Rybakina Joins Serena Williams In Very Rare Feat After Dominant Brisbane Win

Elena Rybakina dominated this week at the 2024 Brisbane International, and that includes the final, which put her in elite company with Serena Williams. When Elena Rybakina bested Elise Mertens earlier this week in less than an hour, many fans around the world went 'wait a minute'. She was spectacular this week and finished in an equal manner. Facing Aryna Sabalenka in the final should have guaranteed that she would lose at least five games in the match right? Wrong, she actually lost only 3 by beating Sabalenka 6-0 6-3 which the Belarusian could only laugh at. She poked fun both at herself and her team after the match during the speeches for the effort. Rybakina thought that the scoreline wasn't really realistic because a lot of the games were quite competitive and close. Well, I think the score doesn't show the reality because all the games were quite tight, to be honest. Couple of moments maybe I was a bit luckier. I knew that no matter the score, is going to be still difficult in the second set. It was j