TOKYO – Elena Rybakina defeated Victoria Mboko 6-3, 7-6 (4) within the Pan Pacific Open quarterfinals on Friday to earn the final remaining spot within the WTA Finals.
The 2022 Wimbledon champion will face Czech Republic’s Linda Noskova within the semi-finals of the Tokyo event.
Kazakhstan’s Rybakina has secured the eighth place spot at subsequent month’s profitable WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia forward of Mila Andreeva.
“It is nice to qualify and get extra matches, particularly towards high gamers,” Rybakina stated. “Final week I used to be targeted on one sport at a time and I knew it was going to be a protracted highway to qualify.”
On the WTA Finals, scheduled for November 1-8, Rybakina will face top-ranked gamers Arina Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Amanda Anisimova, Madison Keys, Jessica Pegula and Jasmine Paolini.
Gauff is Riyadh’s defending champion. The American defeated Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen in final 12 months’s ultimate and gained $4.8 million in prize cash.
