World No 1 Iga Swiatek has been knocked out of the Australian Open in the fourth round after a straight-sets loss to Elena Rybakina
Rybakina, the Wimbledon champion, reached the quarter-finals at Melbourne Park for the first time in her career by dismantling Świątek, the French and US Open champion, 6-4, 6-4.
Rybakina started with an immediate statement, bludgeoning Świątek’s first and second serves from the opening game as she snatched an early break and a 2-0 lead. Even when Świątek settled and pulled the break back, Rybakina continued to trust her enormous weapons, crunching two backhand return winners in the game for a 4-3 lead.
As Świątek searched for her level in the second set, she responded by establishing a 3-0 lead. But Rybakina kept on forcing Świątek far behind the baseline, stealing time from her with the force of her groundstrokes and in the important moments she found big serves to hold off the world No 1. Rybakina finished with a flurry of vicious winners, winning six of the final seven games as she closed off one of the best wins of her career with a nerveless final service games.
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