The new-and-improved Aryna Sabalenka is complete. Once derided as a perennial grand slam underachiever, the Belarusian bludgeoner is now a major champion, recovering from a set down to defeat Elena Rybakina in an Australian Open final packed with brute ...
Once derided as a perennial grand slam underachiever, the Belarusian bludgeoner is now a major champion, recovering from a set down to defeat Elena Rybakina 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in an Australian Open women’s final packed with brute force.
“I hope next year I will come back stronger, and I show you even better tennis and you guys support me once more.”Sabalenka needed four championship points to complete victory in a tense final game in which reigning Wimbledon champion Rybakina earned a break-back point, only for the Belarusian to save it with another huge first serve.
Saturday night’s final encapsulated the transformation Sabalenka has undergone as she fought not only nerves in the early going, but again a faltering serve. But her serve, such a significant talking point after shaking her yips from a year ago, let her down as she committed a fifth double fault to immediately hand back the advantage to Rybakina, who served out the set to love.
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