2 months ago
Aryna Sabalenka takes her sport very seriously.
After defeating Polina Iatcenko in the second round of the US Open in New York City on Wednesday, September 2, the Belarusian tennis star, 28, was asked by a reporter about her "mood now that the tournament has started," in a press conference posted on YouTube.
"Obviously, last week it's lots of parties and fun and stuff like that," the reporter noted.
Sabalenka shook her head and interrupted, "You guys are, like, a joke. Parties, fun… like, why would you even say that? Why would you even think about that? Like, what kind of question is that?"
"Just because I posted, like, some activities with brands, and you think that I've been partying, not training?" the two-time US Open champ continued.
#like #parties #even #aryna
After defeating Polina Iatcenko in the second round of the US Open in New York City on Wednesday, September 2, the Belarusian tennis star, 28, was asked by a reporter about her "mood now that the tournament has started," in a press conference posted on YouTube.
"Obviously, last week it's lots of parties and fun and stuff like that," the reporter noted.
Sabalenka shook her head and interrupted, "You guys are, like, a joke. Parties, fun… like, why would you even say that? Why would you even think about that? Like, what kind of question is that?"
"Just because I posted, like, some activities with brands, and you think that I've been partying, not training?" the two-time US Open champ continued.
#like #parties #even #aryna
2 months ago
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka saved some of her toughest shots for a reporter in a heated press conference Wednesday at the U.S. Open.
The top seed and defending champ, who easily dispatched Polina Iatcenko in the second round, blasted Matt Futterman of the New York Times-owned Athletic for a question about her activities of the previous week.
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Before the dust cleared, Sabalenka pointedly instructed the reporter, "Think before you say stuff."
Things did get tense:
#reporter #World
The top seed and defending champ, who easily dispatched Polina Iatcenko in the second round, blasted Matt Futterman of the New York Times-owned Athletic for a question about her activities of the previous week.
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Before the dust cleared, Sabalenka pointedly instructed the reporter, "Think before you say stuff."
Things did get tense:
#reporter #World
2 months ago
Aryna Sabalenka was involved in a tense exchange with a reporter after it was suggested to the two-time defending champion that her activities around the US Open involved "parties and fun".
Sabalenka had too much for Polina Iatcenko, strolling to a straight-sets win (6-1 6-1) on Wednesday.
But the Belarusian was left irritated by questions surrounding her off-court appearances and rejected that it jeopardised her preparation for the grand slam.
"You guys are, like, a joke. Parties, fun... like, why would you even say that? Why would you even think about that? What kind of question is that?" the world No 1 said.
"Just because I posted, like, some `activities with brands, and you think that I've been partying, not training?" she added, cutting the exchange short. Turning to her performance on Wednesday, the four-times Grand Slam winner said she was pleased with both her level and her focus after another dominant performance at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
#grand #slam
Sabalenka had too much for Polina Iatcenko, strolling to a straight-sets win (6-1 6-1) on Wednesday.
But the Belarusian was left irritated by questions surrounding her off-court appearances and rejected that it jeopardised her preparation for the grand slam.
"You guys are, like, a joke. Parties, fun... like, why would you even say that? Why would you even think about that? What kind of question is that?" the world No 1 said.
"Just because I posted, like, some `activities with brands, and you think that I've been partying, not training?" she added, cutting the exchange short. Turning to her performance on Wednesday, the four-times Grand Slam winner said she was pleased with both her level and her focus after another dominant performance at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
#grand #slam
2 months ago
Aryna Sabalenka took the next step on the road to a rare US Open three-peat, routing qualifier Polina Iatcenko 6-1, 6-1 to join a raft of contenders cruising into the third round on Wednesday.
Men's defending champion Carlos Alcaraz was seeking to join them when he took on Portugal's Jaime Faria in the nightcap on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Alcaraz won his seventh major ***** le at the Australian Open in January but arrived in New York an unknown quantity after a wrist injury forced a four-month layoff that saw him miss Roland Garros and Wimbledon.
