Understated triumph: Elena Rybakina wins the Australian Open with calm precision‎

Elena Rybakina felt it all as she stood at the baseline on match point, relying on one of the best tools at her disposal to clinch the Australian Open title. “Even maybe (my) face didn’t show, but inside it was a lot of emotions,” Rybakina recalled of that ace, cooly and matter-of-factly served, that gave top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka no chance of extending the contest. Within three months, she has won the WTA Finals, beating Sabalenka to collect a record $5.2 million in prize money, and, more importantly in tennis terms, added another of the sport's four most treasured trophies.