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Australian Open 2023 Women’s Singles Final, LIVE Updates: Aryna Sabalenka Takes On Elena Rybakina In Title Clash | Tennis News
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Australian Open 2023 Women’s Singles Final, LIVE Updates: Aryna Sabalenka Takes On Elena Rybakina In Title Clash | Tennis News

[ad_1] Australian Open 2023 Women's Singles Final LIVE: Aryna Sabalenka takes on Elena Rybakina© AFPAustralian Open 2023, Women's Singles Final Live:Aryna Sabalenka will take on Elena Rybakina in the Women's singles final of the Australian Open 2023, at the Rod Laver Arena on Saturday. Belarusian fifth seed Sabalenka is regarded as a slight favourite, although it is Moscow-born Kazakh Rybakina who has the experience of having already won a Grand Slam. The 23-year-old won Wimbledon last year and acknowledges that her serve is her "weapon". If that fires under the lights at Rod Laver Arena, Sabalenka could be in trouble. Rybakina has sent down 45 aces in reaching the decider at Melbourne Park, easily more than anyone else in the women's draw.Here are the Live Updates of Australian Open 202...
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Aryna Sabalenka To Face Elena Rybakina In Bruising Australian Open Final | Tennis News
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Aryna Sabalenka To Face Elena Rybakina In Bruising Australian Open Final | Tennis News

[ad_1] Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina will meet on Saturday in an Australian Open final which promises to be an exhibition of powerful hitting and big serving. Belarusian fifth seed Sabalenka is regarded as a slight favourite, although it is Moscow-born Kazakh Rybakina who has the experience of having already won a Grand Slam. The 23-year-old won Wimbledon last year and acknowledges that her serve is her "weapon". If that fires under the lights at Rod Laver Arena, Sabalenka could be in trouble.Rybakina has sent down 45 aces in reaching the decider at Melbourne Park, easily more than anyone else in the women's draw."It's going to be a tough battle," Rybakina said after defeating two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka in the semi-finals, having disposed of top-ranked Iga S...
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Elena Rybakina beats Victoria Azarenka to reach Australian Open final | Tennis News
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Elena Rybakina beats Victoria Azarenka to reach Australian Open final | Tennis News

[ad_1] Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina beat Victoria Azarenka in straight sets to reach the Australian Open final on Thursday and end the Belarusian's dream of a third Melbourne title. Rybakina won their semi-final 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 and will meet Aryna Sabalenka or Magda Linette in Saturday's final. Azarenka, who won the Grand Slam in 2012 and 2013, was beaten in 1hr 41min in blustery conditions on Rod Laver Arena. The 22nd seed Rybakina had already beaten reigning French and US Open champion Iga Swiatek in the fourth round and 2017 Roland Garros winner Jelena Ostapenko in the quarter-finals at Melbourne Park.And after a tight first set, the Moscow-born 23-year-old stretched away to account for a third Grand Slam champion."I'm super happy to be in the final. Today it was a bit tougher for...
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Wimbledon Champion Rybakina Races Into Australian Open Semi-Final | Tennis News
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Wimbledon Champion Rybakina Races Into Australian Open Semi-Final | Tennis News

[ad_1] Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina cruised into her first Australian Open semi-final with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko on Tuesday. The 22nd seed raced past the former French Open champion, seeded 17, in 1hr 19min on Rod Laver Arena and will meet either American Jessica Pegula or Belarusian Victoria Azarenka for a place in the final. "I'm super happy to be the first time in the semi-finals," said the Kazakh star. "It was an amazing atmosphere."Rybakina had declared "she could beat anyone" after knocking out top seed Iga Swiatek in straight sets on Sunday.And she was quickest out of the blocks behind her big serve, breaking Ostapenko immediately and hammering down three aces to reach 3-1.She created another break point at 30-40 when a sudden cloudburst halted the 22n...
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“I Can Beat Anyone”: Elena Rybakina After Beating World No. 1 Iga Swiatek | Tennis News
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“I Can Beat Anyone”: Elena Rybakina After Beating World No. 1 Iga Swiatek | Tennis News

[ad_1] Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina blew the Australian Open women's draw wide open by beating red-hot favourite Iga Swiatek in straight sets on Sunday before declaring: "I can be number one." Rybakina swept past the 2022 French and US Open winner 6-4, 6-4 in 1hr 29min on Rod Laver Arena in a powerful display. She moves on to a quarter-final against 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko, who provided the second upset of a crazy few minutes at Melbourne Park by knocking out seventh seed Coco Gauff 7-5, 6-3 on neighbouring Margaret Court Arena.Rybakina, who was born in Moscow but represents Kazakhstan, told reporters she has "a lot of things to improve" but is aiming for the top."If I perform like I did this week, and if it's going to be consistently, then for sure I will say tha...
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Iga Swiatek Crushes Qualifier To Set Up Elena Rybakina Clash In Melbourne | Tennis News
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Iga Swiatek Crushes Qualifier To Set Up Elena Rybakina Clash In Melbourne | Tennis News

[ad_1] World number one Iga Swiatek fired an Australian Open warning to her rivals with a crushing 6-0, 6-1 win over Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa on Friday. The French and US Open champion will now face a showdown with Wimbledon title-holder Elena Rybakina for a place in the quarter-finals. Swiatek raced to victory in 55 minutes and only missed out on a "double bagel" -- 6-0, 6-0 -- when Bucsa, ranked 100, finally held her serve at 5-0 in the second set. The title favourite from Poland had said after a tough first-round examination that she needed to find some extra "intensity".She has certainly done it, cruising into the last 16 with the loss of only six games in her second- and third-round matches.The 21-year-old is on course to win the Australian Open for the first time and with i...
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Petra Kvitova Wins Battle Of Wimbledon Champions At Adelaide | Tennis News
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Petra Kvitova Wins Battle Of Wimbledon Champions At Adelaide | Tennis News

[ad_1] Petra Kvitova won the battle of Wimbledon champions on Monday in Adelaide as she outserved Elena Rybakina -- who has now crashed out early in two tournaments leading into next week's Australian Open. Two-time Wimbledon winner Kvitova beat the current All England Club champion 6-3, 7-5 in round one, exacting a measure of revenge. The 23rd-ranked Russian-born Rybakina won their first head-to-head meeting last year in Ostrava.World number 16 Kvitova never faced a break point in 86 minutes at Adelaide International II, while breaking Rybakina at the tailend of each set to move safely through."I tried to play faster than Elena," said Kvitova, who won Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014."She played really great (in Ostrava), it was a good match and I know that she's serving really well."I was fo...
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