Aryna Sabalenka won the women’s final of the Australian Open won. The Belarusian defeated Kazakh Elena Rybakina in a high-class final to secure her first Grand Slam-Title.
Aryna Sabalenka has the for the first time Australian Open won. The 24-year-old sat down on Saturday (01/28/2023) in a hard-fought final in Melbourne 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4 against Wimbledon champion Jelena Rybakina.
Sabalenka, who hails from Belarus, is the first neutral athlete to win a major tournament. She has not lost any of her eleven matches this year.
Second in the world rankings
Sabalenka secured prize money of 1.95 million euros and jumped to second place in the world rankings. Rybakina can console herself with around one million and will first move into the top 10 of the WTA ranking.
Born in Russia, she has been playing for Kazakhstan since 2018 and made her country’s first Grand Slam triumph at Wimbledon.