Blinkova defeated the third racket of the world and reached the third round of the Australian Open

MOSCOW, January 18 Russian tennis player Anna Blinkova defeated the third racket world champion Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan in the second round match at the Australian Open in Melbourne.
Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open WTA18 January 2024 • start at 12:05FinishedElena RybakinaKazakhstan1 : 24:66:46:7Anna BlinkovaRussia

The meeting ended with the score 6:4, 4:6, 7:6 (22: 20) in favor of the Russian, who is in 57th position in the world rankings. Rybakina is a finalist in the last Grand Slam tournament and was seeded third. The tennis players spent 2 hours and 46 minutes on the court.

In the next round, Blinkova will meet with Italian Jasmine Paolini (26th seed).
Blinkova reached the third round of the Australian Open for the first time. She previously reached this stage at the French Open (2019, 2023) and Wimbledon (2023), which is her best result at a Grand Slam tournament.

In other matches of the day, Emma Navarro (27) from the USA defeated Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto with a score of 4:6, 6:3, 6:3, Ukrainian Elina Svitolina beat Bulgarian Victoria Tomova — 6:1, 6:3 .