Aryna Sabalenka Won Australian Open 2023: Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus won the Australian Open title. She defeated Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan in the final. This is Sabalenka’s first Grand Slam title.
Aryna Sabalenka Won Australian Open 2023: Arina Sabalenka of Belarus emerged as the Australian Open Women’s Singles winner. In yesterday’s final, Sabalenka, the fifth seed, defeated Kazakhstan’s Rybakina. Sabalenka won against Rybakina by 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Arina Sabalenka is the new Australian Open women’s singles champion. This 24-year-old girl, who reached the final of the Grand Slam singles for the first time, lost the first set but bounced back and claimed the title. In the final, this fifth seed player won against Wimbledon champion Rybakina from Kazakhstan with a score of 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Serves at a speed of more than 190 kilometers per hour, one over the other. But, in the first set, it was Riba’s dominance. In the third game, Rybakina earned a break point after an unforced error by her opponent, and then took a 3-1 lead. Sabalenka scored the first break point with a backhand winner in the eighth game to level the score at 4-4. But a loss of serve with a double fault in the next game hurt her. Rybakina won the first set after holding her serve in the tenth game.
In the second game, Sabalenka showed aggression. Breaks with Aces and Winners. Mainly entertained with backhand shots. While watching, it jumped 4-1. In the same momentum, she won the second set with two aces in a row. The third set was also fierce. Sabalenka got a break point at the same stage with the score 3-3. She took the next game and won 5-3. Immediately after that, Ribakina won a game. In the tenth game, Sabalenka fought hard and won the set as well as the match.
Sabalenka, who won her first Grand Slam title in singles, could not celebrate with the national flag. Due to the war on Ukraine, players from Russia and Belarus were banned from representing their respective countries in this Grand Slam. But they can compete as neutral players. Now Sabalenka from Belarus entered the ring and became the winner. With this, she created a record as the first player in the history of tennis to win a Grand Slam title as a neutral player.
Australian Open Women’s Singles Final. On the one hand, Sabalenka won all 10 matches played this year without losing a single set. On the other hand, Rybakina defeated top seed Switek and reached the final. This is the first final for both of them in this tournament. The fight started. Serves at a speed of more than 190 kilometers per hour, one over the other. The first set was Ribaka’s. Sabalenka’s expectation for her first Grand Slam singles title is wrong. But Belarus did not give up. With an excellent performance in the next two sets, she won the Grand Slam singles.
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