Elena Rybakina has now won the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open
Elena Rybakina stunned Aryna Sabalenka to win the US Open, completing a remarkable turnaround after doubts over her fitness and years of disappointment at Flushing Meadows.
As reported by BBC Sport on Sunday, the 27-year-old Kazakh produced a powerful display to claim her second major title of an outstanding 2026 season, despite arriving in New York with serious doubts over whether she would be fit enough to compete.
Rybakina suffered an ankle injury during her Cincinnati Open quarter-final and was unable to walk for several days. Yet she recovered in time to enter the US Open and went on to produce one of the most unexpected title runs of the tournament.
“I was coming here for the last 10 years, and it was never successful. I’m falling in love with New York more and more,” Rybakina said.
