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Saturday's Third Slam Is Not a New Title

TL;DR

Saturday's file has Rybakina beating Sabalenka for a third major; Sunday has no second trophy.

MSM Perspective

Saturday filed 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. Sunday does not re-award it.

X Perspective

Tennis feeds treat a recap as a new final.

Elena Rybakina won the U.S. Open women's title on Saturday, defeating Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 for a third major. [1] This paper printed that title. Sunday has Zverev in the men's file, not a second women's trophy. A third Slam is not a ranking rewrite. Print Saturday. Do not print a new title. No second women's final is in Sunday's stack.

No second women's trophy is in Sunday's New York copy, so Saturday's third Slam remains Saturday's and Zverev remains the men's file.
Sunday recap that pretends Rybakina played again is a feed, not a third Slam.
No second women's trophy is in Sunday's tennis copy.
This edition will not invent a second women's final to fill a quiet Sunday.
-- AMARA OKONKWO, Lagos

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