Aryna Sabalenka is on top of the world after her US Open title defense. Early this year, she fell in three sets to Madison Keys in the Australian Open final and to Coco Gauff in the French Open final.

But in New York, she took her revenge on Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 7-6(3), becoming the first woman since Serena Williams (2014) to defend the US Open . And as a reward, she was presented with the check of $5 million – the biggest prize money in the history of official tennis tournaments.

Sabalenka was not ready to let go of the check. In a now viral video, the World No.1 refused to give the envelope when asked to during the trophy presentation as she hilariously fanned herself before breaking into laughter.

Watch the video here:

Aryna Sabalenka after grabbing her US Open winne

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