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Sabalenka overtakes Swiatek to regain number one spot in new WTA rankings

US Open champion Aryna Sabalenka has overtaken Iga Swiatek at the top of the latest WTA rankings, ending the Pole’s 11-month stay at the number one position, Afrosport reports. The 26-year-old three-time Grand Slam winner reaches the top of the rankings for the second time in her career having previously had an eight-week stint between September and November 2023. Reclaiming the throne 👑@SabalenkaA overtakes Swiatek and...

Sabalenka defeats home favourite Pegula to win first US Open title

by Kunle Fayiga

9 September 2024

World number two Aryna Sabalenka, emerged US Open champion for the first time in her career, winning 7-5, 7-5, in a keenly-contested match against American, Jessica Pegula, Afrosport reports. The Belarusian's win comes barely a month after defeating Pegula in another two-set final (6-3, 7-5) win at the Cinccinati Open. Her victory serves as a redemption arc, having lost the 2023 US Open final to another...

Cincinnati Masters: Sinner, Sabalenka win men’s and women’s singles titles

by Ibikunle Salako

20 August 2024

World number one Jannik Sinner won his fifth title of the season after beating American Frances Tiafoe in straight sets in the Cincinnati Open final on Monday. The top seeded Sinner, who missed the Paris 2024 Olympics due to tonsillitis and has been battling a hip injury, saw off Tiafoe 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 in one hour and 37 minutes in the men's singles event in Ohio....

Tennis: Gauff climbs to career-high on WTA rankings as Jabeur drops two spots

by Ibikunle Salako

12 September 2023

American teenage tennis star Coco Gauff reached her highest-ever spot on the newly-released world tennis ranking on Monday. The 19-year-old, who recently defeated Belarusian star Aryna Sabalenka to win the US Open and claim her first Grand Slam title, moved three places to third on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings. Gauff overtakes compatriot Jessica Pegula, who drops two places and is currently fifth in the...

US Open: Coco Gauff thanks her doubters after lifting maiden Grand Slam title

by Kunle Fayiga

10 September 2023

Coco Gauff has thanked those who doubted abilities after coming from a set down to defeat new world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the final of the US Open women's singles on Saturday. The 19-year-old American was not at her best in the first set as Sabalenka broke Gauff thrice to dispatch her 6-2 in 40 minutes. Guaff however toughened up in the second set, breaking...

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Sabalenka overtakes Swiatek to regain number one spot in new WTA rankings

Sabalenka defeats home favourite Pegula to win first US Open title

Cincinnati Masters: Sinner, Sabalenka win men’s and women’s singles titles

Tennis: Gauff climbs to career-high on WTA rankings as Jabeur drops two spots

US Open: Coco Gauff thanks her doubters after lifting maiden Grand Slam title

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