The Wimbledon champion beat last year’s runner-up 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 and will face the world No 1 in the fourth round
Barely a month after Elena Rybakina won Wimbledon last year, she did not feel like a grand slam champion. She entered the US Open ranked world No 25, having received no points from the WTA-sanctioned All England Club, and lost her first-round match. In straight sets. Against the 131st-ranked Clara Burel. On Court 12.campaign on Court 13 and has flown somewhat under the radar all week, despite her subsequent promotion to the show courts.
This can only be a good thing given her next opponent also seems to be getting better. Iga Swiatek finished 2022 with two majors and nine months atop the rankings. Almost a fortnight after Rybakina’s premature departure from Flushing Meadows, Swiatek left with the trophy, and at Melbourne Park her dominance is yet to be tested.
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