Belarusian top seed Aryna Sabalenka overcame British qualifier Katie Boulter in straight sets to reach the last 16 of the China Open on Tuesday evening.
Aryna Sabalenka may have lost the battle at the US Open, but she won the war on the way to becoming world number one.
American Coco Gauff sent Arthur Ashe Stadium into raptures when she came from a set down to topple Aryna Sabalenka and win her maiden US Open crown on Saturday.
Despite losing the opening set to love, Aryna Sabalenka rallied to defeat home crowd favourite Madison Keys in the US Open semi-final on Thursday.
Top seeds Aryna Sabalenka and Madison Keys made easy work of their respective quarter-final opponents at the US Open in New York on Wednesday.
New world number one Aryna Sabalenka admits it means an awful lot to her to have reached this significant achievement.