the kazakh Elena Rybakina (22) surprised the world number one, the Polish Iga Swiatek (1), by winning the double 6-4 in the round of 16 of the Australian Open
“It’s unbelievable to win this match. I know my two possible rivals well and it will be another tough match”, he commented at the Rod Laver Arena Rybakina after leaving the main favorite after an hour and a half game.
Her opponent in the next round is the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, a former Roland Garros champion who reduced her rival Coco Gauff to tears.
The defending champion at Wimbledon, Rybakina, could not continue the good game shown on the grass of the All England Tennis Club in the last stage of the season but her last victories against the American. Danielle Collins (13) and Swiatek placed him as one of the main contenders for the title in Melbourne.
The intensity to defend offered by the Polish was not enough to face the offensive storm of a Rybakina who connected six straight aces and 24 winners.
The Pole will lose 540 points in a WTA ranking leading with a difference to the second rank, the Tunisian Ounce Jabeurby almost 5,000 points and it did not exceed the first week of the tournament.
Swiatek, two-time Roland Garros and one-time US Open champion, lost in the last edition in the semifinals against American Collins.
For Rybakina, her best run on the banks of the Yarra River was a third round win in the 2020 edition.
Source: La Verdad
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