Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcaraz
1 turned to chair umpire Eva Asderaki-Moore to raise the issue. Because it’s so strong there.”
“Someone is smoking weed,” she said, glancing briefly towards her box before walking up to the umpire. NEW YORK CITY: Aryna Sabalenka was distracted by the smell of cannabis wafting through Louis Armstrong Stadium midway through the opening set of her US Open third-round match against Kamilla Rakhimova. The world No. “Do you mind?
In the fourth round on Sunday, Sabalenka will face home hope Taylor Townsend, who knocked out 15th seed Diana Shnaider 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-3.
I don’t know if it was coming from the crowd or was from outside and the wind was blowing it into the stadium,” she said. “For me, this is the worst thing about New York,” he said. I felt like I could hide it for at least one match,” Alcaraz said in his post-match interaction, adding, “I feel really comfortable with another shirt (underneath).
the sprawling tennis complex skirted by green spaces, this is the first time she has brought it up in a match While Sabalenka is not the first player to complain about the smell of marijuana around Flushing Meadows. The Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is a smoke-free facility, prohibiting smoking, vaping and the use of electronic cigarettes inside the tournament grounds. “The smell is everywhere, even here on the courts. We have to accept it, but it’s not my favourite smell. “I think I saw my nipple too much lately.
“It was a bit windy today.