Aryna Sabalenka complains about the smell of marijuana during her US Open match

NEW YORK (AP) – Aryna Sabalenka finally discovered something that could stop her at the U.S.

Key points

• The two-time defending champion complained to the chair umpire that it was bothering her early in her third-round victory over Kamilla Rakhimova on Friday.
• Sabalenka was serving in the third game of the match in Louis Armstrong Stadium.
• Sabalenka remarked she had never smelled the odor so robust as she did while serving early in the match.
• "I don't know if it was, like, coming from the crowd or was from the outside because the wind blows it into the stadium, " Sabalenka remarked.

Meanwhile, the two-time defending champion complained to the chair umpire that it was bothering her early in her third-round victory over Kamilla Rakhimova on Friday.

"I don't know if it was, like, coming from the crowd or was from the outside because the wind blows it into the stadium, " Sabalenka remarked. "I don't know. I just hope they're going to be a bit more aware of that stuff."

Sabalenka was serving in the third game of the match in Louis Armstrong Stadium. She tossed the ball but then let it fall to the court. She did the same thing on the next point, with something clearly bothering her. She then approached the chair to ask for support.

Taken together, the developments around aryna Sabalenka complains about the smell of marijuana during her US Open point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.