Elena Rybakina beats Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 5-7 6-2 to win first US Open title: Post-match reaction

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Carson (2:00)

Serve from Rybakina. Ace down the tee, she closes it out. 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, Elena Rybakina is your US. Open champion. Yeah, that just caught the line. Great finish for her. Sabalenka smashes her racket down after that. Can't blame her. That was a tough match for her. What a great match for Rybakina.

Heads over to embrace her team. Her second major of the season, major title of the season.

She's already...

Already got a massive lead in the rankings. She is 2,100 points ahead of Aryna Sabalenka in the live rankings, and yeah, in the race, it's a little bit smaller margin than that, but... They're showing them engraving the trophy right now with Rybakina's name. It will be presented to her in just a few short moments. All right, Rybakina, US. Open champion. Yeah, been an absolutely fantastic season for her.

For Sabalenka, it's another tough defeat in the final of the Grand Slam tournament. Just not able to get over the finish line here. So, the trophy ceremony in a few minutes.

John Silk (4:28)

Yeah.

Carson (4:31)

Do you feel badly for Sabalenka? So close yet again. Definitely had a chance. She had played so well in this tournament.

Yeah, absolutely fantastic. Couple of weeks for her.

And, you know, some very good matches. Quarterfinal win against Lenin-Doskva was, yeah, great performance. Oh, she maybe had turned a corner there and then played a great semi-final match against Pugula. Rybakina just a little bit better today. John, hopefully, can join again here. And for Sabalenka, yeah, I mean, disappointing season for her, by her own standards. I do think that she'll win another Simon Harris career. She's got plenty of time, I think. But yeah, by her own standard, disappointing. I think it's the first time in many years where you could not definitively say that she's the best player in the world at the moment. Rybakina certainly has taken that title from her this year.

So, I do wonder, we've maybe got John joining here in just a second.

John Silk (6:15)

Let's see if it will work one more time.

Yeah, hopefully it works here. Job done for Rybakina, right?

Carson (6:24)

Yes, I'm not... Yeah, just kind of like...

John Silk (6:30)

I don't know where she left it off.

Carson (6:33)

Yeah, like, yeah, I'm not sure if you heard much. I was just like spending a little bit of time reflecting on both of their seasons. And for Sabalenka, like, first time in several years, we cannot definitively say that she's the best player in the world. Like, Rybakina has taken the title from her this season. And yeah, for Rybakina, I mean, fantastic year, two major titles. Starting off with Australian Open, closing out the Grand Slam season with the US Open.

Yeah, I think that when she's playing at her peak, she's the best tennis player on the tour, maybe not quite as consistent as Sabalenka from week to week. But yeah, Rybakina's ceiling is so high and we've seen it. Yeah, a couple of times this year now in Grand Slams.