In a first-round matchup of former Grand Slam champions, ninth-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan beat Canada's Bianca Andreescu 6-3, 6-4 on Monday in the Dubai (United Arab Emirates) Duty Free Tennis Championships.Rybakina, the reigning Wimbledon champion, finished with a 6-2 edge in aces and picked
In a first-round matchup of former Grand Slam champions, ninth-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan beat Canada's Bianca Andreescu 6-3, 6-4 on Monday in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
Rybakina took the first set in 38 minutes, but Andreescu jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the second set. However, Andreescu lost her final three service games as Rybakina closed out the match. Romania's Ana Bogdan, the Czech Republic's Karolina Muchova and Karolina Pliskova, the United States' Lauren Davis and Shelby Rogers and Belarus' Aliaksandra Sasnovich also won their opening matches.The United States' Caty McNally upset third-seeded Lin Zhu of China 7-6 , 6-7 , 6-1 in the first round at Merida, Mexico.
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