Elena Rybakina beat Aryna Sabalenka to become US Open 2024 women's singles champion

In the women's singles final of the tournament held in New York, Aryna Sabalenka, the champion of the last 2 years and world number 1, and Elena Rybakina, who ranked second in the classification, faced each other.

Rybakina, who defeated her opponent 2-1 with sets of 6-4, 5-7 and 6-2 in the match that lasted 2 hours and 21 minutes, started the year with the Australian Open championship and closed it with the US Open victory.

The 27-year-old athlete won the third grand slam title of his career with 2022 Wimbledon.

The Kazakh athlete will become the new number 1 in the world class in the WTA rankings, which will be announced on Monday.

Speaking at the cup ceremony, Rybakina stated that it was very difficult to play against Sabalenka and said, "I did not expect something like this when I came to this tournament. I was dealing with an injury, but everything went well for me. I was hesitating on the court and tried to catch all the balls. These are great memories for me." he said.