In the Round of 32 at the Australian Open on Friday, Dayana Yastremska (ranked No. 33) takes on Elena Rybakina (No. 7).Rybakina defeated Iva Jovic 6-0, 6-3 on Wednesday in the Round of 64 in her

Former Australian Open finalist Elena Rybakina said she will need some “magic” from her physio if she wants to go further in the tournament after a back spasm flared up during her third-round win on Saturday.

The problem for the 2023 finalist at Melbourne Park follows a season where she was plagued by injury and illness. Rybakina’s build-up to Wimbledon in the summer was hampered by acute bronchitis, which also caused her to withdraw from the Paris Olympics.

Elena Rybakina got the better of her third-round opponent Dayana Yastremska despite struggling with a lower back problem. Ryabkina needed just 90 minutes to defeat the Ukrainian 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday (January 18) inside the John Cain Arena.

The German's reward for her history-making victory will be a meeting with world number two Iga Swiatek, who made light work of Emma Raducanu in her third-round match.

Elena Rybakina sent another teenager packing from the Australian Open on Thursday after the sixth seed beat American wildcard Iva Jovic 6-0 6-3 to move into the third round.

Elena Rybakina battled through an injury to beat Dayana Yastremska 6-3, 6-4 in her third round fixture of the Australian Open 2025.

Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina said Saturday she would put the controversy surrounding her former coach Stefano Vukov to one side to focus on winning the Australian Open.

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Former Australian Open finalist Elena Rybakina said she will need some "magic" from her physio if she wants to go further in the tournament after a back spasm flared up during her third-round win on Saturday.

Elena Rybakina sent another teenager packing from the Australian Open on Thursday after the sixth seed beat American wildcard Iva Jovic 6-0 6-3 to move into the third round. Aged just 17, Jovic was the youngest player in the second round of the women's draw but looked well out of her depth in the opening set against the former Wimbledon champion,