Aryna Sabalenka is chasing a third straight U.S. Open title and hasn't dropped a set yet. Will she lose one before the quarterfinals?
63% of users predicted NO — the community got this one right. 19 predictions cast.
Aryna Sabalenka reached the 2026 US Open quarterfinals without dropping a set, defeating Taylor Townsend 6-4, 6-3 in the fourth round on September 6 to seal the run. Earlier in the tournament she cruised past qualifier Polina Iatcenko 6-1, 6-1 in the second round, part of a stretch in which she needed no more than two sets in any match. Against Townsend, Sabalenka survived a chippy, break-heavy contest, seven service breaks to four, and rallied from 3-1 down in the second set to close it out in one hour and 15 minutes. The straight-sets win extended her US Open match-winning streak to 15 and marked her sixth consecutive quarterfinal at the tournament, tying Serena Williams' run from 2012-2014, and kept alive her bid to become the first woman to win three straight US Open titles since Williams. The result matched most Predict Six forecasters' expectations: only 37% of the community predicted she would drop a set before the quarterfinals, and her dominant form through four rounds bore that out.