# Tennis: Elena Rybakina has won her first US Open title after beating defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in a thrilling three-set final in New York yesterday. Sabalenka, from Kazakhstan, also won the Australian Open earlier this year, prevailing 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 to claim her third Grand Slam crown. The victory sees Rybakina rise to world number one, ending Sabalenka’s 99-week reign at the top of the rankings. In the men’s singles final today, top seed Alexander Zverev faces American eighth seed Ben Shelton.
Tennis: Elena Rybakina wins her first US Open title