​Aryna Sabalenko and Olena Rybakina will play in the finals of the tournament in Brisbane, the players who secured one of the opponents of the 2023 season in the framework of the WTA tournament.

Aryna Sabalenko vs. Olena Rybakina in the WTA Brisbane final

In the first semifinal of the “WTA 500” competition, Rybakina (4th WTA, 2nd favorite) beat Linda Noskova (40th WTA – she eliminated Sorana Kirstea in the second round), score 6-3, 6-2. The match lasted 64 minutes.

In the other semi-final, a match between two players from Belarus took place. Sabalenka (2 WTA, top favorite) took an hour and a half to beat Victoria Azarenka (23 WTA / 8), 6-2, 6-4.

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Aryna Sabalenko vs. Elena Rybakina, rivalry of the 2023 WTA season

Aryna Sabalenko and Olena Rybakina met four times in 2023, and they shared the victories. The first match was also the most important and ended with the triumph of the player from Belarus: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Australian Open final.

Elena took her first win over Aryana in the finals in Indian Wells, 7-6(11), 6-4, and they had the dialogue of the season at the awards ceremony: Rybakina: “It was my first win in the final against you” / Sabalenka: “I will make it the last.”

Then Rybakina beat Sabalenka in the quarterfinals in Beijing (7-5, 6-2), and Arina took revenge in the Champions Tournament groups (6-2, 3-6, 6-3).

At the beginning of 2024, Arina leads 5-2 in head-to-head matches with Rybakina.

The WTA tournament in Brisbane takes place from December 31 to January 7 on hard, is in the WTA 500 category, has a total prize money of $1,736,763, and the title champion is Arina Sabalenka (in 2023).