Rybakina defeated Belarusian tennis player Sobolenko in the final match in Indian Wells
Russian player Yelena Rybakina, who left for the national team of Kazakhstan, beat Belarusian tennis player Arina Sobolenko in the final match of the tournament in Indian Wells (USA), the Championship reports.
The representative of the Kazakh team won with a score of 7:6, 6:4 in a meeting lasting two hours and four minutes.
On the way to the final, Rybakina met with the Spanish tennis player Paola Badosa, the Russian woman Varvara Gracheva, the Czech tennis player Karolina Muchova – in the quarterfinals she gave her one set, the score was 7:6, 2:6, 6:4. In the semi-finals, the athlete defeated the first racket of the world, Iga Sventek.
Sobolenko played one match less in Indian Wells, as Ukrainian tennis player Lesya Tsurenko withdrew before the third round match with the representative of Belarus. In the fourth round, she defeated the Czech athlete Barbora Kreychikova, then the American Corey Gauff and the Greek Maria Sakkari.
Kazakhstani tennis player Elena Rybakina appreciated the victory over the first racket of the world Iga Swiatek from Poland in the 1/8 finals of the Australian Open 2023. The athlete called the battle difficult.
Rybakina advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open on 22 January. In the fourth round, she defeated Sventek with a score of 6:4, 6:4. Until 2018, Rybakina represented the Russian national team. She is the 25th racket of the world. The athlete is the winner of the Grand Slam tournament, she won Wimbledon 2022.
Source: Lenta
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