VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM AUSTRALIAN OPEN QUARTER-FINALS WITH WINS BY ELENA RYBAKINA OVER IGA SWIATEK AND JESSICA PEGULA OVER AMANDA ANISIMOVA. ON COURT SOUNDBITE FROM WINNERS SHOWS: MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (JANUARY 28, 2026)(TENNIS AUSTRALIA – See restrictions) 1. MELBOURNE PARK – STATUE OF ROD LAVER, WIDE OF ROD LAVER ARENA AT START OF DAY 11 OF AUSTRALIAN OPENĀ IGA SWIATEK (POLAND) V ELENA RYBAKINA (KAZAKHSTAN) 3. PLAYERS ON COURT FOR COIN TOSS 1ST SET 4. RYBAKINA WITH BACKHAND WINNER TO WIN GAME AND TAKE 6-5 LEAD 5. ON SET POINT FOR RYBAKINA, SWIATEK WITH FOREHAND WINNER TO GO TO DEUCE 6. ON SET POINT #2 FOR RYBAKINA, SWIATEK HITS INTO NET, RYABKINA BREAKS SERVE TO WIN SET 7-5 2ND SET 7. RYBAKINA WITH NICE RETURN TO BREAK SERVE AND TAKE 1-0 LEAD 8. RYBAKINA WITH BACKHAND WINNER TO BREAK SERVE AND TAKE 5-1 LEAD, SWIATEK BELIEVES BALL LANDED OUT, REPLAY SHOWS BALL IN, BARELY TOUCHING LINE 9. SLOW MOTION REPLAY APPEARS TO SHOW BALL LANDING OUT OF BOUNDS 10. RYBAKINA WITH ACE ON MATCH POINT TO WIN 7-5 6-1 11. RYBAKINA WAVING TO CROWD 12. (SOUNDBITE)(English) ELENA RYBAKINA AT POST MATCH ON COURT INTERVIEW AFTER BEING ASKED ABOUT PLAYING SWIATEK SEVERAL TIMES OVER PAST YEAR, SAYING: "Yeah, we know each other pretty well and I was just trying to stay aggressive and I feel like in the first set (SWIATEK WALKING TO LOCKER ROOM) for both of us the first serve was not really working so we were trying to step in on the second serve and put pressure on each other and I think in the second I just started to play more free, serve better and, yeah, I'm just really happy with the win." 13. RYBAKINA SIGNING CAMERA GLASS AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA) V JESSICA PEGULA (USA) 14. PLAYERS ON COURT BEFORE MATCH 1ST SET 15. PEGULA WITH BACKHAND WINNER TO BREAK SERVE AND TAKE 1-0 LEAD 16. ON BREAK POINT FOR PEGULA, ANISIMOVA WITH NICE VOLLEY TO GO TO DEUCE 17. PEGULA WITH FOREHAND WINNER TO WIN GAME AND TAKE 3-1 LEAD 18. PEGULA WITH NICE RETURN TO WIN GAME AND TAKE 5-1 LEAD 2ND SET 19. PEGULA WITH FOREHAND WINNER TO GET AD, SHE WOULD GO ON TO BREAK SERVE AND TAKE 6-5 LEAD 20. PEGULA SERVING FOR MATCH, ANISIMOVA WITH BACKHAND TO GO TO BREAK POINT, ANISIMOVA WOULD GO ON TO BREAK SERVE AND FORCE TIEBREAKER 21. PEGULA WITH DROP SHOT WINNER TO TAKE 2-1 LEAD IN TIEBREAKER 22. ANISIMOVA HITS INTO NET, PEGULA TAKES 4-1 LEAD 23. ANISIMOVA HITS INTO NET ON MATCH POINT, PEGULA WINS 6-2 7-6(1) 24. PEGULA WAVING TO CROWD 25. (SOUNDBITE)(English) JESSICA PEGULA AT POST MATCH ON COURT INTERVIEW ON MAKING SEMI-FINALS, SAYING: "Yeah it's awesome. I mean, you know, I've been able to go deeper at the U.S. Open in the last couple years but here was the first Slam that I really broke through at and I was a three and then this year four time quarter-finalist and I was like it's gotta be coming, you know like the next round I got to get to the semis because I feel like I played some really good tennis here and I like the conditions and I always felt like even matches I lost here that I played well, so I've been waiting for the time when I can kind of break through." 26. PEGULA SIGNING CAMERA GLASS STORY: Fifth seed Elena Rybakina booked her place in the Australian Open semi-finals on Wednesday (January 28) with a dominant second set display to hand six-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek a 7-5 6-1 defeat and advance to matchup with Jessica Pegula. Looking to lift the trophy for the first time, the 28-year-old will take on American Jessica Pegula for a place in Saturday's final. Rybakina fired 11 aces and 26 winners as she ended Swiatek's career Grand Slam bid on Rod Laver Arena, winning eight of the last nine games to underline her authority. Swiatek had made a quick start, breaking Rybakina in the opening game as she punished the Kazakh's second serve but the number two seed failed to consolidate, immediately surrendering her advantage. Both players held serve until the final game, when Swiatek fired into the net to give Rybakina the opening set after almost an hour's play. Rybakina then made the most of Swiatek's frustrations with her service, taking the second game of the second set by crashing a forehand into the corner with the Pole rooted to the spot. Swiatek was left questioning a marginal line call as Rybakina broke her serve again late in the set before comfortably holding to advance. In the last women's quarter-final, Pegula moved into the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the first time in her career with a 6-3 7-6(1) win over fellow American and fourth seed Amanda Anisimova. The sixth seed, who exited the competition at the quarter-finals stage in 2021, 2022 and 2023, will battle Rybakina for a place in Saturday's final. Pegula raced into a 4-1 lead as a clearly frustrated Anisimova struggled in the early exchanges, surrendering two breaks of serve inside the opening five games to allow her compatriot to go on and claim the first set in 30 minutes. Anisimova had shown signs of regaining her composure late in the opening set and built on those improvements to put Pegula under pressure, breaking her serve to go 5-3 up in the set only to double-fault in the next game to squander that advantage. The pair traded breaks to take the second set to a tiebreak, where Pegula kept her cool to prevail over an increasingly agitated Anisimova. Ā (Production: David Grip)
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