Kazakhstani Elena Rybakina “Masters” in Rome and climbed to 4th place in the WTA rankings
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In the final of the tournament of the Masters series in Rome, Kazakhstani Elena Rybakina defeated her rival from Ukraine Angelina Kalinina in the first set – 6:4, and in the second set, with a score of 1:0 in favor of Elena, the Ukrainian woman withdrew, reports Tennis Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
It is noted that Elena Rybakina won the second WTA 1000 title of the season and career. In total, this is her fifth title and second on clay (2023 WTA 1000 Indian Wells, 2022 Grand Slam Wibledon, 2020 WTA 250 Hobart and 2019 WTA Bucharest).
Also on account of the Kazakh finals at the Australian Open and Miami Open WTA 1000 this year.
Thanks to the victory in Rome, the leader of the women’s team of Kazakhstan earned 521,754 euros in prize money, 1000 ranking points and will rise to fourth place in the updated women’s world ranking.
In addition, Rybakina holds the season record for the number of wins at WTA 1000 tournaments (19 wins). She is ahead of Arina Sobolenko and Iga Sventek, who have 15 wins each.
Now the best tennis player of Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina is in the 4th position in the world ranking, she has 5090 points. The Kazakh woman from the third place, where the American Jessica Pegula is located, is separated by only 115 points.
Ahead of Roland Garros 2023.
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