Rybakina joins the list of withdrawals from “Dubai Tennis”

Australian Open champion and third-ranked Kazakhstani Elena Rybakina joined the list of stars withdrawing from the Dubai Tennis Championship for professional players, after the player apologized for completing her match against Croatian world number 67 Antonia Rogic, in the match that brought them together today, Wednesday, at the Main Stadium, for the round of 16, in the tournament currently being held at the Dubai Duty Free courts, and which is classified in the 1000 points category, and extends Until February 21, with a total prize pool of $4.08 million.

Rybakina led the first set by (7-6), before losing the second set by (4-6), heading to the third and deciding set, which the Croatian began by scoring her first game, and then Rybakina asked the medical staff to enter the stadium, and the Kazakh star followed him by going directly to reconcile with Antonia, officially announcing her withdrawal from completing the match.

Rybakina’s withdrawal came, joining a list that topped hours before the draw ceremony for the current edition was held last Saturday, with the announcement of the withdrawal of both the first and second seeds in the world, Belarusian Aryna Sablinka, and Polish Iga Szwijtek, before the past few days witnessed, throughout the first three rounds of the tournament, the announcement of each of the “Mubadala” champions for last week, the Czech Sarah Bielec, ranked 38th in the world, and her compatriot Barbora Krzejkova, ranked 59th. In the world, and Australian Daria Kasatkina, ranked 61 in the world, withdrew from the tournament.