Tennis-Sabalenka interrupts US Open match over cannabis smell网球——萨巴伦卡因闻到大麻气味而中断美网比赛
NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) - World number one Aryna Sabalenka had an unusual interruption during her U.S. Open third-round match on Friday, stopping play to alert the umpire to a strong smell of cannabis drifting onto Louis Armstrong Stadium court.
Tennis - U.S. Open - Flushing Meadows, New York, United States - September 4, 2026 Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka in action during her third round match against Uzbekistan's Kamilla Rakhimova REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) - World number one Aryna Sabalenka had an unusual interruption during her U.S. Open third-round match on Friday, stopping play to alert the umpire to a strong smell of cannabis drifting onto Louis Armstrong Stadium court.
Sabalenka, who had made a fast start to go 3-0 ahead against Uzbekistan's Kamilla Rakhimova, raised the issue during her second service game, pointing out the smell before play resumed.
"Someone is smoking weed," top seed Sabalenka told umpire Eva Asderaki-Moore as she was serving 30-0 up. "Would you mind to ... because it's so strong."
The odour of cannabis has become a familiar — if unwelcome — feature at Flushing Meadows, with players complaining about the distraction in the past.
While smoking is not permitted inside the grounds, recreational cannabis is legal for adults over 21 in New York and smoke from people in the surrounding Flushing Meadows-Corona Park can drift into the tennis complex and onto the courts.
(Reporting by Janina Nuno Rios in New YorkEditing by Christian Radnedge)
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网球——美国网球公开赛——美国纽约法拉盛草地网球场——2026年9月4日，白俄罗斯选手阿丽娜·萨巴伦卡在第三轮比赛中对阵乌兹别克斯坦选手卡米拉·拉希莫娃。（路透社/爱德华多·穆尼奥斯摄）
纽约，9 月 4 日（路透社）——世界排名第一的阿丽娜·萨巴伦卡周五在美网第三轮比赛中遭遇了一次不寻常的中断，她暂停比赛，提醒裁判路易斯·阿姆斯特朗球场上飘来一股浓烈的大麻气味。
萨巴伦卡开局迅速，以 3-0 领先乌兹别克斯坦选手卡米拉·拉希莫娃，但她在第二个发球局中提出了这个问题，指出比赛重新开始前球场有异味。
“有人在抽大麻，”头号种子萨巴伦卡在30-0领先时告诉裁判伊娃·阿斯德拉基-摩尔，“你能不能……因为这味道太浓了。”
在法拉盛草地网球中心，大麻的气味已经成为一种熟悉的——尽管不受欢迎——的景象，球员们过去曾抱怨这种气味会分散他们的注意力。
虽然场地内禁止吸烟，但纽约对 21 岁以上的成年人来说是合法的娱乐性大麻，因此周围法拉盛草原可乐娜公园的人们产生的烟雾可能会飘进网球中心并飘到球场上。
（纽约 Janina Nuno Rios 报道，Christian Radnedge 编辑）
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