Kazakh tennis player Elena Rybakina completely surpassed the Russian Daria Kasatkina during the final of the WTA-500 tournament in Abu Dhabi (UAE), Alexey Selivanenko, vice-president of the Russian Tennis Federation, told .
On Sunday, Rybakina won the WTA 500 tournament in Abu Dhabi. In the final match, Rybakina, who received the first seed, defeated Kasatkina (7) with a score of 6:1, 6:4. The athletes spent 1 hour and 7 minutes on the field.
– Today’s final was not the longest, Elena completely dominated Dasha in the first set, Kasatkina managed to force the fight in the second half of the second set, but it was not enough to at least restore balance in the sets. Rybakina dominated today and deservedly won the tournament with her play today. For Dasha, reaching the final of a tournament of this level is an excellent result: in her previous matches, she showed high-level tennis, full of beautiful games. It’s a great achievement for her,” Selivanenko told .
Rybakina, a native of Moscow, won the seventh WTA title of her career. The athlete ranks fifth in the world rankings. Kasatkina has six victories in WTA tournaments, the Russian occupies the 14th position in the ranking.
Source : MatchTV
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