Australian Open, Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina
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It took a comeback in a decisive third-set, but the world’s No. 5-ranked tennis player Elena Rybakina defeated No. 1 Arnya Sabalenka in the Australian Open Final to win her second-career Grand Slam title.
Female tennis players can look forward to playing the best-of-five-set format of the game, according to proposals put forward on Sunday by Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley.
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Five-set finals: Craig Tiley plots overhaul for women’s tennis at next year’s Australian Open
Despite the speculation about his future as boss of the AO, Tiley is planning a raft of reforms to keep the event at the cutting edge of tennis.