Olena Rybakina advanced to the round of 16 of the WTA Dubai tournament after Victoria Azarenka was forced to withdraw due to injury in a 1-1 set result.

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Victoria Azarenka prematurely ended her career in the third set, and Olena Rybakina will play in the 1/8 finals

Victoria Azarenka stopped in the second round of the WTA tournament in Dubai.

WTA No. 27 ended the career of Elena Rybakina (WTA No. 4) early in the third set after winning the first set 6-4 and losing the second set 6-2.

Thus, Olena Rybakina enters the 1/8 finals, where she will meet with Magdalena Frech (53 WTA), who defeated Petra Martic (61 WTA) in the second round with a score of 6-4, 1-6, 6-2.

The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships runs from February 18 to 24 on hard, is part of the “WTA 1000” category and has a total prize pool of $3,211,715. Simona Halep won the tournament in 2015 and 2020, and the reigning champion is Barbora Krejcikova.

The main favorites from Dubai: Iga Svyatek (1), Aryna Sabalenko (2/eliminated), Coco Gauff (3), Olena Rybakina (4), Ons Jaber (5/eliminated), Qinwen Zheng (6), Marketa Vondrousova (7). . ), Maria Sakkari (8).

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