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On the day Elena Rybakina officially became world No. 1, she added another achievement to her extraordinary season: the Kazakhstani has become the first singles player to qualify for the 2026 WTA Finals. The prestigious tournament will be held in Indian Wells this year, where the 27-year-old will arrive as the defending champion after going […]
After ending Aryna Sabalenka’s 99-week reign at No. 1, Elena Rybakina inflicted further pain on the Belarusian by defeating her 6-4 5-7 6-2 in the US Open final to claim her third Grand Slam title and first in New York. TOP OF THE WORLD 🌎 Elena Rybakina defeats Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 to claim her […]
For the first time in 51 years, the US Open women’s singles semifinals feature all four of the tournament’s top seeds. Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina, Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff have all survived three-set quarterfinal battles to create a final four that is remarkably rare. Before this fortnight, the last time all four top seeds […]
After the US Open, Elena Rybakina will officially become the new WTA No. 1, dethroning Aryna Sabalenka after nearly two years at the top. Rybakina’s condition for taking over the top position was to reach the semifinals in New York, and she successfully secured her place in the final four on Wednesday, defeating Zheng Qinwen […]
The 2026 US Open has been quite the fashion show! Taylor Townsend joined the style spectacle in a big way this year, challenging longtime fashion queen Naomi Osaka and increasingly extravagant Aryna Sabalenka for the spotlight. Meanwhile, Adidas has been turning heads with some of the tournament’s sexiest kits, dressing stars like Elina Svitolina and […]
Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka is now just two wins away from a third straight US Open title. The Belarusian survived a tense quarterfinal thriller against Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova, rallying from 4-2 down in the deciding set before edging out the Czech 7-6(1) 3-6 7-6[7] to reach her sixth consecutive US Open semifinal. Sabalenka […]
Zheng Qinwen was ecstatic to make it through the three qualifying rounds into the US Open main draw, and now her fairytale run just got a wild new chapter as she won SEVEN consecutive games and saved a match point to beat 2017 runner-up and 2025 Australian Open champion Madison Keys 1-6 7-6(3) 7-5 in […]
After a clinical 6-1 6-1 victory over US Open debutant Polina Iatcenko in the second round, two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka was extremely annoyed when a reporter suggested she had been partying too much ahead of the tournament and wasn’t focused enough on tennis. Sabalenka needed just 53 minutes to dispatch Iatcenko, recording one of […]
After more than a decade with Adidas, former doubles world No. 1 Kristina Mladenovic has officially joined Lululemon, becoming the latest WTA player to represent the brand alongside fellow ambassador Leylah Fernandez. To announce the new partnership, Mladenovic posed in the streets of New York wearing a light blue and white Lululemon crop top paired […]
Sloane Stephens took center stage at the 2026 US Open Opening Night Gala, where she was honored with the Serving Up Dreams Award during an evening that raised a record-shattering $2.7 million for youth development. The star-studded event, hosted by Gayle King, celebrated Stephens’ dual legacy as both the 2017 US Open Champion and a […]
After a commanding first-round victory at the US Open, Elena Rybakina kept her bid to become the new WTA world No. 1 firmly alive. However, the Kazakhstani then revealed that she had a full seven days without training due to a sudden left ankle injury, which had cut short her campaign at the Cincinnati Open […]
Naomi Osaka made another fashion statement as she stepped onto the court for her first-round match at the 2026 US Open, putting her own extravagant spin on Nike’s basketball-inspired New York collection while paying homage to NBA legend Allen Iverson’s iconic style. Icon! The absolute roar that went through Ash when Naomi waiting in the […]
Marta Kostyuk opened her US Open campaign with a 6-4 6-1 win over Storm Hunter. We’re used to seeing the Ukrainian star turn heads in her beautiful Wilson tennis dresses, but this time she debuted a surprise accessory, playing with a watch on her wrist for the first time, and it was none other than […]
Venus Williams‘ 96th Grand Slam appearance ended in the early hours of Monday morning, as Sofia Kenin defeated the two-time US Open champion 6-2 7-6(6) on Arthur Ashe Stadium. The match did not begin until shortly after midnight in New York, following an extraordinary four-hour-and-40-minute battle between Novak Djokovic and Mariano Navone. By the time […]
Marta Kostyuk got married almost three years ago, at the young age of 21, and little has been known about her husband, George Kyzymenko. The two have known each other since childhood, eventually lost touch, but then reconnected in 2022, and not long afterwards the wedding bells were ringing. Tennis linked them from an early […]
