US Open tennis 2026 women’s semi-finals: Rybakina beats Gauff to set up Sabalenka final – as it happened
Sabalenka on brink of trifecta after blitzing Pegula Rybakina rallies past Gauff to reach first US Open final First set: Sabalenka 1-0 *Pegula (*denotes next server) A strong start for Sabalenka, who wins the first game with ease. She gets an ace on the second point of the match and keeps the rallies short to hold.
The Guardian2 sources
Published by CurrentWire · First coverage · Latest coverage
Compiled by CurrentWire News Desk
Summary based on reporting from The Guardian and Sportsnet.
Coverage at a glance
- First observed by CurrentWire: Sportsnet · Sep 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM ET
- Coverage span: 2h 45m
- Coverage: 2 reports from 2 independent publications
- Coverage growth: 1 → 2 publications in 2h 30m
In this story
Automated coverage analysis
Generated automatically from the coverage listed on this page. CurrentWire adds no editorial claims.
From the CurrentWire archive
- Coco Gauff rallies to reach US Open semis against new No. 1 Rybakina
- Rybakina beats Zheng in comeback to reach US Open semis, climb to No. 1
- Coco Gauff rallies to reach the US Open semifinals against new women's No. 1 Elena Rybakina
- Jessica Pegula beats Emma Navarro to set up Sabalenka semifinal at US Open
Coverage
2 publications are covering this story.
Excerpts are the summaries each publisher distributes with its own feed, shortened and attributed.
The GuardianTier B
US Open tennis 2026 women’s semi-finals: Rybakina beats Gauff to set up Sabalenka final – as it happened(opens original report in a new tab)SportsnetTier B
Rybakina and Sabalenka to play for US Open women’s title(opens original report in a new tab)Aryna Sabalenka moved a win away from her third straight US Open title, beating Jessica Pegula 7-5, 6-2 on Thursday night. — Sportsnet
How coverage developed
First report from Sportsnet
Story updateHeadline updated
Story updateHeadline updated
Story updateThe Guardian joined coverage
Story updateCoverage went from 1 to 2 sources
Reported by The Guardian
Story updateHeadline updated
How CurrentWire compiled this story
The Guardian (www.theguardian.com), a Tier B publisher, filed this report on . CurrentWire published this page 10 minutes later, on .
Signal breakdown
CurrentWire ranked this story 75.6 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.
- Freshness
- 32.6 of 35
- Source authority
- 14 of 20
- Coverage breadth
- 8.5 of 20
- Geographic relevance
- 10 of 10
- Story prominence
- 8 of 10
- Velocity
- 2.5 of 5
Strongest signal: geographic relevance, 10 of 10. How each signal is calculated.
Filed under Sports · United States · News. Topics extracted from this report, with other live CurrentWire stories mentioning each: US Open (2).
CurrentWire is a news discovery platform. This page summarizes and links to original reporting; full articles, imagery and copyright remain with the publishers listed above.