He dispelled doubts with a straight-sets first-round victory over Roman Safiullin and will look for further improvement against 72nd-ranked Faria.
World number one Sabalenka, without a ***** le since her impressive Indian Wells-Miami double in March was in attack mode as she overpowered 160th-ranked Russian qualifier Iatcenko in just 53 minutes.
#sabalenka #title
Men's defending champion Carlos Alcaraz was seeking to join them when he took on Portugal's Jaime Faria in the nightcap on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Alcaraz won his seventh major ***** le at the Australian Open in January but arrived in New York an unknown quantity after a wrist injury forced a four-month layoff that saw him miss Roland Garros and Wimbledon.
He dispelled doubts with a straight-sets first-round victory over Roman Safiullin and will look for further improvement against 72nd-ranked Faria.
World number one Sabalenka, without a ***** le since her impressive Indian Wells-Miami double in March was in attack mode as she overpowered 160th-ranked Russian qualifier Iatcenko in just 53 minutes.
#sabalenka #title
2 months ago
Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka trains during Fan Week at the 2026 US Open. Getty
Aryna Sabalenka and her fiancé, Georgios Frangulis, plan to wed next year. Getty
Aryna Sabalenka poses with her fiancé, Georgios Frangulis, who proposed in March 2026. Getty
Aryna Sabalenka looks to win her third consecutive US Open ******* le at Flushing Meadows this month. After defeating Camila Osorio in straight sets, Sabalenka takes on Polina Iatcenko in the second round on September 2.
Sabalenka's No. 1 world ranking is at stake should she stumble at the 2026 US Open. After disappointing finishes at the past several tournaments, including a quarterfinal exit at the French Open and losing in the fourth round at Wimbledon.
#getty #georgios #round #week
Aryna Sabalenka and her fiancé, Georgios Frangulis, plan to wed next year. Getty
Aryna Sabalenka poses with her fiancé, Georgios Frangulis, who proposed in March 2026. Getty
Aryna Sabalenka looks to win her third consecutive US Open ******* le at Flushing Meadows this month. After defeating Camila Osorio in straight sets, Sabalenka takes on Polina Iatcenko in the second round on September 2.
Sabalenka's No. 1 world ranking is at stake should she stumble at the 2026 US Open. After disappointing finishes at the past several tournaments, including a quarterfinal exit at the French Open and losing in the fourth round at Wimbledon.
#getty #georgios #round #week
2 months ago
Aryna Sabalenka isn't having any issues whatsoever in New York.
Sabalenka, after significant issues at earlier Grand Slams this year, rolled into the third round of the US Open with ease on Wednesday night. She cruised to a dominant 6-1, 6-1 win over Polina Iatcenko at Arthur Ashe Stadium. And she only needed 54 minutes to do so.
It marked her second straight sets victory so far at the US Open, following a slightly less dominant win over Camila Osorio in the opening round. Sabalenka will now take on Kamilla Rakhimova in the third round. Rakhimova beat Oksana Selekhmeteva in straight sets in her second-round match.
Sabalenka looked unstoppable in the first set, and rolled to a dominant 5-0 lead before Iatcenko managed to find a little bit of stability in the match. Up until that point. Sabalenka had only dropped seven total points. There was nothing Iatcenko could do.
Iatcenko got on the board finally with a narrow win in the sixth game, but that was all she could manage. Sabalenka won the next four points, and wasted no time doing it, to close out the first set in less than 25 minutes.
#round #open #issues #Third
Sabalenka, after significant issues at earlier Grand Slams this year, rolled into the third round of the US Open with ease on Wednesday night. She cruised to a dominant 6-1, 6-1 win over Polina Iatcenko at Arthur Ashe Stadium. And she only needed 54 minutes to do so.
