Paul BattisonBBC Sport Journalist
3 hours ago
Elena Rybakina swept aside two-time champion Naomi Osaka to reach the quarter-finals of the US Open and close in on becoming world number one.
The Kazakh second seed overpowered 13th seed Osaka to win 6-1 6-4 on Louis Armstrong Stadium to set up a quarter-final against China’s Zheng Qinwen.
Rybakina will become world number one for the first time if she wins her last-eight tie in New York – even if
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