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The young tennis prodigy from Belarus, Aryna Sabalenka has finally accomplished her dream by clinching the title of the 2023 Australian Open women’s singles. She locked horns with the Russia-born young Kazakhstani right-handed Elena Rybakina in the final of the tournament. Rybakina and Sabalenka played this match at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.
Notably, it was the first time when Sabalenka crossed the jinx of the semi-finals of the last three grand slams including Wimbledon 2021, US Open 2021, and US Open 2022. She finally finished across the line this time and lifted the title of the women’s singles in the Australian Open 2023.
The ardent tennis lovers and Sabalenka’s fans were also ecstatic after this amazing and historic achievement of the 24-year-old young tennis sensation. Fans took to Twitter to lavish their praises on Sabalenka and appreciated her brilliant gameplay in the title clash against Rybakina.
Here’s how fans reacted to the first-ever Grand Slam win of Aryna Sabalenka:
mission accomplished enjoy your dream
— @ElGallo (@PinshiGallo) January 28, 2023
Ary Sabalenka 🇧🇾👍👏💪🏆🎾@SabalenkaA #AusOpen #AustralianOpen pic.twitter.com/BHHNMlMEzP
and she is the new World No.2. Sabalenka and Swiatek will make a great rivalry this year. kudos to Rybakina, we'll definitely see her again in a GS final
— JP Andaquig (@JaypeeSpeaks) January 28, 2023
Seeing pathetic childish woke #AusOpen wont show Grand Slam champion Aryna Sabalenka @SabalenkaA #Belarus flag, here you go.
— Mark Neugebauer (@MarkNeugebaue13) January 28, 2023
Well done, a great achievement, from an embarrassed Australian. pic.twitter.com/JO3jDmwvpd
Sabalenka never gave up 💪 pic.twitter.com/8iDIrzQ4np
— Eurosport (@eurosport) January 28, 2023
Aryna Sabalenka wins the Australian Open!! 👏🏼👏🏼 #AusOpen #AO2023 https://t.co/cSZoVaDktY
— Yesh (@yeshwinj) January 28, 2023
The moment Sabalenka realised her name was already on the trophy! Too wholesome! 🥰
— Wide World of Sports (@wwos) January 28, 2023
🖥️ #AusOpen LIVE | https://t.co/80XjQpwd6J#9WWOS #Tennis pic.twitter.com/eKxBmFsja5
Priceless moment as Aryna Sabalenka realises her name was already on the trophy: "I'm super happy right now to break this wall and to... Oh my God, it already has my name! This is unbelievable! Oh my God. With all these stars..." pic.twitter.com/1IQpRhKmWN
— Gaspar Ribeiro Lança (@gasparlanca) January 28, 2023
Deserved win for Sabalenka : 17 aces 65% of first serves 51 winners for only 28 UNF.
— Patrick Mouratoglou (@pmouratoglou) January 28, 2023
She has been able to deliver her best tennis in the final.
"You guys deserve this trophy, it's more about you than me." ❤️ Aryna Sabalenka made sure to give her team ALL the credit for her maiden grand slam triumph. 🙏
— Wide World of Sports (@wwos) January 28, 2023
🖥️ #AusOpen LIVE | https://t.co/80XjQpwd6J#9WWOS #Tennis pic.twitter.com/n8vFD9S5We
😭 so will Wimbledon let Sabalenka and medvedev play
— Tezza ❗️ (@RezzaTezza) January 28, 2023
Speaking of the action of the final match between Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka, the latter dominated the match from the second set and maintained her winning lead till the end of the match. Sabalenka had 17 aces in comparison to 9 earned by Rybakina whereas the Belarus star make it 66% for the first serve in the match, 2% more than her counterpart.
Sabalenka also succeeded in winning percentage on the second serve by making it to 53% whereas it was only 41% for Elena Rybakina.
Interestingly, Sabalenka was trailing by 0-1 after losing the first set (4-6) to the 23-year-old but later on, she didn’t give any chance to the latter and won the match by 4-6, 6-3, and 6-4.