Desk. The final match of the Australian Open 2026 women’s singles was played on January 31 at the Rod Laver Arena between world number-1 player Arina Sabalenka and Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina, which ended in just three sets. Fans expected that Arina Sabalenka would dominate this match, but on the contrary, she appeared under complete pressure in front of Elena Rybakina and had to face defeat by a margin of 2-1 in the final match. Alina Rybakina is the first player from Kazakhstan to win the Australian Open title. This is only the second Grand Slam title of his career, in which before this he had won the Vibundle title in the year 2022.

If we talk about the women’s singles final match of Australian Open 2026 played between Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina, then Rybakina managed to win the first set by a margin of 6-4 and took a 1-0 lead in the match. In the second set, Aryna Sabalenka made a brilliant comeback and gave a tough fight to Rybakina and won 6-4, leveling the match at 1-1. Now all eyes were on the third set, in which Sabalenka could not maintain her rhythm and had to face defeat by a margin of 6-4, with which Elena Rybakina managed to win the match by a margin of 2-1.