Kazakhstan’s Rybakina marches on at 2022 Mutua Madrid Open

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – World N°18 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan has propelled into the third round of the WTA Mutua Madrid Open in Spain, Kazinform has learned from the Kazakhstan Tennis Federation.

In the second-round match 16^th-seeded Rybakina routed Czech Katerina Siniakova in the first set 6-0. The Czech athlete decided to retire from the match being 0-1 down in the second set.

In order to get to the quarterfinal Rybakina will have to eliminate Swiss Jil Teichmann ranked 35^th in the world.

Another representative of Kazakhstan at the tournament Yulia Putintseva was ousted by American Coco Gauff in three sets 1-6, 6-2, 4-6 in the second-round match.