“Elena Rybakin in the final of the French five hundred overcame Lyudmila Samsonov”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
In the final of Kazakhstan in three sets overcame “neutral” Lyudmila Samsonov (WTA 19) in 2 hours and 16 minutes.
WTA 500 Strasbourg. Soil. Final
Ludmila Samsonova [8] – Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) [4] – 1: 6, 7: 6 (7: 2), 1: 6
Rybakina conducted a sixth full -time confrontation against Samsonova and won a second victory.
Elena played in the 20th final in a career at the level of the tour and won the ninth title (the fourth on five hundred)-the first since April 2024.
Rybakina beat four rivals on the way to the trophy: except Samsonova, she also passed Van Sinwy, Magda Linett and Beatrice Haddad Maya. In the semifinals with Brazilian Elena played with 0: 2 in the third set.
The next Rybakina tournament will be Rolan Garros, where in the first round will play against Julia Riera (qualifiers). Initially, Kazakhstan had to meet with Belinda Bencic at the start of Major, but Swiss starred because of an injury to her hands.