The leader, Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina lost to Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova 3:6, 3:6 and was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the WTA tennis tournament held in Adelaide (prize fund: 922,600 USD).
The event in Adelaide is the final test for many of the top tennis players before the Grand Slam Australian Open, which starts on Sunday.
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Rybakina, who is currently ranked third in the world with that number, will also be seeded in Melbourne, where she reached the final a year ago, before, among others, Iga Švichtek, and will open the competition against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic.
Apart from Alexandrova, one more Russian, Daria Kasatkina, as well as American Jessica Pegula (2nd) and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (6th) will compete in Adelaide in the semi-finals.
AA, PAP
