Kazakhstan's first racket in women's singles, Elena Rybakina, won in the third round of the US Open, the final Grand Slam tournament of the season. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
The tennis player, ranked second in the world, met Ukrainian Yulia Starodubtseva, ranked 58th, in the third round of the US Open. The match lasted only two sets, with Rybakina winning 7:6 (8:6), 6:3. The players spent 1 hour 53 minutes on the hard court.
During this time, the Kazakhstani player made 12 aces, committed one double fault, and converted four of thirteen break points. To reach the quarterfinals, Elena Rybakina will face Japanese Naomi Osaka, ranked 13th in the world.