US EditionElena Rybakina beats Aryna Sabalenka for first Australian Open title
Rybakina rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the final set to beat Sabalenka 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, marking her second major title and extending her streak to 10 wins over top-10 players.
- On Jan 31, 2026, Elena Rybakina defeated Aryna Sabalenka at Melbourne Park's Rod Laver Arena to win her first Australian Open title, closing Day 14 of the tournament.
- Coming into the fortnight largely under the radar, Rybakina, a Wimbledon 2022 champion and 2025 WTA Finals winner, underscored her form entering the final.
- Trailing 3-0 in the decider, Elena Rybakina won five successive games and closed out the match with an ace to secure the final score 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
- In the immediate aftermath of the match, Sabalenka has now lost three of her past four major finals, and said `I'm really speechless right now,` after the match.
- In a Melbourne rematch from three years ago, Elena Rybakina avenged her 2023 final loss to Aryna Sabalenka and added the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup to her résumé.
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Elena Rybakina Has Her 2nd Grand Slam Title
Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina won the Australian Open title with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 victory over top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus on Saturday that avenged her loss in the championship decider here in 2023. Four years ago Rybakina won the first set but lost the final in three. This time, after...
Aryna Sabalenka cries and tells team 'f*** you' at press conference after Australian Open
Aryna Sabalenka was left in tears after blowing a 3-0 lead in the deciding set to lose the Australian Open final to Elena Rybakina, jokingly swearing at her team during an emotional press conference
A barely sketched smile, a tight fist and a slow walk to the net is all that the Kazakh player expressed after Melbourne's triumph
She defeated world number one Arina Zabalenka in three sets.
Elena Rybakina (5th in the WTA ranking) plays Melbourne sky for the first time in her career.The Kazakh nationalized Russian gave the blow by beating Aryna Sabalenka (1st in the world), the great favorite, by partials of 6-4, 4-6 and 6-4.The girl born in Moscow took revenge after the lost final in 2023, precisely before the current number one in the world.Now, instead, she imposed herself in an intense duel that lasted two hours and 18 minutes, …
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