One of the most hotly anticipated matches of the day at the US Open came early on but was a bit of a non event as Emma Raducanu was swept aside by an emphatic Elena Rybakina who continues to dazzle into the fourth round in New York 6-1, 6-2.

Rybakina held a solitary win over Raducanu previously and that was back in 2022 and it was a similar sort of scoreline to the 6-0, 6-2 that day too. Having controversial coach Stefano Vukov back at the US Open, Rybakina swatted aside Aryna Sabalenka in Cincinnati when he returned before falling to Iga Swiatek.

Raducanu has targeted finding a way past the big names but Rybakina's game is a bit of a conundrum as often she is superb but also doesn't find the titles or success of others so is hard to work out when it comes to where she stands compared to

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