Elena Rybakina won the U.S. Open women's singles title, defeating Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 at Arthur Ashe Stadium. [1] It is her first U.S. Open and her third major, after Wimbledon in 2022 and the Australian Open this year. [2] Reuters filed the same score as a first Flushing title. [2]

Sabalenka was the two-time defending champion. The U.S. Open filed that Rybakina snapped a 20-match Flushing winning streak and served 12 aces. [1] A third Slam is a third Slam. It is not a rewritten season until the ranking sheet prints it. The tournament said Rybakina was already guaranteed No. 1 after reaching the final. [1] Print the title. Print the guarantee as the tournament's word. Leave a Monday ranking recap to Monday.

Christian Harrison and Neal Skupski took the men's doubles in Saturday's Hindu wrap. [3] A doubles title is not the singles. Print both. Do not merge them.

Rybakina's on-court praise of Sabalenka is color. Sabalenka smashing a racket is color. Color is not the score. Print 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. Leave Zverev to the men's final that owns Zverev.

-- AMARA OKONKWO, Lagos