Kazakhstan’s Rybakina triumphs in Rome

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan is off to a good start at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, Italy, Kazinform has learnt from Olympic.kz.

In the opening round Rybakina seeded 10^th at the tournament eliminated Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova in straight sets 6-0, 6-4.

Next Rybakina will face Czech Marie Bouzkova who defeated Aussie Ajla Tomljanovic in a two-set match.

The prize fund of the Italian clay tournament exceeds $2 million.