MELBOURNE: If Elena Rybakina is the queen of first-strike tennis, then Jelena Ostapenko's 'blink and you'll miss it' fare, isn't far behind that of the Kazakh's. Not surprising then that the longest rally of the Australian Open quarterfinal clash was a breezy nine shots. Only two exchanges in the 79-minute feature lasted nine shots.
Rybakina, 6'0'' in her tennis shoes, with a pulsing service motion, is the owner of the most dominant shot in the women's draw as the stat board underlined.
