Rybakina advances to Ningbo quarterfinals after opponent injured, Eala out
Top seed Elena Rybakina advanced when Polina Kudermetova retired injured, while Alexandra Eala fell to Diana Shnaider in straight sets.
- On Thursday, top-ranked Elena Rybakina advanced to the Ningbo Open quarterfinals after Polina Kudermetova retired with an injury while trailing 5-0.
- The defending champion Rybakina was cruising 5-0 in eastern China when the world No 105 from Uzbekistan, Kudermetova, called it quits because of injury.
- Earlier, Russian world No 13 Diana Shnaider defeated 21-year-old Alex Eala 7-5, 6-4 to book a quarter-final against American teenager Iva Jovic.
- Rybakina will next face Katarzyna Kawa, who defeated Belinda Bencic, while the top-ranked champion wished Kudermetova "a speedy recovery and hope it's nothing too serious."
- The tournament continues in China as the WTA event progresses, with Shnaider and Jovic advancing to join other quarter-finalists in the draw.
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Top-ranked Rybakina into Ningbo quarter-finals on return from injury
SHANGHAI: World number one Elena Rybakina reached the quarterfinals of the Ningbo Open on Thursday on her return from injury when opponent Polina Kudermetova retired. The top seed and defending champion was cruising 5-0 in eastern China when the world number 105 from Uzbekistan called it quits because of injury. Moscow-born Kazakh Rybakina will face Poland’s unseeded Katarzyna Kawa in the last eight. Rybakina, 27, won the US Open for her third G…
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Elena Rybakina, World no. 1 advances to Ningbo open quarterfinals on injury return after Kudermetova Polina retirement
Elena Rybakina looked sharp from the start on the hard courts in eastern China. Polina Kudermetova, ranked 105 in the world, was unable to continue and called time on the match because of an injury of her own.
Philippines’ Eala ousted as Rybakina moves into Ningbo Open last 8 on return from injury
Alexandra Eala crashed out in the Ningbo Open last 16 on Thursday as world No 1 Elena Rybakina reached the quarter-finals on her return from injury when opponent Polina Kudermetova retired. Top seed and defending champion Rybakina was cruising 5-0 in eastern China when the world No 105 from Uzbekistan called it quits because of injury. Earlier, Philippine history-maker Eala suffered a battling straight-sets defeat to Diana Shnaider, the Russian …
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