Of all the things that might interrupt a US Open match, a spectator smoking m***juana in the stands would definitely rank among the more unlikely culprits. And yet, that is apparently exactly what happened during Aryna Sabalenka‘s third-round match on Friday.

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Aryna Sabalenka takes her sport very seriously. After defeating Polina Iatcenko in the second round of the US Open in New York City on Wednesday, September 2, the Belarusian tennis star, 28, was asked by a reporter about her “mood now that the tournament has started,