Leading 4-1 in the deciding set at the Abu Dhabi tournament, Annette Kontaveit pulled out of her match against American Shelby Rogers due to injury and missed out on qualifying for the quarterfinals.

Anette Kontaveit eliminated Shelby Rogers – the Estonian was forced to end her career

The favorite of this duel, Anette Kontaveit (18 WTA), started the game very well and won her first set with a score of 6-4 after 37 minutes.

In the second set, the 30-year-old American (46 WTA) responded with the same form and after 44 minutes moved the match to the decisive stage.

Shelby Rogers dominated the deciding set, but the Estonian cited some medical issues and went down 4-1 in favor of Rogers.

In the next stage of the competition, the American will meet with No. 2 favorite Belinda Bencic (9 WTA), who was defeated by Marta Kostiuk (57 WTA) with a score of 6-4, 7-5.

The Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open takes place from February 6 to 12 on hard, is in the WTA 500 category, has a total prize money of $780,637, and the main favorite is Daria Kasatkina.

Abu Dhabi: Daria Kasaktina (1), Belinda Bencic (2), Olena Rybakina (3), Veronika Kudermetova (4), Yelena Ostapenko (5), Beatrice Haddad Maya (6), Anette Kontaveit (7) and Lyudmila Samsonova ( 8).