6). And Alexandra Sasnovich (WTA: 136), taking over the Hungarian Dalma Galfi (WTA: 157) (7:6, 6:3), then was defeated by Vendula Waldmannova of the Czech Republic (WTA: 165) (7:5, 3:6, 1:6).

In the final of the tournament in the men's singles on Sunday, September 13, in the evening of Minsk time will meet American Ben Shelton (ATP: 9) and Alexander Zverev from Germany (ATP: 2).

The prize fund of the competition is a record 108 million dollars. Zverev beat Khachanov in the semifinals of the US Open tennis championship

Shelton took over Tiafo and for the first time in his career made it to the final of the major