08:48, 18 August 2022 | GMT +6
Rybakina beats ex-World No1 Muguruza at W&S Open
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan’s Grand Slam champion Elena Rybakina ranked 25th won against Spaniard Garbiñe Muguruza ranked 9th in the second round of the Western & Southern Open at the Linder Tennis Family Center in Cincinnati (Ohio, U.S.), Kazinform learned from Sports.kz.
The match ended with the score 6:3, 6:1 which enabled Rybakina move to the 1/8 finals.
The two played twice last year: at the Berlin tournament, Muguruza defeated Rybakina - 6:4, 6:3, while at the Tokyo Olympic Games Rybakina beat Muguruza - 7:5, 6:1. In 2017, Garbiñe Muguruza ranked first in the WTA rankings.