{"id":543244,"date":"2026-03-16T03:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T03:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/543244\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T03:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T03:29:11","slug":"aryna-sabalenka-beats-elena-rybakina-georgios-franguli-engagement-ring-jannik-sinner-beats-daniil-medvedev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/543244\/","title":{"rendered":"Aryna Sabalenka beats Elena Rybakina; Georgios Franguli engagement ring; Jannik Sinner beats Daniil Medvedev"},"content":{"rendered":"

It won’t make up for a grand slam title but Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> gained some Australian Open<\/a> revenge on Elena Rybakina with a thrilling win in the Indian Wells<\/a> final.<\/p>\n

The world No.1 was pushed to her limits but produced some fearless power tennis in the third set tiebreak to claim a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(6) victory on Monday morning (AEDT).<\/p>\n

It was third time lucky for Sabalenka, who had lost her previous two Indian Wells deciders – against Rybakina in 2023 and Mirra Andreeva last year.<\/p>\n

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\"Aryna<\/p>\n

Aryna Sabalenka helps Ash cool down.\u00a0Stan<\/p>\n

“Well guys, what a day. It’s boiling hot. I’m not sure if I can make sense right now, but I’ll try my best,” Sabalenka said afterwards.<\/p>\n

“Thanks God I got this trophy. This is everything, this is the dream, and please stay hydrated. It’s super hot. I don’t want anyone to pass out, so guys, take care.”<\/p>\n

A jubilant Sabalenka also helped her newly acquired puppy Ash cool down with an ice bath while flashing her massive diamond engagement ring and dancing a happy jig.<\/p>\n

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\"Aryna<\/p>\n

Aryna Sabalenka flashes her engagement ring.\u00a0Stan<\/p>\n

“Thanks to my fianc\u00e9 (Georgios Franguli)! What a week, getting a puppy, getting engaged<\/a> and winning the title,” she said.<\/p>\n

“I will definitely remember it for the rest of my life. Thank you everyone.”<\/p>\n

The Belarusian now holds a 9-7 all-time record over the Kazakh after the latest instalment of their blossoming rivalry.<\/p>\n

\"Aryna<\/p>\n

Aryna Sabalenka poses with the championship trophy after defeating Elena Rybakina.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

There’s not much time to celebrate for Sabalenka, who was set to leave straight away for the Miami Open, where she’s the defending champion.<\/p>\n

“Probably will have a couple drinks on the plane and that’s it,” Sabalenka said.<\/p>\n

“I’m defending champion there, so I have to bring my best tennis there. But with these vibes that I’m taking from here, I think I’ll be able to be there and to fight and to do my very best to defend that beautiful trophy.”<\/p>\n

Italy’s Jannik Sinner downed Russia’s Daniil Medvedev 7-6(6), 7-6(4) in the men’s final.<\/p>\n

The world No.2 came back from 0-4 down in the second set tiebreak to win at Indian Wells for the first time.<\/p>\n

“It’s great to see Daniil back, playing at this level,” Sinner said.<\/p>\n

\"Jannik<\/p>\n

Jannik Sinner of Italy returns against Daniil Medvedev of Russia.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Sinner then congratulated fellow Italian Kimi Antonelli, who won Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday.<\/p>\n

“It hasn’t anything to do with tennis, but it has been a special day for Italy,” Sinner said.<\/p>\n

“Because I’m a huge Formula 1 fan and having a very, very young Italian, Kimi, bringing Italy back home at the top, it’s amazing. So, thanks, Kimi, thanks Formula 1, and see you next year.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It won’t make up for a grand slam title but Aryna Sabalenka gained some Australian Open revenge on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-543244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}