The WTA 1000 tournament in Rome will have a new champion after Iga Sviatek (winner of the last two Foro Italico editions) was injured during her quarter-final match against Elena Rybakina.

Iga Sviatek was injured during a match with Olena Rybakina in the quarterfinals of the WTA Rome

The athlete from Poland won the first set 6-2 and led 4-2 in the second set, but her game began to creak and the reigning Wimbledon champion took the match to a decider by winning the tie-break (7-3).

With the score 2-2 in the third set, the leader of the world ranking announced that he could not continue the game. She attributed it to pain in her right hip and did not want to risk a more serious injury before Roland Garros (May 28-June 11).

Iga Svyatek’s refusal from Poland took place after two hours and 18 minutes of play.

Know:

• This is the fourth consecutive victory of Olena Rybakina in matches against Iga Svyatek. In the first meeting, the Pole won.

• Elena Rybakina (favorite 7) will play in the semifinals at the Foro Italico against the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (20 WTA, Roland Garros-2017 champion).

WTA Rome takes place from May 9 to 20 on the clay in the Foro Italico complex. His total prize money is $3,572,618 and is in the “WTA 1000” category. Iga Svyatek became the champion of the last two competitions.