Kazakhstan’s No1 Elena Rybakina wins at Wimbledon start

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM World No23 and Kazakhstan’s No1 tennis player Elena Rybakina qualified for the second round of Wimbledon 2022 that will last till July 9, Kazinform reports.

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As the National Tennis Federation informed, Rybakina defeated American Coco Vandeweghe (157th in WTA ranking) with a score 7:6 (7:2), 7:5. The match lasted for 1 hour and 41 minutes.

In the next round, Rybakina will meet US Open 2019 champion Bianca Andreescu.

The prize fund of the event is £40,350,000. Ashleigh Barty is the reigning champion at Wimbledon.