Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina plays in her second final in the past three Grand Slam tournaments when she meets No. 5 Aryana Sabalenka for the Australian Open championship. They are two of the hardest-hitting players in tennis. Saturday s contest is the first Grand Slam final of Sabalenka s career. She is 10-0 in 2023, winning all 20 sets. Sabalenka has won all three previous matches she and Rybakina have played each other. All went to three sets. They last met in 2021. Jason Kubler and Rinky Hijikata will play Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski in the men s doubles final.
Australia's wild card men's doubles pair, Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler continued their spectacular run in the Australian Open, as the duo sealed their place in the men's doubles final on Thursday.The 21-year-old Hijikata and 29-year-old .
James Harden hit two 3-pointers and had a driving layup in the final four minutes against his former Brooklyn teammates and the Philadelphia 76ers stretched their winning streak to six games, outscoring the Nets 137-133 on Wednesday night.