AUSTRALIAN OPEN
The Kazakh and current finalist Elena Rybakina (3) stumbled in the second round of the Australian Open against the Russian Anna Blinkova, who is ranked 57th on the WTA list, with a score of 6-4, 4-6, and 7-6 (20). The final was decided in a 31-minute super tie-break that ended with a score of 22-20. The match between Rybakina and Blinkova will go down in the history of the Australian Open. Not only because the Russian eliminated the world number three (she is ranked 57th), but also because of the way she did it. Blinkova managed to recover from the nine match points her opponent had and the six she failed to convert. Thus, they settled the match in a super tie-break that lasted just over half an hour, with the Russian clinching victory with a total of 22-20, a battle that will undoubtedly be remembered in Australian records.
NIGHT OF EMOTION
