Olena Rybakina defeated Karolina Pliskova in Abu Dhabi in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, to advance to the quarterfinals.

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Olena Rybakina, in the quarterfinals at WTA Abu Dhabi

Olena Rybakina (10 WTA) reached the quarterfinals of the tournament in Abu Dhabi after a very successful match against Karolina Pliskova (20 WTA).

The athlete from Kazakhstan needed only 70 minutes to eliminate the former leader of the WTA hierarchy.

2022 Wimbledon champion Olena Rybakina will meet the winner of the duel between Shelby Rogers (46 WTA) and Belinda Bencic (9 WTA, second favorite in Abu Dhabi) in the quarterfinals.

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).