Sep 15, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min · 11 segments
It turns out the stick shoots more than once a year. Elena Rybakina snatched the #1 ranking and the US Open title from Aryna Sabalenka with her suffocating, nearly nonchalant power game. On the men’s…
We've just completed our 47th Slam as The Body Serve.
12 seasons times four, minus one.
Wimbledon 2020.
Uh, what, what's 47 more, really?
That's 12 more years.
And it would still just get us to the point of, how do I say this? The last time an American man won a Slam.
Oh, dear.
23 years.
Oh, dear.
It's not a dig.
I mean, men's tennis has moved to Europe completely.
Right, but the American men are still trying.
They are trying.
A massive breakthrough for him.
Yelena Rybakina, three-time Slam champion now.
She did it in Australia, and she's done it again at the US Open.
As soon as she sewed up that number one ranking by reaching the semis, it felt like something was unlocked.
Seeing her performance here, it's so clear that she's currently the best player in the world.
Well, if you win two Slams in a season, and the person ranked behind you hasn't, and you've beaten that person for both of your Slam titles-
Mm-hmm
... then it kind of takes care of itself, right?
This is still a very tight rivalry.
Aryna and Yelena are two and two on the year.
We've just completed our 47th Slam as The Body Serve.
12 seasons times four, minus one.
Wimbledon 2020.
Uh, what, what's 47 more, really?
That's 12 more years.
And it would still just get us to the point of, how do I say this? The last time an American man won a Slam.
Oh, dear.
23 years.
Oh, dear.
It's not a dig.
I mean, men's tennis has moved to Europe completely.
Right, but the American men are still trying.
They are trying.
A massive breakthrough for him.
Yelena Rybakina, three-time Slam champion now.
She did it in Australia, and she's done it again at the US Open.
As soon as she sewed up that number one ranking by reaching the semis, it felt like something was unlocked.
Seeing her performance here, it's so clear that she's currently the best player in the world.
Well, if you win two Slams in a season, and the person ranked behind you hasn't, and you've beaten that person for both of your Slam titles-
Mm-hmm
... then it kind of takes care of itself, right?
This is still a very tight rivalry.
Aryna and Yelena are two and two on the year.
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