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RBC Sport: Moscovite Triumphs over Belarusian Sobolenko in Highly Regarded WTA Tournament Final

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March 20, 05:45

Muscovite defeated Belarusian Sobolenko in the final of the prestigious WTA tournament

Rybakina was seeded at the tournament under the 10th number, Sobolenko – under the 2nd. Tennis players met in the final for the second time this season. Sobolenko beat Rybakina in the Australian Open final in January

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Yelena Rybakina, representing Kazakhstan, defeated Belarusian Arina Sobolenko 7:6 (13:11), 6:4 in the final of the prestigious WTA-1000 tournament in American Indian Wells.

Rybakina was seeded at the tournament under the 10th number, Sobolenko – under the second. Tennis players met in the final for the second time this season. In January, Sobolenko defeated Rybakina in the Australian Open final with a score of 4:6, 6:3, 6:4.

In the quarterfinals of the tournament in Indian Wells, Rybakina defeated last year’s tournament winner Iga Sviontek from Poland.

Rybakina was born in Moscow, in 2018 she changed her citizenship to Kazakh. Despite the change of citizenship, he continues to live in Moscow. The 23-year-old tennis player has four titles, the most significant of which she won in 2022 at Wimbledon. Last week she was ranked 10th in the rankings.

Sobolenko ranks second in the ranking. The 24-year-old tennis player has 12 titles, the most significant of which she won in 2023 at the Australian Open.

The WTA-1000 category is second in importance only to the Grand Slam series and the WTA Finals. The prize fund amounted to more than $8.8 million. The tournament was remembered for a series of scandals, one of which occurred with the participation of Sobolenko. Read the details in the material “Prohibition” of “Spartak” and the panic of a Ukrainian woman. US Tennis Scandals.

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