Aryna Sabalenka's angry reaction during the US Open final has earned her a fine.
Elena Rybakina took the mantle as the best player in women's tennis when she defeated outgoing world number one Aryna Sabalenka with a clinical 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 performance in the US Open final on Saturday.
Top seed Aryna Sabalenka was in fine form as she eased past Jessica Pegula in straight sets to book her place in the US Open final.
Aryna Sabalenka feared her US Open title defence was slipping away before she produced a dramatic comeback to edge past Linda Noskova in a thrilling quarter-final at Flushing Meadows.
Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka reached a sixth consecutive US Open quarter-final after overcoming American Taylor Townsend 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday.
Aryna Sabalenka stopped her third-round US Open match to complain to the umpire about the smell of marijuana inside Louis Armstrong Stadium.