Elena Rybakina won the title. (Photo- PTI)

Australian Open 2026 Final: In the women's singles final of the Australian Open 2026 played in Melbourne, Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina won her first Australian Open title by defeating World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in a thrilling match. This match was played in the Rod Laver Arena, where both the players performed brilliantly, but in the end Rybakina's brilliant comeback made her the winner. With this he got a big prize money.

Elena Rybakina defeated Aryna Sabalenka

This match reminded of the final of the 2023 Australian Open, where Sabalenka defeated Rybakina to win her first Grand Slam title. Now Rybakina took revenge and registered her second Grand Slam win. In this match, Elena Rybakina defeated Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Let us tell you, Elena Rybakina had dropped her first set in the entire tournament, which came in this final. Despite this, she was successful in achieving victory. Sabalenka, who has been champion here twice in the last two years, could not achieve the triple crown this time.

Elena & Daphne 💙 pic.twitter.com/LMiPvCDDZO

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Strong performance by Elena Rybakina

At the beginning of the match, Rybakina won the first set 6-4 on the basis of strong serve and accurate groundstrokes. But in the second set, Sabalenka made a comeback and showed aggressive play and won it 6-4. Then in the third set, Sabalenka took a 3-0 lead initially, but Rybakina made a brilliant comeback. He took the score to 5-3 by taking consecutive breaks and finally won the set by 6-4 and won the title.

ELENA RYBAKINA IS AN AUSTRALIAN OPEN CHAMPION 🏆

The No.5 seed defeats Aryna Sabalenka in an enthralling three-set encounter in Melbourne 👏 @wwos • @espn • @tntsports • @wowowtennis • #AO26 pic.twitter.com/iWAAHFZFHR

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With this, Elena Rybakina has become the first player from Kazakhstan to win the Australian Open. With this historic victory, he received 2.75 million dollars (about 25 crore 21 lakh Indian rupees) as prize money. Earlier, by winning the Wimbledon title in 2022, she had also achieved the distinction of being the first player from her country to win a Grand Slam.