"MELBOURNE, Australia -- Elena Rybakina won the Australian Open title with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 victory over top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday that avenged her loss in the championship decider here in 2023. Four years ago she won the first set but lost the final in three. This time, after breaking in the first game and taking the first set, she rallied after losing the second set and going down 3-0 in the third."
"This time, after breaking in the first game and taking the first set, she rallied after losing the second set and going down 3-0 in the third. She won five straight games and then closed out with an ace on her first championship point. It was a second major title for fifth-seeded Rybakina, who won Wimbledon in 2022 and entered that final four years ago as the only major winner in the contest."
Elena Rybakina defeated top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to win the Australian Open title and avenge a 2023 championship loss at Melbourne. Rybakina broke in the first game to take the opening set, lost the second, then trailed 3-0 in the third before mounting a comeback. She won five consecutive games and clinched the title with an ace on her first championship point. The victory marked Rybakina's second major title as the fifth seed; she previously won Wimbledon in 2022 and had entered that earlier final as the only major champion in the field.
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