Sabalenkka suffered heat, could not in front of a brilliant Rybakina and gave the Cincinnati crown

Forgotten day starred by the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (1st) This Friday at CINCINNATI WTA 1000where he suffered the heat decidedly by exhibiting an erratic Performance and give up the crown, losing against the best version of the kazaja Elena Rybakina (10th) 6-1 and 6-4 in the quarterfinals.

The notice that the British Emma Raducanu (39th) had given him in the second round was not enough for the Defender championwho left before time for the state of Ohio, United States, by presenting another function with too many fissures although this time against a player who would not forgive her by wearing her best face, taking over the victory in just 75 minutes of play by totaling 70% of points won with her first service, 22 Winners and three bankruptcies.

Therefore, the world number 1, which now registers 50 successes and 10 losses in the current season, failed again in the revalidation of a titlesomething that only achieved on two of 15 possible times when proclaiming in Wuhan, in 2018 and 2019, and in the Australia Open, in 2023 and 2024, and will leave 785 points on the road through its false passage, allowing the local Coco Gauff (2nd) and the Pole Ig Swiatek (3rd) to reduce the advantage by the top.

For its part, the crowned in Wimbledon 2022, which now marches 7-5 Below in the record against Sabalenka and registered his seventh celebration against a leader of the classification, he got eleventh occasion among the four best in the category to ensure his Return to Top 10 and cited against the aforementioned swiatek for a ticket to the definition.

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