It marked her second straight sets victory so far at the US Open, following a slightly less dominant win over Camila Osorio in the opening round. Sabalenka will now take on Kamilla Rakhimova in the third round. Rakhimova beat Oksana Selekhmeteva in straight sets in her second-round match.
Sabalenka looked unstoppable in the first set, and rolled to a dominant 5-0 lead before Iatcenko managed to find a little bit of stability in the match. Up until that point. Sabalenka had only dropped seven total points. There was nothing Iatcenko could do.
Iatcenko got on the board finally with a narrow win in the sixth game, but that was all she could manage. Sabalenka won the next four points, and wasted no time doing it, to close out the first set in less than 25 minutes.
#round #open #issues #Third
2 months ago
By Polina Devitt
LONDON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Gold's 9% rebound in August to around $4,400 an ounce suggests bullion is starting to regain favour with institutional investors and central banks, leaving the market better placed to extend gains as it moves beyond the initial shock of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
The outbreak of the war in late February drove gold from a record high of $5,595 per ounce in January to below $4,000 in June as investors sought liquidity and some central banks tapped reserves to support domestic economies amid an oil price rally.
"It feels as though the handbrake has finally been released from gold," said Ross Norman, an independent ****** yst.
Gold prices have broken above two key resistance levels this month, helped by lower oil prices and softer U.S. inflation data that reduced expectations for future rate hikes.
#Gold #central #polina
LONDON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Gold's 9% rebound in August to around $4,400 an ounce suggests bullion is starting to regain favour with institutional investors and central banks, leaving the market better placed to extend gains as it moves beyond the initial shock of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
The outbreak of the war in late February drove gold from a record high of $5,595 per ounce in January to below $4,000 in June as investors sought liquidity and some central banks tapped reserves to support domestic economies amid an oil price rally.
"It feels as though the handbrake has finally been released from gold," said Ross Norman, an independent ****** yst.
Gold prices have broken above two key resistance levels this month, helped by lower oil prices and softer U.S. inflation data that reduced expectations for future rate hikes.
#Gold #central #polina
3 months ago
By Polina Devitt, Tom Daly and Pratima Desai
LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - Senior base metals traders are being lured to new jobs as demand for their expertise rises amid supply-chain disruptions and soaring investment in metals-intensive data centres, sources with knowledge of the matter said.
Banks are seeing turnover among base metals traders as hedge funds and trading houses step up hiring to expand their commodities teams, the sources said.
"The market for base metals and commodities talent is hot right now," one source said, adding that aluminium and copper traders were "very much in play".
Disruption to aluminium shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and uncertainty surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump's potential copper import tariffs have increased demand for experienced traders. Copper consumption is also expected to rise as investment in data centres and electric vehicles accelerates.
#base #investment #data
LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - Senior base metals traders are being lured to new jobs as demand for their expertise rises amid supply-chain disruptions and soaring investment in metals-intensive data centres, sources with knowledge of the matter said.
Banks are seeing turnover among base metals traders as hedge funds and trading houses step up hiring to expand their commodities teams, the sources said.
"The market for base metals and commodities talent is hot right now," one source said, adding that aluminium and copper traders were "very much in play".
Disruption to aluminium shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and uncertainty surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump's potential copper import tariffs have increased demand for experienced traders. Copper consumption is also expected to rise as investment in data centres and electric vehicles accelerates.
#base #investment #data
4 months ago
Record-setting Washington Huskies pole vaulters Hana and Amanda Moll returned to Eugene, Oregon, where they just went 1-2 in the NCAA Outdoor Championships, on Friday for the senior-level Prefontaine Classic in the Diamond League, track and field's top tier of meets.
In a nine-woman competition comprised almost entirely of Americans, the twins were the youngest competitors by about eighteen months, but that didn't stop them from finishing 4th and 6th. They finished in the opposite order from last month's NCAA Championships, with Hana leading the way with a clearance of 4.70m while Amanda bowed out with a clearance of 4.60m.
