
World No.3 and former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina has been dumped out of the Australian Open in the second round after losing the longest singles tiebreaker in grand slam history.
Runner-up to Aryna Sabalenka at Melbourne Park last year, Rybakina fended off nine match points against Russian Anna Blinkova but couldn't manage a 10th, falling 22-20 in the match tiebreaker on Thursday night.