En a semifinal between two ‘Grand Slam’ champions, Elena Rybakina prevailed over Victoria Azarenka, whom she turned away from the dream of repeating the title at the Australian Open 10 years later..
The Russian with a Kazakh passport closed a favorable score of 7-6 (4) and 6-3, which will allow him to play his second ‘Grand Slam’ final. In his only appearance, he was crowned on the grass at Wimbledon 2022.
Azarenka hit first with a break in the fifth game. He was at 3-2 and served. The stands went with her by career and age. The Belarusian is 10 years older than her rival.
Rybakina returned to the scene at the speed of the wind, supported by his winning shots and his fearsome service. Throughout the tournament, she has already amassed 44 in six matches..
The power of the Kazakh shots pulled Vika back, who jumped back into the Rod Laver Arena wearing the PSG shirt. More winks to Nasser Al-khelaifi to sign his son Leo cannot do.
Elena served for the set at 5-3. There was no room for a pin in the center of Melbourne Park. Azarenka tried to turn around that adverse situation. He had a 0-30, then calls and then a breaking ball. He insisted so much that he achieved his second ‘break’.
Rybakina seemed calm even though the procession was going inside. His was sudden death. The defeat in the partial weighed like a stone on his victim.
While the brand new finalist was still just as precise, Azarenka began to miss more than necessary as a result of fatigue.
In the front row, the tycoon watched everything that happened, Bill Gatesa great fan of racket sports and who in his day went to the US Open just to meet Rafael Nadal.
In a seen and not seen, the score reflected a 3-1 and 15-40 for Rybakina. Her opponent was able to lengthen the outcome to the applause of the attendees who wanted to see more tennis.
The ice tennis player only got nervous when serving for the final. Azarenka stole the serve for the third time to make it 5-3. It was a mirage.
There will be no Belarusian final, but Aryna Sabalenka will try to get at least one tennis player from the country to fight for the title. For this, he must defeat the Polish Magda Linette.
