The Kazakh Elena Rybakina She underlined her status as the first favorite and fifth player in the world and secured her second title of 2024 at the WTA 500 in Abu Dhabi after defeating the Russian in the final. Daria Kasatkina by 6-1 and 6-4.
The Kazakh of Russian origin took the seventh victory of his career, the fourth on a hard court, completing a great event after leaving rivals of the level of Danielle Collins, The Spanish Cristina Bucsa or the eighth favorite, Lyudmila Samsonova.
Rybakina added her Abu Dhabi prize to the one she won in Brisbane a few weeks ago this year.
The Kazakh, Wimbledon champion in 2022 and Australian Open finalist in 2023, held off Kasatkina, who had never been selected and was aiming to win her first Abu Dhabi trophy this year and seventh career.
Source: La Verdad
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