MELBOURNE, Jan 22 ― World number one Iga Swiatek was knocked out of the Australian Open Sunday as Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina blew the women’s draw wide open by beating the red-hot favourite in straight sets.
Rybakina’s victory means the top two seeds in both the men’s and women’s singles are all out of the first Grand Slam of the year before the last-eight stage.“She’s a young player and think she played really well,” she added of the 21-year-old from Poland. “It’s a big win and I’m just happy to get to another round.”But it was the 6ft tall Russian-born player, who now represents Kazakhstan, who showed her resilience and power to win both for an early 2-0 lead.
The Wimbledon champion comfortably served out, powering down her fourth ace on her first set point to move ahead after 42 minutes.Swiatek stepped up at start of the second set, attacking off her forehand and broke immediately for 2-0 to chants of “Iga, Iga” from a small, but noisy, contingent of Polish fans clad in red and white.The 23-year-old Rybakina broke to love at 1-3 as Swiatek’s first serve deserted her.
Next door, Ostapenko edged a tight battle in an 1hr 33min, stepping up when it counted at the end of each set to reach the quarter-finals at Melbourne Park for the first time.
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