Aryna Sabalenka complains about the smell of marijuana during her US Open match
Aryna Sabalenka finally found something that could stop her at the U.S. Open: the smell of marijuana
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Coverage at a glance
- First observed by CurrentWire: ABC News · Sep 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM ET
- Coverage span: 2h 8m
- Coverage: 2 reports from 2 independent publications
- Coverage growth: 1 → 2 publications in 29 min
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ESPNTier B
Marijuana smell irks Sabalenka in US Open match(opens original report in a new tab)World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka won her third-round match at the US Open on Friday in straight sets but was bothered by the smell of marijuana inside Louis Armstrong Stadium. — ESPN
ABC NewsTier B
Aryna Sabalenka complains about the smell of marijuana during her US Open match(opens original report in a new tab)
How coverage developed
First report from ABC News
Story updateESPN joined coverage
Story updateCoverage went from 1 to 2 sources
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Signal breakdown
CurrentWire ranked this story 82.5 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.
- Freshness
- 35 of 35
- Source authority
- 14 of 20
- Coverage breadth
- 8.5 of 20
- Geographic relevance
- 10 of 10
- Story prominence
- 10 of 10
- Velocity
- 5 of 5
Strongest signal: freshness, 35 of 35. How each signal is calculated.
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