Tennis-Rybakina marches past Svitolina into French Open quarter-finalsBy Sybille de La HamaidePARIS (Reuters) -World number four Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan sent out a warning to her fellow title contenders as she eased to a 6-4 6-3 victory over Ukraine’s Elena Svitolina on Monday to reach her second French Open quarter-final. Svitolina had reached the quarter-finals four times before, including 2023, but was unable to trouble the former Wimbledon champion. Rybakina withdrew from the French Open last year before her third-round match because of illness. This season, after winning titles in Brisbane, Abu Dhabi and Stuttgart, Rybakina pulled out of the Italian Open due to health issues. Rybakina is the only player to beat Iga Swiatek on clay this year, defeating the world number one and three-times French Open champion on her way to the Stuttgart title in April.

Source: Ethiopian News June 03, 2024 11:11 UTC