Elena Rybakina defeated the world number one six times in two years – Tennis

The fifth racket of the world representative Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina won six victories over the first racket of the world over the past two seasons, Sports.kz reports with reference to Championat.com.

Rybakina defeated Iga Szwiatek in 2023 at the Australian Open, WTA-1000 tournaments in Indian Wells, Rome, and in 2024 she beat a Polish player at the 500 in Stuttgart.

Also, the representative of Kazakhstan turned out to be stronger than Arina Sabalenka during the period of her leadership in the ranking in 2023 (at the “thousandth” in Beijing) and in the group stage of the Final Tournament – 2024. The meeting ended with a score of 6:4, 3:6, 6:1 in favor Elena Rybakina.

Note that Rybakina did not play tennis for a long period before the WTA Final Tournament due to health problems.

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