Rybakina’s first victory against Sabalenka came in the 2023 Indian Wells final when she defeated her in two sets, and she also won in the next, in the quarterfinals in Beijing in 2023. From there, victories have alternated: Sabalenka’s triumph in the 2023 WTA Finals, Rybakina’s in the Brisbane 2024 final, and the Belarusian in the semifinals in Madrid. 2024, of the Kazakh in the WTA Finals of 2024, of Sabalenka in the quarterfinals in Berlin 2025, of Rybakina in the quarterfinals of Cincinnati 2025, of the Belarusian in the quarterfinals of Wuhan 2025 and the last of Rybakina in the final of the WTA Finals 2025.
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