Kazakh tennis player Rybakina defeated the first racket of the world and reached the final of the Masters

The prize fund of the tournament is $8.8 million, the leader of the women's national team of Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina (10 WTA) confidently beat the winner of three Grand Slam tournaments in singles (the French Open 2020 and 2022, the US Open 2022), the Polish Iga Schwentek in the semifinals of the Masters in the American Indian Wells with a prize fund of $8.8 million. This was announced by the Tennis Federation of Kazakhstan. The match ended with a score of 6:2, 6:2 in favor of the Kazakhstani woman. The tennis players spent 1 hour and 17 minutes on the court. During the match, Rybakina served through 7 times, made two double mistakes and realized five break points out of five (100%). In personal meetings, Elena led her opponents with a score of 3:1. Recall that in the fourth round of the Australian Open Championship 2023, Rybakina defeated Igu with a score of 6:4, 6:4. In her first career Masters final, Rybakina will play with the second racket of the world Arina Sobolenko (Belarus). Thus, tennis fans are waiting for a repeat of the final of the Australian Open 2023, when Sobolenko won - 4:6, 6:3, 6:4. Earlier it was reported that Elena Rybakina took tenth place in the WTA ranking after the Australian Open final. 

Source: www.kt.kz