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WAIT'S OVER FOR RYBAKINA

Irish Daily Mirror

February 02, 2026

ELENA RYBAKINA is hungry for more after ending a three-and-a-half-year wait to lift her second Grand Slam title.

- FROM YASMIN SYED in Melbourne

The No.5 seed (left) rallied from 0-3 down in the deciding set to beat two-time former champion Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 4-6 6-4 and be crowned the Australian Open champion.

Kazakhstan's Rybakina, 26, lifted her maiden Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2022.

She also lost to Sabalenka in the 2023 final here - and was left wondering whether she would ever lift another major trophy.

This story is from the February 02, 2026 edition of Irish Daily Mirror.

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