In the Round of 32 at the Australian Open on Friday, Dayana Yastremska (ranked No. 33) takes on Elena Rybakina (No. 7).Rybakina defeated Iva Jovic 6-0, 6-3 on Wednesday in the Round of 64 in her

Former Australian Open finalist Elena Rybakina said she will need some “magic” from her physio if she wants to go further in the tournament after a back spasm flared up during her third-round win on Saturday.

The problem for the 2023 finalist at Melbourne Park follows a season where she was plagued by injury and illness. Rybakina’s build-up to Wimbledon in the summer was hampered by acute bronchitis, which also caused her to withdraw from the Paris Olympics.

Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina needed only 53 minutes to storm past junior world No.1 Emerson Jones 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of the Australian Open.

Elena Rybakina got the better of her third-round opponent Dayana Yastremska despite struggling with a lower back problem. Ryabkina needed just 90 minutes to defeat the Ukrainian 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday (January 18) inside the John Cain Arena.

The German's reward for her history-making victory will be a meeting with world number two Iga Swiatek, who made light work of Emma Raducanu in her third-round match.

Elena Rybakina sent another teenager packing from the Australian Open on Thursday after the sixth seed beat American wildcard Iva Jovic 6-0 6-3 to move into the third round.

Elena Rybakina battled through an injury to beat Dayana Yastremska 6-3, 6-4 in her third round fixture of the Australian Open 2025.

Star tennis player Elena Rybakina has registered her 50th Grand Slam match win at the Australian Open. She easily brushed aside her second-round opponent Iva Jovic on Thursday (January 16). The 2022 Wimbledon champion took only 80 minutes to register a comprehensive victory over Jovic with a scoreline of 6-0, 6-3.

Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina said Saturday she would put the controversy surrounding her former coach Stefano Vukov to one side to focus on winning the Australian Open.

Elena Rybakina has hit back at a fellow former Wimbledon champion Pam Shriver in an escalating row over the Kazakh’s suspended coach. Stefano Vukov has been provisionally banned and placed under investigation by the WTA over allegations of breaking the WTA’s code of conduct.

In the Round of 64 at the Australian Open on Wednesday, Iva Jovic (ranked No. 191) faces Elena Rybakina (No. 7).Rybakina retired and was not able to finish her last match, falling – to