Sabalenka overjoyed to replace Swiatek as World No.1

Sabalenka will replace Iga Swiatek, who held the number one ranking for 75 weeks, at the end of the US Open

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00:00 I found out this morning. I just opened my phone and I was just like, "Guys, I have

00:07 match today. I have things to take care of. Thank you so much for all the

00:12 support, for all the messages." But I didn't ask for any of those

00:17 messages because I was trying to stay focused on the game and

00:22 don't let this news distract me. I answered everybody only now. But yeah, it

00:30 was a nice morning to wake up. It's not changed anything. Yes, I was

00:36 number two. Now I'm number one. It's great, of course. It's

00:42 a great achievement and it's one of the goals. It's great to say that

00:48 I've been world number one. But it's not changing anything. You still

00:53 have to bring your best tennis. Sometimes players have nothing

00:57 to lose against you and they're playing their best tennis. So sometimes it's even