The first racket of Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina successfully started at the WTA 500 tournament in Sydney (Australia). In the opening match of the competition, the ninth seed did not leave her opponent a single chance, the bbabo.net correspondent reports.

The contender of the 13th racket of the world was the winner of the US Open-2021 British Emma Radukanu. The match ended with a crushing victory of the 22-year-old tennis player with a score of 6: 0, 6: 1. This was the first face-to-face confrontation between athletes.

The game lasted only 56 minutes. During this time, Elena performed four passes right through, while making only one double error. On the account of 19-year-old Emma, ​​who occupies 18th place in the WTA world rankings, not a single serve through with six double faults.

Note that last fall, Radukanu excelled at the US Open, becoming the discovery of world tennis and the new star of the WTA. For her, it was the first match of the new season.

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As for Rybakina, last week she reached the final at the WTA 250 tournament in Adelaide (Australia), in which she lost to the first racket of the world and the owner of the court Ashley Barty - 3: 6, 2: 6.

In the next stage, Elena will cross rackets with Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, who earlier beat American Jessica Pegula in two sets - 6: 4, 7: 6 (3). I played against Garcia Rybakina twice and won both times.

Earlier Rybakina updated her personal and national records, for the first time becoming the 13th racket in the world. However, even now in the Live-rating, Elena has bypassed the American Sophia Kenin, who lost at the start of the competition in Sydney. In the best case, according to the results of the tournament, the Kazakhstani can reach the 11th line.

Note that the Australian Open will start in Melbourne next week, for which Elena is preparing.

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