MELBOURNE: Fire meets fire when hard-hitting Aryna Sabalenka clashes with big-serving Elena Rybakina in the women’s Australian Open final on Saturday. The showdown pits two players who are on rampaging form and yet to drop a set in Melbourne in the past fortnight. They know each other very well, having met 14 times previously, and it is a rematch of the 2023 title decider at Rod Laver Arena. The Belarusian Sabalenka prevailed on that occasion, fighting back from a set down to win her first Grand Slam crown.

Game-by-game report: Updates from the women’s singles tennis on Rod Laver Arena. Join Joey Lynch for all the action

MELBOURNE: Naturally there’ll be attention on the backstory when Aryna Sabalenka and Elina Svitolina meet in the Australian Open women’s semifinals.Top-ranked Sabalenka, who is…

Precedenti a vantaggio della bielorussa, l’ultimo è stato un ko

Aryna Sabalenka keeps her cool to storm past Elina Svitolina and reach a fourth Australian Open final in a row.

Aryna Sabalenka overcame a controversial first-set penalty to reach her fourth straight Australian Open final with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Elina Svitolina

MELBOURNE: Aryna Sabalenka swept to her fourth successive Australian Open final with a 6-2 6-3 win over Ukrainian Elina Svitolina on Thursday in a semifinal overshadowed by…

World no 1 Aryna Sabalenka to meet former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in first women's grand slam final of 2026.

A nervous Elena Rybakina saved two set points in a second-set tie-break to defeat Jessica Pegula 6-3, 7-6 (7) and set up a repeat of the 2023 Australian Open final

Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka swept through semifinal foes Jessica Pegula and Elina Svitolina on Thursday to earn Australian Open finale berths.

MELBOURNE: Fire meets fire when hard-hitting Aryna Sabalenka clashes with big-serving Elena Rybakina in the women’s Australian Open final on Saturday. The showdown pits two…

World No 1 is on the cusp of fifth grand slam title, but former Wimbledon champion has proved she can cause her problems

Fire versus ice - a contrasting match-up of personalities tennis knows all too well. But how might the Australian Open final between Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina play out?

Game-by-game report: Join Katy Murrells for updates from the women’s singles final in Melbourne

La bielorrusa busca su tercera corona en Australia, mientras que la kazaja intenta laurears en un grande y vengar su derrota ante Sabalenka de 2023

La kazaja Elena Rybakina se proclamó campeona del Abierto de Australia tras imponerse a la número uno del mundo, Aryna Sabalenka.

Elena Rybakina gewinnt in Melbourne ihren zweiten Grand-Slam-Titel. Gegen die favorisierte Aryna Sabalenka zeigt sie eine Klasseleistung. Für die ist es die zweite bittere…

Elena Rybakina avenged her 2023 Australian Open final loss to Aryna Sabalenka with a three-set triumph Saturday to claim her first crown in Melbourne.

Fifth seed Elena Rybakina wins the Australian Open tennis final, beating world number one Aryna Sabalenka in Melbourne.

Elena Rybakina battled from 3-0 down in the final set to win a first Australian Open with a brilliant 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 win over the world No 1, Aryna Sabalenka

Elena Rybakina inflicts further Grand Slam final heartbreak on Aryna Sabalenka with a stunning third-set fightback to win the Australian Open.