Elena Rybakina poses with Australian Open trophy, says it's still "tough to believe" her win

VIDEO SHOWS: AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN'S SINGLES TITLE WINNER ELENA RYBAKINA POSING WITH TROPHY / SOUNDBITES FROM RYBAKINA SHOTLIST ONLY, COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (FEBRUARY 1, 2026) (AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION – Broadcast: No use Australia Digital: No use Australia / .com.au internet sites / any internet site of any Australia based media organisations or mobile platforms / Australian NVO clients / smh.com.au / news.com.au) 1. AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2026 WOMEN'S SINGLES TITLE WINNER, ELENA RYBAKINA, WALKING WITH TROPHY 2. RYBAKINA POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH TROPHY 3. MEDIA TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF RYBAKINA 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2026 WOMEN'S SINGLES TITLE WINNER, ELENA RYBAKINA, SAYING:     "Well it's still tough to believe to be honest, yeah it's been quick this last couple of hours and I got some chance to spend some time with the team a little bit. I didn't get much sleep, only three hours, but I'm super happy being here taking all these pictures." 5. WHITE FLASH 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2026 WOMEN'S SINGLES TITLE WINNER, ELENA RYBAKINA, SAYING:     "I'm really glad that Kazakhstan believes in me, supported me so it means a lot to me to represent Kazakhstan and looking over the years how much tennis actually grew and how many kids are playing now, especially my win at Wimbledon and this win definitely is gonna bring even more kids, hopefully to want to play tennis." 7. WHITE FLASH 8. RYBAKINA LEAVING NEWS CONFERENCE 9. TENNIS AUSTRALIA CEO CRAIG TILEY (LEFT) POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH RYBAKINA

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