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01/31 05:06 CST Elena Rybakina wins Australian Open by beating No. 1 Aryna
Sabalenka for her 2nd Grand Slam title
Elena Rybakina wins Australian Open by beating No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka for her
2nd Grand Slam title
By JOHN PYE
AP Sports Writer
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) --- Elena Rybakina won the Australian Open title with
a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 victory over top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday that
avenged her loss in the championship decider here in 2023.
Four years ago she won the first set but lost the final in three. This time,
after breaking in the first game and taking the first set, she rallied after
losing the second set and going down 3-0 in the third. She won five straight
games and then closed out with an ace on her first championship point.
It was a second major title for fifth-seeded Rybakina, who won Wimbledon in
2022 and entered that final four years ago as the only major winner in the
contest.
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