So, how is she doing in 2026? She’s currently striding through the draw like a queen through a peasants' market. Her matches have become events. People don’t just watch the score; they watch her celebrations. After winning a big point, she sometimes does a little dance that looks like a malfunctioning robot having a seizure. It’s magnificent. She also stares down her box with a look that says, "You doubted me? I will eat your croissant."
Oh, and she’s taken up a new hobby: commentary. After her second-round win, she told the on-court interviewer that she felt "like a little bunny rabbit today." A bunny rabbit! Who hits forehands hard enough to dent a car. That’s like a hurricane calling itself a gentle breeze. The crowd went wild because everyone knows she’s full of it, and they love her for it.
US Open 2026 results: Aryna Sabalenka fights back against Jessica
Can She Actually Pull It Off?
Look, the competition is tough. There’s a 19-year-old phenom from Poland who moves like a cheetah on a caffeine drip. There’s a veteran American with a serve that could be classified as a weapon of mass construction. But they’re all scared of Sabalenka. Why? Because she doesn’t have a Plan B. She only has Plan A: hit the ball as hard as humanly possible, laugh, and repeat. It’s brutally simple and terrifyingly effective.
And let’s be real: if she wins, she’ll probably cry, then laugh, then yell something in Russian that sounds like a toast to good friends. Then she’ll post a photo of herself holding the trophy while eating a hot dog. Because that’s who Aryna Sabalenka is. She’s a 28-year-old force of nature who screams like a Viking, plays like a demon, and charms the socks off everyone. If she wins that third straight US Open title, we’ll all be happy—because it means we get to watch her do that weird robot dance again.
