Rybakina loses in China Open second round while Zverev wins to face Djokovic
Alina Charaeva rallied past Elena Rybakina 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, and Alexander Zverev beat Shang Juncheng to reach a quarterfinal with Novak Djokovic.
- On Saturday, Alina Charaeva of Armenia upset No. 1 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan at the China Open in Beijing, winning 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in a shocking second-round upset.
- Rybakina struggled significantly on serve, committing seven double faults and dropping her serve five times during the two-hour, 11-minute contest at the WTA 1000 hardcourt event.
- Third-Seeded Daniil Medvedev defeated Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4, 6-3, while Alex de Minaur beat Quentin Halys 3-6, 7-6 , 7-5 in second-round action.
- Charaeva, a 24-year-old making her Beijing debut, held her head in disbelief after the victory. She said, "This is incredible," adding that Rybakina is "an amazing player."
- Top seed Alexander Zverev advanced in the men's tournament, defeating wild card Shang Juncheng 6-0, 6-3 to set up a quarterfinal against Novak Djokovic on Sunday.
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US Open winner Jelena Rybakina lost in her first tournament as number one in the tennis world right at the start.
Elena Rybakina ended her participation in the first round of the Beijing tournament of the “WTA 1000” series. The Kazakh woman allowed a reversal against the 118th in the world ranking Alina Charaeva, who represents Armenia. Charaeva prevailed 3:6, 6:4, 6:3 and delivered one of the surprises of the competition. Rybakina won the first set after an extremely contested battle. In it, the two tennis players exchanged a total of five breaks before th…
Tennis-Rybakina’s first match as world number one ends in China Open defeat by Charaeva
BEIJING, China, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Three-times Grand Slam champion Elena Rybakina crashed out of the China Open with a shock 3-6 6-4 6-3 defeat by unseeded Alina Charaeva in the second round on Saturday, marking a disappointing start to her reign as w...
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