The meet was won by Sandi Morris, the 2016 Olympic silver medalist in the event, who matched her jump from that day in Rio de Janeiro with a clearance of 4.85m. Katie Moon, the 2020 Olympic gold medalist and reigning Olympic silver medalist, was second at 4.80m. Gabriela Leon, the 2022 NCAA champion in the pole vault, was third at 4.70m, while veteran Emily Grove, a former Diamond League meet winner, tied with Hana for fourth.
Neither twin was quite at their best, as both are in the top five clearances in the world this year. Morris' 4.85 vault on Friday pushed her into a tie for third-best mark in the world with Great Britain's Molly Caudery, who cleared that bar in March at a meet in Poland. Hana's 4.88m mark in Dempsey Indoor this January is the second-best clearance in the world, however, trailing only Polina Knoroz of Russia, who cleared 4.91m at a Russian meet two weeks ago. Amanda's 4.84m clearance to win the NCAA **** le last month is the fifth-best clearance in the world.
Amanda told reporters after the meet that both sisters expect to compete in the Monaco Diamond League event on July 10 before Amanda likely ends her season.
In a nine-woman competition comprised almost entirely of Americans, the twins were the youngest competitors by about eighteen months, but that didn't stop them from finishing 4th and 6th. They finished in the opposite order from last month's NCAA Championships, with Hana leading the way with a clearance of 4.70m while Amanda bowed out with a clearance of 4.60m.
The meet was won by Sandi Morris, the 2016 Olympic silver medalist in the event, who matched her jump from that day in Rio de Janeiro with a clearance of 4.85m. Katie Moon, the 2020 Olympic gold medalist and reigning Olympic silver medalist, was second at 4.80m. Gabriela Leon, the 2022 NCAA champion in the pole vault, was third at 4.70m, while veteran Emily Grove, a former Diamond League meet winner, tied with Hana for fourth.
Neither twin was quite at their best, as both are in the top five clearances in the world this year. Morris' 4.85 vault on Friday pushed her into a tie for third-best mark in the world with Great Britain's Molly Caudery, who cleared that bar in March at a meet in Poland. Hana's 4.88m mark in Dempsey Indoor this January is the second-best clearance in the world, however, trailing only Polina Knoroz of Russia, who cleared 4.91m at a Russian meet two weeks ago. Amanda's 4.84m clearance to win the NCAA **** le last month is the fifth-best clearance in the world.
Amanda told reporters after the meet that both sisters expect to compete in the Monaco Diamond League event on July 10 before Amanda likely ends her season.
4 months ago
Russian pole vaulter Polina Knoroz has been credited with the top women’s outdoor pole vault performance of 2026 after World Athletics officially recognized her 4.87-meter clearance achieved earlier this month in Moscow.
The 26-year-old cleared the height on June 7 during Pole Vault Day, an event held as part of Athletics Week in Moscow. The mark stands as the best outdoor women’s pole vault result recorded anywhere in the world this year and is also Knoroz’s personal best.
According to World Athletics statistics, the performance ranks second overall for the 2026 season, trailing only an indoor mark recorded earlier this year.
The result was initially excluded from official records because of questions surrounding the certification of the vaulting box used during the competition. Following a review, World Athletics approved the performance for ranking and statistical purposes, confirming the result as valid.
The decision means the mark will count toward official world rankings and season statistics.
The 26-year-old cleared the height on June 7 during Pole Vault Day, an event held as part of Athletics Week in Moscow. The mark stands as the best outdoor women’s pole vault result recorded anywhere in the world this year and is also Knoroz’s personal best.
According to World Athletics statistics, the performance ranks second overall for the 2026 season, trailing only an indoor mark recorded earlier this year.
The result was initially excluded from official records because of questions surrounding the certification of the vaulting box used during the competition. Following a review, World Athletics approved the performance for ranking and statistical purposes, confirming the result as valid.
The decision means the mark will count toward official world rankings and season statistics.
