How Elena Rybakina, world No. 1 and U.S. Open champion, climbed the tennis mountain
- U.S. Open: 125 events in the last 90 days
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What happened
Rybakina's surge to the world No. 1 ranking and a third Grand Slam title is a microcosm of her singular backstory.
Summary assembled by rule from the sources below