A withdrawal puts Rybakina in the Ningbo quarterfinals

ByDavid Mitchell

The Kazakh Elena Rybakina, world number one, has qualified for the quarterfinals of the Ningbo tournament (China) after the withdrawal in the second set of the Uzbek Polina Kudermetova due to injury.

By the time Kudermetova had to retire with tears in her eyes, Rybakina was winning 5-0. Now she will face the Polish Katarzyna Kawawho beat the Swiss Belinda Bencic 7-5 and 6-2 in her first victory against a ‘top 20’ in the world rankings.

The American Iva Jovic, seeded fourth, beat Italian Jasmine Paolini 6-4, 6-3 and sealed her pass to the quarterfinals, in which she will face the Russian Diana Shnaider, executioner of the Filipino Alexandra Eala by 7-5 and 6-4.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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