Kazakhstani tennis player Yelena Rybakina ranked 13th in the updated rating of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), setting a new record, bbabo.net correspondent reports.

The 22-year-old athlete bypassed the ex-leader of the world ranking Naomi Osaka from Japan in the classification, with 2980 points moved from the 14th to the 13th position, updating the best result among Kazakhstani women. Australian Ashley Barty (8051 points) tops the list, followed by Arina Sobolenko from Belarus (6351) and Garbinier Mugurusa from Spain (5635).

We add that Rybakina and Barty met in the final of the WTA 500 tournament in Adelaide. The match lasted about an hour and ended with the victory of the athlete from Australia (3: 6, 2: 6). The opponents filed six innings straight through, making two double faults. Barty has realized three break points, and the Kazakhstani - none.

Before the final meeting, the first racket of Kazakhstan won four matches in a row in 2022, losing only two sets. The Australian Storm Sanders (6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 1), Maria Bouzkova from the Czech Republic (6: 3, 6: 4), Shelby Rogers from the USA (3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2) were defeated and the Japanese woman Misaki Doi (6: 4, 6: 3).

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