Aryna Sabalenka says she might ‘get high’ after weed smell stops US Open match

Aryna Sabalenka has joked that she might “get high” herself if the cannabis smell keeps drifting around the US Open after briefly stopping her third-round match to complain about it.The world No.1 was playing Kamilla Rakhimova in Louis Armstrong Stadium when she noticed the strong smell and approached chair umpire Eva Asderaki-Moore while leading 3-0 in the opening set.Sabalenka ultimately brushed off the interruption and produced one of her strongest performances of the tournament, beating Rakhimova 6-3, 6-4 to reach the fourth round without dropping a set.But the cannabis smell came up again in her post-match press conference, where Sabalenka revealed just how noticeable it had been.Sabalenka explains why she stopped the matchSabalenka initially believed the smell could have been coming from somewhere in the crowd.While leading 3-0, she called over Asderaki-Moore and told the umpire: “Someone is smoking weed, do you mind … because it’s so strong.”Officials briefly searched…