​Karolina Pliskova was unlucky in the draw and was eliminated from the 2024 Australian Open in the opening round after losing to Elena Rybakina (2023 finalist) 7-6(6), 6-4.

Karolina Plishkova defeated Elena Rybakina at the Australian Open 2024

In July 2017, the world number one Pliskova dropped to 38th place and no longer enjoys the status of the first seed at major tournaments.

Karolina was close to victory in the first set of the meeting with Olena, but in the tiebreak she missed three opportunities in a row (leading 6-3) and the athlete from Kazakhstan won 8-6.

Rybakina (the No. 3 seed) made the only break of the second set in the third game and saved her fourth match point (after missing one return and two service points).

Know:

• Rybakina has one Grand Slam title (Wimbledon-2022), while Pliskova lost two finals (US Open-2016 and Wimbledon-2021). The Czech achieved her best result at the Australian Open in 2019 (semifinal).

• Having lost to Aryna Sabalenko in last year’s final, Olena Rybakina will play in the second round with Russian Anna Blinkova (57 WTA).

Australian Open 2024 will be held from January 14 to 28. The reigning champions are Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenko.

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