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Aryna Sabalenka, denied a third consecutive US Open title and toppled from the World No. 1 spot she had held for 99 weeks, vowed to come back stronger after a season of disappointment.

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Elena Rybakina is on top of the tennis world, celebrating her first US Open title and her rise to No. 1 barely more than three weeks after she feared injury would force her out of the final Grand Slam of the year.

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 Aryna Sabalenka is "ready for the fight" as she eyes a third straight title at the US Open, where the woman standing in her way, Elena Rybakina, has already ended Sabalenka's reign at No. 1 in the world.

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Elena Rybakina rallied from a set down to beat Coco Gauff 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday (Friday, Manila time) and book a US Open championship showdown with two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka.

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Elena Rybakina will rise to No. 1 in the world rankings for the first time after reaching the US Open semifinals, but for the Kazakh star, the chance at a third Grand Slam title remains her most pressing concern.

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Elena Rybakina is one win away from the World No. 1 ranking, but the Kazakh star says her main goal in her US Open quarterfinal clash with Zheng Qinwen is to advance toward a third Grand Slam title.

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World No. 2 Elena Rybakina swept past four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka, 6-1, 6-4, to line up a US Open quarterfinal against China's Zheng Qinwen.

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Second-seeded Elena Rybakina advanced to the third round of the US Open, seeing off Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, 6-2, 6-4.

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Elena Rybakina said it was so far, so good with her left heel injury after she eased into the second round of the US Open with a straight sets victory over US teen Thea Frodin.

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Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina says things are "all good" for the US Open after a heel injury forced her to retire from her Cincinnati WTA quarterfinal last week.

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Elena Rybakina is on top of the tennis world, celebrating her first US Open title and her rise to No. 1 barely more than three weeks after she feared injury would force her out of the final Grand Slam of the year.

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 Aryna Sabalenka is "ready for the fight" as she eyes a third straight title at the US Open, where the woman standing in her way, Elena Rybakina, has already ended Sabalenka's reign at No. 1 in the world.

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Elena Rybakina rallied from a set down to beat Coco Gauff 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday (Friday, Manila time) and book a US Open championship showdown with two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka.

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Elena Rybakina will rise to No. 1 in the world rankings for the first time after reaching the US Open semifinals, but for the Kazakh star, the chance at a third Grand Slam title remains her most pressing concern.

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Elena Rybakina is one win away from the World No. 1 ranking, but the Kazakh star says her main goal in her US Open quarterfinal clash with Zheng Qinwen is to advance toward a third Grand Slam title.

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World No. 2 Elena Rybakina swept past four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka, 6-1, 6-4, to line up a US Open quarterfinal against China's Zheng Qinwen.

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Second-seeded Elena Rybakina advanced to the third round of the US Open, seeing off Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, 6-2, 6-4.

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Elena Rybakina said it was so far, so good with her left heel injury after she eased into the second round of the US Open with a straight sets victory over US teen Thea Frodin.

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Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina says things are "all good" for the US Open after a heel injury forced her to retire from her Cincinnati WTA quarterfinal last week.

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