Rybakina clinches year-end top ranking with Tokyo win
Elena Rybakina beat fellow Kazakh Yulia Putintseva 6-2 6-3 in the second round of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Thursday to secure the year-end world number one ranking for the first time, more than a week before the season-ending WTA Finals. Rybakina received a bye into the last 16 of the WTA 500 event in Tokyo…
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