Rybakina retires from Cincinnati Open quarter-final with injury
Two-time Grand Slam champion Elena Rybakina retired injured from her Cincinnati Open quarter-final against Iga Swiatek on Thursday, ending her chance of taking over as world number one. Rybakina retired with an ankle problem while trailing Swiatek 4-1.
Two-time Grand Slam champion Elena Rybakina withdrew from her Cincinnati Open quarter-final match against Iga Swiatek on Thursday due to an ankle injury, thus sealing her fate of not becoming the world number one. The Polish player had already been eliminated in the last 16 stage of the tournament. Rybakina had been battling with the injury for a while but had earlier believed it was under control.
The 27-year-old acknowledged that walking was painful and she would be undergoing an MRI scan. Besides her Wimbledon win in 2022 and the Australian Open earlier this year, Rybakina's next Grand Slam tournament is the US Open, which takes off in New York on August 30.
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