Elena Rybakina will not be able to defend her title at the first tournament of the new year – Tennis
From December 29 to January 5 in Brisbane (Australia) there will be a category tournament WTA 500– the press service of the competition published a list of participants, Sports.kz reports with reference to Zakon.kz.
The second racket of Kazakhstan, Yulia Putintseva, entered the starting tournament of the new season. The list is headed by world number one and last year's finalist Aryna Sabalenka. Also announced among the Top 10 players are No. 7 Jessica Pegula, No. 8 Emma Navarro and No. 9 Daria Kasatkina.
The current champion of the tournament is the leader of the Kazakhstan women's team, Elena Rybakina. In the last final, she beat Aryna Sabalenka with a score of 6:0, 6:3. This year, the first racket of Kazakhstan will not defend the title in Brisbane and will lose points. At the same time…