After Pavlyuchenkova’s defeat at the parallel men’s Masters and women’s WTA-1000 tournament in Cincinnati, there was not a single Russian athlete left. Earlier, also on the night of August 17-18, at the quarter-final stage of the tournament, the 24th racket of the world Mirra Andreeva lost her matches, losing to the first number of the world ranking Iga Szwiatek from Poland (6:4, 3:6, 5:7), and the 17th racket of the world Lyudmila Samsonova, who lost to the third racket of the world, Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenka (3:6, 2:6).
In the men’s Masters tournament, the world’s sixth-ranked Andrei Rublev finished his performance in the quarterfinals, losing to the world’s first-ranked Italian Jannik Sinner with a score of 6:4, 5:7, 4:6. In the semifinals of the women’s doubles tournament, Russian tennis player Diana Schneider, who teamed up with Czech Linda Noskova, was also defeated. Schneider and Noskova lost in the match for reaching the final against Canadian Leila Fernandez and Kazakh tennis player Yulia Putintseva with a score of 3:6, 4:6.
- Pavlyuchenkova lost to Badosa in the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Masters
Source: Sport
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