https://www.scmp.com/rss/523230/feed The latest news and top stories on Elena Rybakina. Known for her powerful serve and aggressive baseline game, Rybakina made history as the first Kazakhstani to win a Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2022. She has achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 3 and secured multiple WTA Tour-level singles titles including WTA 1000 events in Indian Wells and Rome. Her responsibilities involve competing at the highest level, showcasing her formidable groundstrokes and composure under pressure. She... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina on Wednesday booked a blockbuster semi-final at the Miami Open in a rerun of their Melbourne grand slam decider. Defending champion Sabalenka held off big-hitting 45th-ranked American Hailey Baptiste 6-4, 6-4. World No 2 Rybakina beat fifth-seeded American Jessica Pegula – runner-up to Sabalenka last year – 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. They will return on Thursday at Hard Rock Stadium – home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins – to fight for a place in the final. Rybakina... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3347970/tennis-top-2-women-aryna-sabalenka-elena-rybakina-clash-again-miami-open-semi-final?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3347970/tennis-top-2-women-aryna-sabalenka-elena-rybakina-clash-again-miami-open-semi-final?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:30:16 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Elena Rybakina took revenge over world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka to win a nail-biting Australian Open final on Saturday and clinch her second grand slam title. The big-serving Kazakh fifth seed held her nerve to pull through 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne in two hours 18 minutes. It was payback after the Belarusian Sabalenka won the 2023 final between two of the hardest hitters in women’s tennis. The ice-cool Rybakina, 26, who was born in Moscow, adds her Melbourne triumph to her... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3341952/ice-cool-rybakina-gets-revenge-over-sabalenka-tense-australian-open-final?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3341952/ice-cool-rybakina-gets-revenge-over-sabalenka-tense-australian-open-final?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:39:12 +0000 Agence France-Presse,Associated Press Agence France-Presse,Associated Press Elena Rybakina battled past Jessica Pegula into her second Australian Open final on Thursday with the fifth seed setting up a repeat of her 2023 title match against Aryna Sabalenka. Kazakhstan’s Rybakina, who is targeting a second grand slam crown, downed the American sixth seed 6-3, 7-6 in a one-hour, 40-minute arm-wrestle on Rod Laver Arena and has yet to drop a set all tournament. She missed three match points on Pegula’s serve, then was broken twice while serving for the match. In the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3341730/australian-open-rybakina-sabalenka-win-comfortably-set-rematch-2023-final?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3341730/australian-open-rybakina-sabalenka-win-comfortably-set-rematch-2023-final?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:03:02 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Novak Djokovic admitted he got lucky after opponent Lorenzo Musetti retired hurt on Wednesday to send him into his 13th Australian Open semi-final and a showdown with reigning champion Jannik Sinner, who called the Serbian great “an inspiration”. Earlier on day 11 in Melbourne, Jessica Pegula and Elena Rybakina both won in straight sets and will meet for a place in the final. In the women’s doubles, China’s Zhang Shuai and Belgian partner Elise Mertens beat Eri Hozumi of Japan and Wu Fang-hsien... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3341519/australian-open-pegula-beats-anisimova-reach-semis-rybakina-foils-swiateks-grand-plans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3341519/australian-open-pegula-beats-anisimova-reach-semis-rybakina-foils-swiateks-grand-plans?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:07:21 +0000 Reuters Reuters Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner turned 2025 into a gripping tug of war for tennis supremacy by carving up the grand slams for a second straight year, while the women’s game showcased depth and drama with four different major champions. Sinner’s dominant victory over Alexander Zverev at the start of the season helped him retain his Australian Open title and become the first Italian to capture three majors – moving past Nicola Pietrangeli, who won back-to-back French Opens in 1959-60. What... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3337729/year-tennis-sincaraz-rivalry-splits-mens-grand-slams-while-4-share-womens-titles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3337729/year-tennis-sincaraz-rivalry-splits-mens-grand-slams-while-4-share-womens-titles?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Dec 2025 06:00:16 +0000 Stephy Zhang Stephy Zhang China’s Zheng Qinwen will resume her comeback at an exhibition event with a difference on the eve of next month’s Australian Open: a tournament consisting of one-point matches. Zheng, who had surgery on a troublesome right elbow in July and has barely played since, will join the likes of Naomi Osaka, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in the AO 1 Point Slam at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena. Ten amateur players will try their luck against 22 professionals in knockout rounds, with “rock, paper,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3337646/zheng-qinwen-join-osaka-alcaraz-1-point-slam-australian-open?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3337646/zheng-qinwen-join-osaka-alcaraz-1-point-slam-australian-open?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Dec 2025 10:41:11 +0000 Lars Hamer Lars Hamer Zheng Qinwen is on the brink of making her return to competitive tennis after confirmation arrived from organisers that she would be playing in this week’s China Open in Beijing. China’s No 1 has been out of action since July, when she had surgery to fix an elbow injury that had plagued her season. Her last match was a defeat by Czech player Katerina Siniakova in the first round at Wimbledon that month. “Zheng Qinwen returns from injury, taking the court for the first time since Wimbledon in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3326345/zheng-qinwen-poised-comeback-week-china-open-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3326345/zheng-qinwen-poised-comeback-week-china-open-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Sep 2025 04:13:47 +0000 dpa dpa Billie Jean King expects Emma Raducanu to be a star of next month’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals in China. The British No 1 saw her US Open hopes ended in the third round with a crushing 6-1, 6-2 defeat by Elena Rybakina to end a promising summer campaign. Raducanu’s next appearance is expected to be when she leads her country in Shenzhen, with Britain facing Japan in the quarter-finals on September 18, and hoping to at least match last year’s run to the last four. Raducanu is on a five-match... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3323811/emma-raducanu-will-shine-billie-jean-king-cup-finals-china-says-tennis-legend?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3323811/emma-raducanu-will-shine-billie-jean-king-cup-finals-china-says-tennis-legend?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 Aug 2025 23:00:46 +0000 Hyewon Lee Hyewon Lee Mirra Andreeva did not immediately realise she had won the match against world No 10 Emma Navarro at Wimbledon on Monday. “I kept telling myself I’m not the one who is up on the score, I am the one who is down,” she explained in her on-court interview, per The Independent. “That helped me to stay focused and in the end I completely forgot the score. I’m happy that I did it because I think I would have been three times more nervous on a match point.” Watched on by her tennis idol Roger Federer in... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3317403/meet-mirra-andreeva-tennis-star-who-beat-emma-navarro-wimbledon-and-didnt-realise-first-18-year-old?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3317403/meet-mirra-andreeva-tennis-star-who-beat-emma-navarro-wimbledon-and-didnt-realise-first-18-year-old?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Jul 2025 22:00:23 +0000