Aryna Sabalenka earned her fourth consecutive appearance in the Australian Open final on Thursday, dispatching Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-2, 6-3. The final will be a rematch of the 2023 Australian Open final in which Sabalenka, of Belarus, rallied to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. After the match, Sabalenka said she simply was “exhaling.”The call infuriated her to the point that she stepped up her game. 1.”Rybakina worked her way to her third career Grand Slam final after saving two set points in the second-set tiebreak before ousting Pegula. But I’m super happy that in the end it turned my way.”In the final, Rybakina will face a familiar opponent in Sabalenka.