{
  "id": 5218338,
  "title": "Sabalenka storms into US Open third round as Pegula, Medvedev advance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/sabalenka-storms-into-us-open-third-round-as-pegula-medvedev-advance-5218338",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-03T01:25:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/third-ranked-pegula-medvedev-power-212115201.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the third round of the US Open, defeating qualifier Polina Iatcenko 6-1, 6-1. Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and world number three Jessica Pegula also moved on, with Alcaraz facing Jaime Faria next and Pegula beating Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-1. Seventh-seeded Daniil Medvedev, seeded seventh, won 6-1, 6-3, 7-5 against Sebastian Gorzny. Ben Shelton defeated Hubert Hurkacz in a hard-fought five-setter. Frances Tiafoe and Alex Michelsen advanced as well, while Alex de Minaur and Bu Yunchao pulled off first-round victories. Rain disrupted play at the US Open.",
  "summary": "Aryna Sabalenka took the next step on the road to a rare US Open three-peat, routing qualifier Polina Iatcenko 6-1, 6-1 to join a raft of contenders cruising into the third round on Wednesday.World number one Sabalenka, without a title since her impressive Indian Wells-Miami double in March was in attack mode as she overpowered 160th-ranked Russian qualifier Iatcenko in just 53 minutes.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Ruthless Muchova routs Boulter to reach US Open third round",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/ruthless-muchova-routs-boulter-to-reach-us-open-third-round",
        "published": "2026-09-02T21:01:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Third-ranked Pegula, Medvedev power into US Open third round",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/third-ranked-pegula-medvedev-power-into-us-open-third-round",
        "published": "2026-09-02T22:16:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Pegula and Shelton into third round at a rainy US Open, where some players are still stuck in first",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/pegula-and-shelton-into-third-round-at-a-rainy-us-open-where-some",
        "published": "2026-09-03T00:07:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Sabalenka storms into US Open third round as Pegula, Medvedev advance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/sabalenka-storms-into-us-open-third-round-as-pegula-medvedev-advance",
        "published": "2026-09-03T00:37:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}