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在周六举行的澳大利亚网球公开赛女单决赛中，伊莲娜·雷巴金娜以6-4、4-6、6-4的比分击败世界排名第一的阿丽娜·萨巴伦卡，终于赢得了她的第二个大满贯冠军，同时也为2023年决赛失利复仇。
“当时我的心跳肯定太快了。也许脸上没表现出来，但内心充满了各种情绪，”这位26岁的雷巴金娜说道。她出生于莫斯科，却代表哈萨克斯坦参赛。“这是一个了结的机会。我知道此刻我唯一的优势就是必须保住自己的发球局。”
四年前，她赢下首盘却在三盘比赛中输掉了决赛。这次，她在首局破发成功并拿下首盘，第二盘失利后第三盘一度以0-3落后，随后她连赢五局，最终用一记ACE球结束了自己的冠军点。
“这让我感到一种解脱，”她说，“当然，也为本赛季剩下的比赛增添了很多信心。”
作为赛会5号种子选手，雷巴金娜继2022年温网夺冠后再次获得大满贯冠军。四年前的这次澳网决赛，她是参赛选手中唯一一位拥有大满贯冠军头衔的选手。
尽管萨巴伦卡随后又赢得了三项大满贯冠军，包括连续两次在澳网夺冠，以及2024和2025年美网的胜利，但雷巴金娜的成绩有所下滑，直到这次比赛才再次进入大满贯决赛。
2026年1月31日，澳大利亚墨尔本，澳大利亚网球公开赛女单决赛中，哈萨克斯坦选手伊莲娜·雷巴金娜回球给白俄罗斯选手阿丽娜·萨巴伦卡。（迪塔·阿拉卡拉/美联社）
去年11月在年终WTA总决赛中击败萨巴伦卡，改变了她的职业生涯轨迹。
进入决赛前，她在巡回赛中的胜场数仅次于温网时的状态，目前已经取得了21场比赛中的20场胜利。
“去年我开局不太顺利，”她说，“我很晚才获得参加WTA总决赛的资格。我只希望能延续这种势头，和团队一起努力，继续保持这样的状态。”
雷巴金娜从比赛开始就发起进攻，发球表现强劲，轰出6记ACE球，除了第二盘末尾和第三盘开始时的两次破发外，她化解了自己面对的6次破发点机会。
随着比赛的进行，萨巴伦卡的呼喊声越来越大，她频繁的“加油”自我鼓励也越来越频繁，但雷巴金娜始终保持着平静甚至宁静的镇定。
最终，她让自己的发球和回球来说话。
对于萨巴伦卡而言，继去年爆冷不敌麦迪逊·凯斯后，她再次在澳网决赛中连续失利。
“当然，我感到遗憾。当你以3-0领先，几秒钟后就变成3-4，还被破发，这个过程太快了，”她说，“她打得非常出色，可能我有些不够明智。
“但就像我说的，今天我是失败者，也许明天我就是赢家。希望本赛季我会比失败者更多成为赢家。现在满怀希望并祈祷。”
两人在球网前拥抱。雷巴金娜用左手拍了拍球拍的网线，然后高举手臂向观众致意庆祝。
2026年1月31日，澳大利亚墨尔本，澳大利亚网球公开赛女单决赛中，哈萨克斯坦选手伊莲娜·雷巴金娜击败白俄罗斯选手阿丽娜·萨巴伦卡后亲吻达芙妮·阿克赫斯特纪念杯。（亚伦·法维拉/美联社）
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Elena Rybakina beats No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka to win Australian Open
Updated on: January 31, 2026 / 8:42 AM EST / CBS/AP
Elena Rybakina finally won her second Grand Slam title after a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 victory over top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at the women’s Australian Open final on Saturday, avenging her loss in the championship decider in 2023.
“The heart rate was definitely beating too fast. Even maybe (my) face didn’t show, but inside it was a lot of emotions,” said the 26-year-old Rybakina, who was born in Moscow but represents Kazakhstan. “It’s an opportunity to close. I knew that the only advantage I have in this moment (is) I have to serve it out.”
Four years ago, she won the first set but lost the final in three. This time, after breaking in the first game and taking the first set, she rallied after losing the second set and going down 3-0 in the third. She won five straight games and then closed out with an ace on her first championship point.
“It gives me a kind of relief,” she said, “also, a lot of confidence for sure for the rest of the season.”
It was a second major title for fifth-seeded Rybakina, who won Wimbledon in 2022 and entered that Australian final four years ago as the only major winner in the contest.
While Sabalenka went on to win another three majors, including back-to-back triumphs in Australia and the 2024 and ’25 victories at the U.S. Open, Rybakina’s results dipped and she didn’t reach another major final until this tournament.
Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan plays a forehand return to Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus during the women’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. Dita Alangkara / AP
A win over Sabalenka at the season-ending WTA Finals last November has changed her career trajectory.
Going into the final, she’d had the most match wins on tour since Wimbledon and is now on a roll of 20 wins from 21 matches.
“Last year I didn’t start so well,” she said. “I qualified for the (WTA) Finals late. I just hope I can carry this momentum. Do a good job with the team and continue this way.”
Rybakina went on the attack from the start and her serve was strong, with six aces and – apart from the two breaks at the end of the second set and the start of the third – she fended off six of the breakpoint chances she faced.
While Sabalenka’s grunts and roars intensified and her effusive “let’s go” self-encouragement increased in regularity as the match wore on, Rybakina maintained a quiet, almost serene, composure.
In the end, she let her serve and her returns do the talking.
For Sabalenka, it’s back-to-back losses in the final in Australia after going down in an upset last year to Madison Keys.
“Of course, I have regrets. When you lead 3-Love and then it felt like in few seconds it was 3-4, and I was down with a break — it was very fast,” she said. “Great tennis from her. Maybe not so smart for me.
“But as I say, today I’m a loser, maybe tomorrow I’m a winner. Hopefully, I’ll be more of a winner this season than a loser. Hoping right now and praying.”
The pair hugged at the net. Rybakina clapped her left hand on the strings of her racket and held her arm up to the crowd triumphantly.
Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan kisses the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup after defeating Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus to win the women’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. Aaron Favila / AP
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