BRISBANE (Reuters) - Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka geared up for her title defence at the year's opening Grand Slam with a battling 4-6 6-3 6-2 win over Russian qualifier Polina Kudermetova ...

On Sunday, Sabalenka came back to defeat 21-year-old qualifier Polina Kudermetova 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the final to secure her 18th career title. Sabalenka won her first Brisbane title in 2023, when the ...

Aryna Sabalenka may not have had it all her own way. But when it counted, the two-time defending Australian Open champion fired up to beat a brave and battling performance from world number 107 ...

Down a set and nearly a break against the younger Kudermetova sister, 21-year-old qualifier Polina, in the final of the Brisbane International on Sunday. Aryna Sabalenka remembered who she is.

Aryna Sabalenka braced for her Australian Open title defence with a gritty win over Russian qualifier Polina Kudermetova in the final of the Brisbane International on Sunday (January 5, 2025). The ...

Sabalenka found herself down a set and a break point to qualifier Polina Kudermetova at 2-1. What changed? “I was trying to understand my body situation -- how can I finish this match, how can I turn ...

"Every time you're out there, you have to compete, you have to fight," she said after beating Russian Polina Kudermetova in the Brisbane final.

World number one Aryna Sabalenka geared up for her Australian Open title defence with victory over Russian qualifier Polina Kudermetova in the final of the Brisbane International. The 26-year-old ...

Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka geared up for her title defence at the year's opening Grand Slam with a battling 4-6 ...

"That was definitely a tricky match, really, really tricky, aggressive game," Sabalenka said post-match. In what was her first WTA final, Kudermetova showed plenty of spirit, fighting and ...

BRISBANE :Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka geared up for her title defence at the year's opening Grand Slam with a battling 4-6 6-3 6-2 win over Russian qualifier Polina Kudermetova in the ...