Rybakina lifts Indian Wells title and gets Sabalenka revenge

Elena Rybakina beat a misfiring Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets 7-6 (13-11) 6-4 to win the Indian Wells women’s title.

With the win she avenged her loss to the Belarusian in the Australian Open final.

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Rybakina was playing in her first WTA 1000 final and came back from a break down to grab a tightly-contested first set during which second seed Sabalenka committed 10 double faults – and the Kazakh 10th seed never trailed the rest of the match.