(Stuttgart) Kazakh Elena Rybakina, 4e world player, won the Stuttgart tournament, which kicks off the women’s clay court season, by dominating the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (27) on Sunday afternoon.e world), in two sets (6-2, 6-2).
At 24, Rybakina won her eighth title on the circuit, the third this season after Brisbane (Australia) in January and Abu Dhabi in February. She also reached the final of the WTA 1000 in Doha in February and in Miami (Florida) at the end of March.
Winner of Wimbledon in 2022 and finalist of the Australian Open in 2023, she is the underdog for Roland-Garros at the end of May and beginning of June, after having defeated the Polish Iga Swiatek, queen of Parisian clay, in the semi-finals (semi-finals). in 2020, 2022 and 2023) and world No.1.
On the courts of Porte d’Auteuil, however, Rybakina did not do better than a quarter-final in 2021, released in 2022 and 2023 from 3e tour, despite a coronation in 2023 at the WTA 1000 in Rome on clay.
After a bitter battle of almost three hours of play against Swiatek (6-3, 4-6, 6-3) on Saturday, the Kazakh more easily dominated Marta Kostyuk, who fell three top 10 in his journey to the final, in two sets and 1 hour 10 minutes of play.