Elena Rybakina defeated Bianca Andreescu in straight sets on the second day of the WTA 1000 in Dubai. The Wimbledon champion and recent finalist at the 2023 Australian Open ended the match with a final score of 6-3 6-4, recovering from 2-4 in the second set.
Below the highlights of the match:
The other matches in Dubai and men’s in Doha
In the men’s tournaments, Botis Van de Zandschlup beats Ilya Ivashka in Doha. All relatively easy for Emiil Ruusuvuori, who scores a valuable victory against Dan Evans.
Also noteworthy is Tallon Griekspoor’s success at the tie break in the third set against Quentin Halys. In the ATP 250 in Marseille, Maxime Cressy needs overtime to break down the resistance of the French Biancaneaux. The very good period of Gregoire Barrere continues who gets rid of Huesler in two clean sets.
Coming back to the WTA 1000 in Dubai, starting with Madison Keys who beats Caroline Garcia 6-3 7-5, passing through Karolina Pliskova who leaves just three games on the road in the challenge with Maria Sakkari. Vika Azarenka needs the third set tie break against the revived Amanda Anisimova, while Jessica Pegula needs an extra set against Potapova to pass the first round sieve.
In the round of 16 the challenge…
