Top seed Aryna Sabalenka had to stop her match against Kamilla Rakhimova because of the overwhelming smell of marijuana at Louis Armstrong Stadium.

Aryna Sabalenka defeated two opponents on Friday: Ukrainian Kamilla Rakhimova and the strong odor of marijuana. The top-ranked women’s player in the world paused her third-round U.S. Open match inside ...

Women's tennis star Aryna Sabalenka complained about the smell of marijuana during her match at the US Open on Friday.

Aryna Sabalenka had to pause her US Open third-round match against Kamilla Rakhimova after a strong smell started drifting through Louis Armstrong Stadium. The World No. 1 flagged it directly to chair ...

“Someone is smoking weed, so do you mind … because it’s so strong,” Sabalenka told the umpire during Friday’s third-round match ...

NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) - World number one Aryna Sabalenka had an unusual interruption during her U.S. Open third-round match on Friday, stopping play to alert the umpire to a strong smell of ...

Aryna Sabalenka stopped her US Open match against Kamilla Rakhimova on Friday, September 4, to complain about the apparent stench of marijuana at Louis Armstrong Stadium. While up 2-0 in the first set ...

In other singles action, third-seeded American Jessica Pegula, one of the players with a chance to knock Sabalenka off her No. 1 perch, mounted a desperate fightback to beat Canadian Leylah Fernandez ...

Aryna Sabalenka has had a dismal start to her Asian swing. She suffered a shocking 6-4, 6-3 defeat to Nikola Bartunkova in the Round of 32 and failed to capitalize on Elena Rybakina’s early exit.

The world No. 1 was playing Uzbekistan's Kamilla Rakhimova on Louis Armstrong Stadium, the second-biggest court.

World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka called a halt to her third-round match at the US Open after complaining she could smell marijuana. The two-time defending champion was 2-0 up and serving in the first set ...