Kazakhstan’s Rybakina to face American Rogers in Adelaide

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Kazakhstan’s number one in tennis Elena Rybakina advanced to the quarterfinals of the Adelaide International 1 in Australia, Kazinform has learnt from Sports.kz.

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Ranked 14th in the world Rybakina is set to face American Shelby Rogers in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Australia.

World number 40 American Shelby Rogers routed 3rd-seeded Maria Sakkari of Greece ranked 6th in the world in the second round of the tournament.

Recall that in the second-round match 7th-seeded Rybakina eliminated Czech Marie Bouzkova in two sets 6-3, 6-4. Their encounter lasted for 1h 36 minutes.

The prize fund of the tournament exceeds $535,000.