--- title: "Sabalenka pauses US Open match over cannabis smell" description: "Most outlets led with the disruption caused by a cannabis smell during Aryna Sabalenka’s third-round match at the US Open, noting she raised the issue with the umpire before proceeding to win. The coverage varied slightly in phrasing, with some emphasizing the strength of the smell and others quoting Sabalenka’s reaction, such as “Someone is smoking weed.” All excerpts confirm the match was briefly halted but did not mention further action or consequences related to the incident." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/6679-us-open-2026-sabalenka-stops-match-after-complaining site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Sabalenka pauses US Open match over cannabis smell sports · latest filing 5 Sep 2026, 4:09 PM PKT · 5 Sep 2026 · 6 articles from 5 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 5 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the disruption caused by a cannabis smell during Aryna Sabalenka’s third-round match at the US Open, noting she raised the issue with the umpire before proceeding to win. The coverage varied slightly in phrasing, with some emphasizing the strength of the smell and others quoting Sabalenka’s reaction, such as “Someone is smoking weed.” All excerpts confirm the match was briefly halted but did not mention further action or consequences related to the incident. ## Same story from 5 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Minute Mirror** — [World No. 1 Sabalenka stops match over strong cannabis smell in stands](https://minutemirror.com.pk/sabalenka-stops-match-over-strong-cannabis-smell-in-stands-625097/) · 5 Sep 2026, 4:09 PM PKT > World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka briefly stopped her tennis match after complaining about a strong cannabis smell coming from the stadium stands... - **BOL News** — [Sabalenka pauses US Open match over cannabis smell](https://www.bolnews.com/sports/sabalenka-pauses-us-open-match-over-cannabis-smell) · 5 Sep 2026, 2:21 PM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing > World No. 1 raises concern with umpire before defeating Kamilla Rakhimova and reaching the fourth round - **Geo News** — ['Someone is smoking weed': Sabalenka interrupts US Open match over cannabis smell](https://www.geo.tv/latest/680765-sabalenka-interrupts-us-open-match-over-cannabis-smell) · 5 Sep 2026, 1:35 PM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing > Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka reacts during her third round match against Uzbekistan's Kamilla Rakhimova, September 4, 2026. — ReutersWorld number one Aryna Sabalenka had an unusual interruption during her US Open third-round match on Friday, stopping play to alert the umpire... - **Pakistan Observer** — [US Open 2026: Sabalenka stops match after complaining of strong cannabis’ smell](https://pakobserver.net/us-open-2026-sabalenka-stops-match-after-complaining-of-strong-cannabis-smell/) · 5 Sep 2026, 12:51 PM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing > NEW YORK – Belarusian tennis star Aryna Sabalenka was briefly forced to halt her US Open third-round match after complaining… - **Dunya News** — [Alcaraz keeps US Open party going, Sabalenka complains of cannabis smell in win](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Sports/971429-alcaraz-keeps-us-open-party-going-sabalenka-complains-of-cannabis-sme) · 5 Sep 2026, 9:22 AM PKT · 76% identical wording to the newest filing > Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka reached the U.S. Open fourth round, while Daniil Medvedev advanced as cannabis smoke briefly disrupted Sabalenka’s match at Flushing Meadows. 6 articles from 5 outlets, 5 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.