Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, September 25, 2024
Bypassed for a bye, Elena Rybakina stated goodbye to Tokyo.
The 2022 Wimbledon champion withdrew from this week’s Toray Pan Pacific Open citing sickness.
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The withdrawal comes a few days after Rybakina ripped the WTA for its trial of efficiency byes in Tokyo.
Rybakina not holding again 😳😳😳 pic.twitter.com/VcKRAsQyAC
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Beneath conventional guidelines, Rybakina would have obtained a first-round bye in Tokyo.
Nonetheless, because of the WTA trialing “efficiency byes” she was bumped from her first-round bye in favor of Guadalajra champion Maria Sakkari and WTA Finals champion Caroline Garcia, who reached the semifinals in Guadalajara.
“Efficiency bye,” Rybakina wrote in an Instagram submit. “Thanks for altering the foundations final second… nice choices as all the time, WTA.”
In fact, each issues could be true: Rybakina might be each unwell and upset by dropping out on a bye or maybe she’s simply sick and bored with the disrespect she’s obtained regardless of profitable Wimbledon final 12 months and reaching the Australian Open last final January.
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