Adelaide Open: Alexandrova takes out top seed Rybakina, books spot in semi-finals
Ekaterina Alexandrova defeated Elena Rybakina 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday and will play Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 6 seed, in the next round
Ekaterina Alexandrova (Aflo/Panoramic)
Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova won against Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the top seed, 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the semi-finals of the Adelaide Open at the Memorial Drive Tennis Park on Thursday.
Alexandrova has now won all three of her meetings against Rybakina on hard court.
Alexandrova, ranked No 21, will face Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 6 seed, next.
Earlier in the tournament, the Russian edged out Pole Magda Linette (3-6, 7-6 (8), 7-5) and beat No 8 seed Veronika Kudermetova (6-4, 6-4).
Rybakina, ranked No 3, defeated Spanish lucky loser Cristina Bucsa (6-3, 7-5) in the previous round of the Adelaide tournament.
Adelaide WTA 500, other last eight results (Memorial Drive Tennis Park, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Jessica Pegula (2) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Q): 6-7 (1), 7-5, 6-4
- Laura Siegemund vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Jelena Ostapenko beat Marta Kostyuk: 7-5, 6-3
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